Georgia Creates CTMH Australia: October 2016

Saturday, 1 October 2016

20 Card Christmas Box

designed and created by Georgia O'Shea

I finished a box of teabags the other day. Not very exciting BUT I kept the box with the flip top lid to re-create into a Christmas gift! Am I the only one who does this? The box was not wide enough or high enough to hold cards, so I pulled it apart and worked out how I could extend it to fit. I then created the box and wrote out all the instructions. I hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients:

2 Sheets of wreath paper from City Sidewalks Paper Pack X7213B
Red Glitter Paper Z3241
Green Shimmer Trim Z3087
ShinHan Markers Carmine and Leaf Green
October 2016 SOTM Yuletide Joy S1610
Shimmer Brush Z3293
Bonding Glue Pen 1512 and 3D-Foam Tape Z1151

1^st Piece: Top and back

Cut your first piece of wreath paper 8 x 12” so that it is 8” wide along the top and 12” long down the side when looking at the paper with the wreaths the correct way. This is so your pattern will be the right way up.

Score the short side at 1” and 7”.

Score the long side at 2”, 7.25” and 10”.

Cut along score lines shown in red on the photo to the right. I used the edge of my Shimmer Trim roll to trace around to make the curved corners on the sides of the lid. Cut along the curve and discard along with the two pieces at the bottom corners. Fold along all score lines.

2^nd Piece: Front and Sides

Cut your second piece of wreath paper 11.5 x 7.75” so that it is 11.5” wide along the top and 7.75” long down the side when looking at the paper correctly.

Score the short side at 2” and 7.25”.

Score the long side at 2.75” and 8.75”.

Cut along the score lines that are shown in red on the photo of the 2^nd piece. Flip over onto it’s face and fold up along all score lines.

Construction – 1^st Piece

Adhere the curved lid flap A to the outside of flap B shown in the photo below. Repeat for the other side of the lid. Set aside.

Construction – 2^nd Piece

Lay the 2^nd piece down on it’s face so it looks like the photo below. Fold the two base sides up and in and adhere to the base.

Joining the two pieces

Stand the 2^nd piece up on it’s base and adhere the base of the 1^st Piece on top of the base of the 2^nd Piece as shown below.

Ad adhesive to the two side flaps of the 1^st Piece and fold up to adhere to the inside of the 2^nd Piece sides.

Apply adhesive to the last three flaps on the top edges of the 2^nd Piece and fold in.

Mark the centre of the lid’s edge with a pencil at 3” (half way) and use the Thumb Notch Punch to cut the half circle.

You are now finished and ready for embellishments!

I used a 6” x 1” piece of Red Glitter Paper and two 6” strips of Green Shimmer Trim.

I stamped the star from October SOTM Yuletide Joy on a scrap of White Daisy Cardstock and cut it out.

I coloured with ShinHan Markers Carmine and Leaf Green then added Shimmer Brush to the poinsettia and the little black lines on the star. I then adhered with 3D-Foam Tape.

This box holds 20 cards and envelopes in plastic bags! Use different papers and embellishments to make it suitable for gifts anytime of the year.

You can find instructions for the matching Christmas card on my blog post HERE

Shop online for any of the CTMH products I've used today for delivery Australia-wide:

www.georgia.closetomyheart.com.au

I would love you to leave a comment

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

CTMH Australasian Blog Hop - S1610 Yuletide Joy SOTM

Hello and welcome aboard our October 2016 Yuletide Joy Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from

Vandra's Virtual CTMH Craftroom

then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

Today I would like to share with you a project I have created featuring the October Stamp of the Month, Yuletide Joy S1610. This stamp set is available during this month only, for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75 or more.

Don't forget to Pin to Pinterest!

I have used one of our value pack cards that is 4.25 x 5.5".
The matt of wreath paper is 3.75 x 4" and from our City Sidewalks Pack.
I used Bonding Memories Glue Pen to adhere a 1.5 x 4" piece of Red Glitter Paper half an inch from the left side of the card. I then attached a 6" piece of Green Shimmer Trim alongside the red.

I stamped the star and the sentiment onto scraps of White Daisy cardstock using black Memento Ink. I cut out the star with my Micro Tip Scissors and dovetailed the sentiment which ended up being 3.5 x 0.75". I used ShinHan Markers to colour with Carmine and Leaf Green. I also used our Shimmer Brush on the poinsettia and the black lines but it's hard to photograph! I added 3 Red Enamel Gems and adhered both pieced to the card with 3D-Foam Tape.