Hello, I hope you are well.
Whilst shopping on line for a gift for someone recently, I saw a lovely little trinket tray in the shape of a leaf and it immediately made me think of the Tropical Chic stamp set. So, I made a box for the tray (well I just HAD to buy it!) that looks like this…
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And here’s the gift inside…
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Isn’t it a great match?
To make the box I used Call Me Clover card, which is sadly retiring in June 2020, so get it while you can. My card measures 10-3/4″ x 8″. Score on the long side at 3/4″, 1-1/2″, 5″, 5-3/4″, 9-1/4″ and 10″. Score on the short side at 3/4″, 1-1/2″, 6-1/2″ and 7-1/4″. This gives a box that measures 5″ x 3-1/2″ x 3/4″, with reinforced sides.
Here’s the cutting guide, I’ve added in some extra cutting lines after I took the photograph as these make the corners less bulky and a bit more neat…
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To assemble the lid you need to add glue to the outside of the little tabs and fold them in as shown below…
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Then add glue to the side panels on the lid and fold them in to reinforce the 3 sides…
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To assemble the bottom tray of the box you need to add glue to the 4 small tabs and fold them in to attach to the sides…
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Then finally, add glue to the top side panels and fold them down to reinforce each of the 3 sides…
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To decorate I stamped a whole sheet of A4 Whisper White card with the leaf stamps from Tropical Chic using Call Me Clover, Garden Green, Granny Apple Green and Soft Sea Foam inks…
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I cut a piece of this for the belly band of the box, this measures 4-1/2″ x 10″ and I scored the long side at 2-1/2″. I started with the score line at the bottom front edge of the box and then creased the card at each edge in turn, to make sure that it was a close but not too tight fit. Score each crease line to make sure it’s straight and need and then glue the join at the bottom.
I cut another piece of the card to measure 4-3/4″ x 3-1/4″ to add to the inside of the box then added my gift, closed the box and put the belly band back on.
I added some Silver Metallic edged ribbon and a gift tag made with the Tropical dies. I cut the leaf outline in both Call Me Clover and Whisper White card and cut the top detail from Granny Apple Green card and glued the 3 layers together. I added this to the ribbon with Whisper White Baker’s Twine.
I still had some to the stamped card left over so pop back tomorrow to see what I did with it.
I’ve listed the products I’ve used for this project below. You can click on any of the links to start shopping for Stampin’ Up! products with me. I would be honoured to be your independent demonstrator.
Happy crafting,
Heather x
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