I recently shared that I was making gift packaging for the gifts that my class customers can select when they place a qualifying order. I wanted to share a box that I recently made which features the Tin of Tags photopolymer set which is on sale at $15.75 (25% off) this month. This is to go along with the new Stitched Shapes framelits dies which are debuting early starting today – I already ordered my set this morning!

So to the box. I already had the contents so I measured them adding a quarter of an inch to the size to give me 5 1/4″ by 3 5/8″. Measuring the height of the contents, with a little wiggle room, gave me 3/4 inch so I cut my base piece of retired DSP to 1 1/2 inches (to make the sides at opposing ends) plus the base of the box – 6 3/4″ by 5 1/8″. Although the diagram below shows the scoring at 3/4″ (the height of the base) and 6 inches for the other side of the box, it’s simplest to just take the height that you want and score that on all 4 sides, so 3/4″ on each side.

You then cut up the red score lines (after folding and burnishing) and use glue dots, fuse or even snail to make the box. For the lid, you first decide how much of the base that you want to show. If you want none, just make the paper a smidge larger – just 1/16 inch bigger in both directions and proceed as for the base, scoring at 3/4 all the way around. That extra 1/16″ on the top will enable you to get the lid on. If you want some of the base to show as in this  example, figure out how much you want to show, double that amount and reduce the paper for the lid by that amount. So say you have a 1 inch deep box and you want to show 3/4 inch of the base,  you need to reduce the paper that you cut by twice 3/4″, i.e. 1 1/2 inches. But please do let me know if you have questions!

For my project today. I made a melon mambo lid and tied it on with delightful dijon ribbon. I used the Tin of Tags set to make my tag, along with the layering ovals framelits dies. A few enamel dots finished it off. Here’s a shot of the top of the box

Making boxes is a lot of fun – and it helps use up DSP that you may (you know you do!) have around.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Please use the hostess code to get free product; the current one is GWTDK7RM (if your order is over $150, don’t use the code, you get the rewards, but you still get the free gift from me). Click here to go to my online shop or here to join my team. To sign up for Paper Pumpkin, click here.

See you tomorrow,

Liz