Milk Carton Style Box for Small Yankee Candle Jar

I love Yankee Candles, so this was an obvious choice for a box! And I love the Brightly Gleaming suite even more!

Instructions for the box are below. I made mine in Pretty Peacock Card, and decorated it with the Brightly Gleaming paper. To finish it off I embossed some of the baubles from the Christmas Gleaming stamp set in Copper, on Very Vanilla card, then punched them out with the matching punches. The greeting was also embossed in copper & comes from the same stamp set.

A bow in the matching very vanilla & copper ribbon, was the perfect finishing touch to keep the box closed.

Hope the person I gave this to likes it!

Thanks for stopping by

Jane x

Instructions:

Cardstock:  8" x 10" (20cm x 25cm)

Score on the short side at 2 3/8", 5 3/4", 7 1/4" (6cm, 14.5cm, 18.5cm)

Now turn to the long side, with the narrow section at the top.

Score at 23/8", 4 3/4", 7 1/8", 9 1/2" (6cm, 12cm, 18cm, 24cm)

and, to the first score line only at 3 9/16", 8 5/16" (9cm, 21cm)

Score diagonal lines, from the end of the short score lines to the bottom corners of the rectangle below, as in the template.

Fold & burnish all the score lines, noting that all folds will be mountain folds, with the exception of the diagonal lines and the horizontal fold at the top of the diagonals. These will be valley folds.

Cut up the score lines at the bottom, and remove the small rectangle on the bottom right. Wedge into the remaining tab.

Use Tear &Tape on the tab & fold over to join the left hand side. Fold in the bottom sections & use Tear & Tape or Tombow to adhere.

Push in the sides to form the milk carton top.

DSP to decorate: 4 of 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" (5.5cm x 8cm)
                             2 of 2 1/4" x 1 3/8" (5.5cm x 3.5cm)

tams# 39657

Product List

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

[150886]

£8.25

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

[153006]

£46.75

Very Vanilla/Copper 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Classic Weave Ribbon

[150394]

£7.50

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

[141636]

£5.50

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

£9.00

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Peekaboo Box for Lindt Snowman

For this little stocking filler box, I've used the Let it Snow Designer Series Paper, and decorated it with a greeting from the Tiny Keepsakes stamp set, and a glitter enamel dot from the Toile Tidings suite.

I love the way the snowman peeks out through the hole in the box!

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by

Jane x

Instructions: 

I used a piece of the DSP cut to 7" x 5 3/4" (18cm x 14.5 cm)

On the short side, score at 1 1/2", 4 1/4",  5 3/8" (4cm, 11cm, 13.5cm)

Now turn to the long side, with the narrow section at the top.

Score at 1 3/4", 3 1/4", 5", 6 1/2" (4.5cm, 8.5cm, 13cm, 17cm)

and, to the first score line only at 2 1/2", 5 3/4" (6.5cm, 15cm)

Score diagonal lines, from the end of the short score lines to the bottom corners of the rectangle below, as in the template.

Fold & burnish all the score lines, noting that all folds will be mountain folds, with the exception of the diagonal lines and the horizontal fold at the top of the diagonals. These will be valley folds.

Fold down the top section and use a 1" circle punch to punch a hole approximately centred just above the 2nd score line, as in the template.

Cut up the score lines at the bottom, and remove the small rectangle on the bottom right. Wedge into the remaining tab.

Use Tear & Tape on the tab & fold over to join the left hand side. Fold in the bottom sections & use Tear & Tape or Tombow to adhere.

Push in the sides to form a milk carton top.

I punched holes in the top section, a short distance in from the edge, and used ribbon to hold the top closed.

To decorate, I stamped the sentiment using Real Red ink on Whisper White card, and punched it out using the 1" circle punch. I mounted that on a circle of Real Red card, punched out using the 1 1/8" scalloped circle punch.

I used a dimensional to attach the sentiment to the front of the box, and finished it with one of the Toile Tidings glitter enamel dots.

tams# 39654

Product List

Tiny Keepsakes Cling Stamp Set (En)

[150460]

£19.00

1" (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch

[119868]

£12.00

1-1/8" (2.9 Cm) Scallop Circle Punch

[146138]

£15.00

Toile Tidings Glitter Enamel Dots

[150433]

£7.50

Simply Scored

[122334]

£28.00

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Fold Flat Gift Box using Let It Snow Designer Paper

Today's box is a fold flat gift box, which means you can make several of them & keep them handy for when you need them, without taking over your storage space with lots of boxes!

It's a fairly simple box, although, as it's quite a good size, you do need to make it in 2 parts. I've used the lovely & fun Let it Snow Speciality Designer Series Paper to decorate mine. I love those little Snowmen!

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by

Jane x

Instructions: 

You'll need 2 pieces of cardstock, each measuring 7 3/4" x 8 1/4"   (19cm x 21cm)

Score both pieces on the short side at       3 5/8", 7 1/4"    (9cm, 18cm)

Turn so that the narrow section is at the bottom

     and score on the long side at         1/2", 4 1/8", 7 3/4    (1.5cm, 10.5cm, 19.5cm)

Now score on piece 1 to the first score line at 3 5/8" (9cm)

           and on piece 2 to the first score line at 4 5/8" (12cm)

Fold & burnish both pieces and remove all the shaded sections, as in the templates below.

Piece 1

Piece 2

You now need to attach the pieces together using Tear & Tape, joining tab A to side A. Your box should now look like the template below.

 Now fold the box up so that you can attach the tab (left hand side of above template), to the other end (right hand side of above template) to form a basic box.

Round the corners on the tabs at the top & bottom and use the 1/2" circle punch to cut a central thumb notch where your tabs will tuck in.

To decorate, you will need 5 pieces (or 6 if you want to decorate the bottom of the box) of DSP all cut to 3 1/2" square.

tams# 39625

Product List

Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper

[150393]

£13.00

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

£7.75

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

£6.50

Detailed Trio Punch

[146320]

£19.00

1/2" (1.3 Cm) Circle Punch

[119869]

£5.50

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Magnolia Frame

Today, I have a piece of home decor for you Using the Magnolia Lane suite from the Annual catalogue. The large Magnolia flower is lovely to colour with our Stamping' Blends. For this one, I used Petal Pink & Mossy Meadow, as those were the colours in the DSP that I wanted to use.

I cut the smaller flowers, using the Magnolia Memory dies, from Whisper White Cardstock, and used Mossy Meadow for the leaves & So Saffron for the flower centres.

I made the frame from Night of Navy Cardstock. I'll include the instructions for the frame below.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by

Jane x

Instructions:

You will need 2 pieces of A4 Cardstock, cut them in half lengthways, to give you 4 pieces measuring 29.7cm x 10.5cm.

Score each of them, on the short side, at 3cm, 6cm & 7.5cm

Now turn it so that the narrow section is towards the bottom and score at 28cm.
 Also score at 3cm to 1st score line only.

Cut away the pieces marked on the template below, noting that you will cut from the end of the 2nd score line to the base of the short score line, at the left hand end. On the right hand end, you will remove all except for a small tab.

Fold & burnish all your score lines. You will be folding each piece into a triangular tube and attaching the section shown at the top of the template to the section shown at the bottom.

Apply tear & tape adhesive to the back of the bottom section. It's easiest if you use 2 pieces, 1 on the part that will attach to the top section, and the other to the part which won't be covered by the top section.

Now fold up each piece into a triangular tube and attach the top section to the larger piece of tear tape.

Using tear tape adhesive or wet glue on the tab, attach one section of your frame to the next one (tab end, connecting to non-tab end) by attaching the tab to the inside the tube. You should have a square end going inside a mitred end.

At the same time, remove the cover from the remaining tear tape which you previously attached to the bottom section and attach this to the back of the other section, making sure your joint is square.

Repeat, adding in the other sections, until you have a square frame.

Cut a piece of card (the backing card from our DSP or foil card is perfect for this) at about 27cm x 27cm.

Cut a piece of DSP to use as your background, you'll need it to be smaller than your backing card, but larger than the aperture of the frame. Approximately, 24cm x 24cm. Attach this centrally on your backing card.

Using Wet Glue or Tear Tape, attach the frame onto your backing card, ensuring that you keep it square as you do it.

Now attach your image(s) that you want to frame.

tams# 39498

Product List

Good Morning Magnolia Bundle

[151087]

£59.25

Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper

[149484]

£10.75

Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[148547]

£8.50

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147272]

£8.50

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£8.25

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Brightly Gleaming Box for Maltesers Truffles

I enjoy making boxes, and unusual shaped boxes are a challenge, but worth it! This box is based on a smaller box I did earlier this year, which, in it's turn was cased from another demonstrator. But the challenge for this one was that I didn't want the sides to be sloping all the way, as I was trying to fit a box of Malteser's Truffles.

I really like the shape of the box, it would be perfect for loose wrapped sweets too!

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by

Jane x

Instructions

You'll need 2 pieces of cardstock (or thicker DSP) measuring
                   A: 6 7/8" x 10 3/4"   (18 cm x 28 cm)
               & B: 6 7/8" x  8"          (18 cm x 21 cm)

Score both pieces on the short side @ 3 1/4", 6 1/2" (8.5 cm, 17 cm)

and on the long side (with the narrow section at the bottom) @ 2 1/2", 7"  (6.5 cm, 18 cm)

Now make a mark at the top, and on each horizontal score line @ 5 1/2"   (14cm)

On the longer piece (A) also score @ 8" (21cm) (to the first score line only) and @ 10 1/4" (26.5 cm)

Turn both pieces back to the short side, with the narrow section at the bottom and score to the first score line only @ 3/4", 3 1/4", 4", 6 1/2"  (2cm, 8.5cm, 10.5cm, 17cm)

Score diagonal lines, connecting the marks to the ends of these last score lines, as in the templates below

Remove all the shaded sections, and fold & burnish all the score lines, noting that all folds will be mountain folds, with the exception of the fold down the centre of the triangular sections, which will be valley folds. make sure you burnish the diagonal folds well - you'll need crisp folds here.

Round the corners, or wedge into all the tabs.

Using Tear Tape on the tabs (shown in the templates at the bottom), connect the pieces together, ensuring that the vertical score lines line up, then join the remaining tab to the other side of the box, as with any other style of box.

Ensuring that your triangular sections are folded correctly, fold in and adhere the bottom flaps. if preferred, a small amount of wet glue on the diagonal sections will help keep the fold in place.

I decorated mine with DSP. The top is a simple 3 1/8" square (8cm)

For the sides,, you need 4 of 3 1/8" x 4 3/8" (8cm x 11cm)

Mark on the long side @ 1" (2.5cm) top & bottom

Turn to the short side, with these marks towards the bottom, & mark @ 3/8", 2 3/4" (1cm, 7cm)

Line up the marks on your trimmer & cut.

tams# 39511

Product List

Simply Scored

[122334]

£28.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£23.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

£6.50

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

[106577]

£8.25

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#Elfie Christmas Card

These little elves from the #Elfie stamp set are so cute! They look like they're having lots of fun getting ready for Christmas!


I stamped the images on Whisper White Cardstock using Memento Black ink. I also stamped them again on some post it notes and fussy cut these ones, to use as masks over the original stamped images.

I then sponged Pool Party ink over the whole piece. I tore a snowy hill shape from a piece of copy paper and used that as a mask over the. bottom half of the card, while I sponged the top half in Seaside Spray & Balmy Blue, and very lightly sponged in Pacific Point.

I coloured the images using dark Poppy Parade, Dark & Light Pool Party, Dark & Light Granny Apple Green, Dark & Light Daffodil Delight, Dark & Light  Petal Pink & Bronze Blends.

Finally I embossed the snow image from the same stamp set using Shimmer White Embossing Powder.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Janex

tams# 39496

Product List

#Elfie Cling Stamp Set (En)

[150509]

£20.00

Shimmer White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[149511]

£5.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147274]

£8.50

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147272]

£8.50

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144603]

£8.50

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Dino Days Birthday Card

In the midst of all the Christmas crafting, it makes a nice change to make a birthday card! And aren't those dinosaurs cute?!

I used  Mango Melody for the card base, and added a piece of the Dinoroar paper. I topped that with a few dinosaurs from another sheet of the paper, cut using the Dino Dies, and added a greeting in Mango Melody, cut using the Well Written dies.

Such a simple card, but quite effective!

Hope you like it

Thanks for stopping by

Jane x

tams# 39416

Product List

Dinoroar Designer Series Paper

[149589]

£10.75

Dino Dies

[149636]

£33.00

Well Written Dies

[148534]

£37.00

Mango Melody A4 Cardstock

[147013]

£8.25

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Holly Jolly Dairy Milk Snowman

This suite is very aptly named - this Santa really is very Jolly! And fun to colour with our Stampin' Blends too. The matching dies make decorating these little boxes very easy, so you can concentrate on having fun with the colouring!

I've made the boxes from 2 sheets of the Regals 6" x 6" DSP in Real Red, as I felt it needed a slightly plainer background.

Hope you like them

Jane

Instructions

Start with a piece of DSP measuring 6" x 6" ( 15cm x 15cm)

Score at 7/8", 5 1/8"  (2cm, 13cm)

Turn 90 degrees & score at 7/8", 2 9/16", 3 7/16", 5 1/8"   (2cm, 6.5cm, 8.5, 13cm)

On each of the 2 sides, you should now have square, rectangle, square, rectangle, square as in this template.

Cut down the score lines between the rectangles & squares, just to the first score line.

For a neat finish, now wedge slightly into each of the squares.

Fold & burnish all the score lines.

Using wet glue, or other strong adhesive, fold up one end square and the middle square and attach to the inside of the rectangle, making sure the join is square. On the template above you are joining B to B & C to C. Then do the same to the opposite side, at the same end. This forms the base of the box.

The other end forms the lid. Attach each of the squares to the adjacent rectangle as above (A to A) Tip: Fold the lid around the base as you glue it, this will ensure the lid actually fits over the base.

tams# 39005

Product List

Holly Jolly Christmas Bundle (En)

[153009]

£45.75

Regals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[149616]

£10.75

Holly Jolly Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)

[150471]

£20.00

Jolly Season Dies (En)

[150648]

£31.00

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