Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Birthday card box





























I was cruisin around various blogs....hoppin around like I tend to do now days and stumbled on http://paperphenomenon.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-12-24T12%3A59%3A00-06%3A00&max-results=7 (one day Ill figure out how to have it one word to click sorry). Anyway, scroll down and she made the cutest recipe box. I then jumped over to the tutorial she had linked on her site that gave step by step instructions on how to make the boxes. Youll find that here.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0cl_ep9D0I. Paper Phenomenon also has a really good tutorial. Ok, so I made the box according to the youtube video but didnt like the front and back chipboard pieces not being the same length when completed. I then had to change some measurements up to fit the bags I got at wal-mart. Long story short, I made three boxes and one went in the trash lol. The first one is the polka dot pattern with different lengths for the front and back and the other one is glitter paper from my minds eye that worked. The third.... well.... ya.

Supplies needed are:
red line tape or scor pal tape (I think thats the name)
chipboard (I bought a package of 5 sheets for about $6, nice heavy weight)
Pattern paper, 2 sheets
velcro circles
cricut (optional)
stickles (optional)
Trimmer
paper bags (found mine at Wal-Mart in the craft isle for $1.50)
I used 12 bags, one for each month

My idea behind this is to make cards in advance and place them in the bag ready to go for that person. I had a piece of the KI memories calendar paper that I had been hoarding and this project was perfect for it. Feel free to ask for more details.

2 comments:

  1. Love it!!! What a great project. I am going to steal that :)

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  2. Wow! What a fabulous idea! I am always searching for ways to store my cards and this is just genius. Thank you so much for sharing.

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