Gift Box

Written and Created by PaperCraftCentral Susan

Have you ever wanted to make a Gift Box to show someone you care and are thinking about them? Valentines Day, Birthdays, Christmas, all sorts of occasions call for special gift wrapping and treats.

What about making a special token of appreciation for your workmates?

These little containers can be made to fit any small-sized, flattish treat. You could fill yours with wrapped chocolate thins, coffee bags, or in one case, I chose five herbal tea bags for a gift.

"The greatest gift is a portion of thyself".
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Valentines Day Gift Box

Make a quick and easy Valentines Day present with the Sure Do Love You Big Shot framelits and stamp set. I discovered a few hints and tips while using the framelits, including two different option for closures,  so made a video to show you how to take advantage of them:

Here's a close up of the tab closure:

Let me know if you make one of these boxes. I would love to see some all decorated!

Heart Shaped Gift Box

Here's how to make a heart shaped chocolate box.

I think it would be great for Valentines Day or Mothers Day

Handmade Gift Box for Tea Bags:

The first project I made I followed Beate's instructions over at SplitCoastStampers

Then I decided to adapt those instructions to show you how to make this little gift box fit your own brand of candy or whatever it is you want to give.

How to Make a Gift Box for Tea Bags

• 1 piece cardstock 107mm x 203mm (4 1/4" x 11 3/8")
• 1 piece 76mm x 210mm (3" x 11 3/8")  of designer series (patterned) paper
• Additional Cardstock
• Tea bags or inserts of choice
• Strong adhesive like double sided tape
• Foam Tape or mini glue dots

Papercraft tools:

• Scissors
• Stamps, punches, ink
• Paper Cutter
• Scoring Tool

Here's what to do:

• Measure the width of one of your tea bags or other favour, place one tea bag in the centre of your cardstock strip (on the bottom of one short side as shown) and score the short side of the cardstock to match that width.

Add double-sided tape to the freshly cut tabs as shown

Flip the box over and apply double-sided tape to the 20mm (3/4") tabs as shown

Remove the liner from the longer strips of double-sided tape and bring the sides together to form the box

Score the short edge of your patterned paper the width of your double-sided tape for a neater finish (stick it to the box with this scored margin) and score the patterned paper where it will wrap around the box edges too. When you have wrapped the patterned paper all the way around the box and overlapped the ends, trim it off there to neaten the finish

This time I decided to cover the rest of the lid with patterned paper as well. It's up to you how to finish your box off, of course. It would still look nice if you left the lid uncovered and decorated the edge of it instead, for instance

I then stamped and punched some images for the catch and used some ribbon to make the front even prettier. I popped the punched image up on two Stampin' Dimensionals, leaving the top free so it could act as a catch, as shown above.

I finished off with some more corner punches and rhinestone bling.

Hmmm. I think I'll go give this little Gift Box to my sweetheart right now.

How will YOU use this idea? Please do share with us if you make a box. Especially if you decide to make it a Valentine!

Enjoy!

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Other Valentine Ideas:

• Make a Handmade Heart Box and fill it with handmade chocolates
• Make a handmade card and fill it with love
• Make a Chipboard Album Tag and add a new one each year

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