Valentine's Day is just around the corner, so I thought I'd put together a few boxes for sharing treats with my sweets! Let me show you how easy it is to create this little gem of a gift box.
The die I used for this project is the newly released Sizzix Scoreboards XL Recipe Card Box by Eileen Hull. The Scoreboard dies are really fun to use. They allow you to create unique projects using Sizzix Mat Board which you can cover in your favorite scrapbook papers. Just sandwich your material and die between a pair of Extended Cutting Pads and put it through your Sizzix Big Shot machine.
To create my box, I chose white Sizzix Mat Board and beautiful patterned paper from Crate Paper's Paper Heart 12x12 collection. I adhered the patterned paper to the mat board with Tombow Liquid Mono Multi glue. I like to adhere the designer paper before die cutting, so the paper and mat board are perfectly positioned together.
Once the box was die cut, I lightly inked the fold lines and edges with brown Distress Ink from Ranger, and added some faux stitching lines with my tracing wheel. I also added some double-sided adhesive to the two small flaps, which is all it takes to keep this box assembled. Gotta love that!
I chose to use a very small Velcro self-adhesive dot as the closure for my box. The best way to ensure you get both sides of the Velcro dots lined up is to adhere the two dots together, peel them (together) off the clear storage sheet, adhere one side of the dots to your project and then close the flap of your box. The adhesive on top of the second dot will stick to your box flap in the exact location needed. Easy peasy!
The Velcro dots work *great* on projects like this! Stock up, crafters! They're so nifty!
To embellish my cute candy box, I used die cuts from the recently released Sizzix Fancy Base w/ Layering Shapes Thinlit set. I die cut red, pink, and white glittered cardstock using various shapes from the set, and adhered them to the flap of the box.
Thinlits are very easy to use! Layer your card stock and Thinlit die between a pair of Standard Cutting Pads and the Magnetic Platform, and put it through your Sizzix Big Shot machine.
I added a cute pink heart gem to the center of the butterfly and a pretty pink and white twine bow to finish it off.
I filled the box with gobs of delicious Dove chocolate hearts. Yumm!!
I think this box is just the cutest thing to make. And it would be easy to die cut a window in the front of the box, too! You could easily die cut a heart shaped window and add a piece of clear acetate for a peek-a-boo style box.
Since the assembly of the box is so easy, you could make a heap of these really quickly. How fun they would be for classmates and teachers, too!
Anna - can you tell me the finished size of that box? I can't find that info on line anywhere. Thanks!
Lynne
Posted by: Lynne Bunn | February 22, 2015 at 08:43 AM
Great project!
Posted by: Barbara Nichols | January 31, 2015 at 07:19 PM
Great project, love your idea of the velcro dots!
Posted by: Jan | January 30, 2015 at 11:05 PM
Pretty!
Posted by: Carolina F. | January 30, 2015 at 01:29 PM
Hi Jan!
All the projects youve seen me make so far can be done on the Big Shot.
They can also be done on the Pro machine, but the regular Big Shot will do ya for what Ive been sharing to date.
Did you see Sizzix is releasing a new Big Shot size? The new machine is 9 wide, so its wider than the original 6 Big Shot, but smaller than the 13 Pro.
If you dont have a machine yet, you might look into when the new sized one is releasing ..... it looks AWESOME!!!
And Im sure there will be newer dies that fit the 9 platform, and Im sure theyre going to be double-AWESOME!!!
:)
Cluck, cluck!
-Anna.
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http://SweetMissDaisy.Typepad.com
Posted by: SweetMissDaisy | January 29, 2015 at 08:53 AM
Your treat box is really awesome! Much of my scrapbooking is about treat boxes or bags and tiny gifts. I might need a Big Shot or do I need a Big Shot Pro? The Sizzix mat board seems like the answer! Heh, heh....
Posted by: Jan Elmore | January 29, 2015 at 05:25 AM
Your boxes are as sweet as the treats in them. You are sweetest of all. :) (I gotta get some of those Velcro dots!)
Posted by: Carol Dee | January 28, 2015 at 07:26 AM
Cool! I'm all for more boxes of chocolates! I can see Valentines Day stuff here! Love, Dad
Posted by: Dan Wight | January 27, 2015 at 10:35 PM