Tutorials!

Be sure to check out our Tutorials page, the design team will be adding some fantastic tutorials over the next few weeks.  Kate has made one for a gorgeous gift box, perfect for all those little christmas presents!

Cute Christmas Box

Hi bloggers,

I thought i would add a little tutorial on how to make a sweet little box for Christmas gifts. These can be made in whatever size you like, for the tutorial i am making a 6cm square box using plain card, but you could use decorated card just as easily.

So here we go:

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

A4 SHEET OF CARD , RULER , SCISSORS , PENCIL , CRAFT KNIFE , DST , PAPER CREASER & MAGNETIC PAPER.

STEP 1. MEASURE 6cm UP FROM THE LONG SIDE OF THE A4 SHEET OF CARD AND MAKE A SMALL MARK.

STEP 2. REPEAT AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE SHEET OF CARD.

STEP 3. LINE THE RULER UP ON BOTH MARKS AND DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN THEM.

STEP 4. MARK 6cm UP FROM THE LINE AGAIN BOTH ENDS AND DRAW A LINE CONNECTING THEM TOGETHER.

STEP 5. REPEAT THE ABOVE STEPA AGAIN SO YOU END UP WITH 3 LINES ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CARD 6cm APART.

STEP 6. ON THE 1ST LINE YOU HAVE DRAWN MAKE A MARK AT 6cm , 12cm , 18cm , 24cm & 25.5cm.

STEP 7. REPEAT STEP 6 ON THE 2ND LINE AND THEN JOIN ALL THE MARKS UP AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTO.

STEP 8. MAKE A MARK 1cm TO THE LEFT OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM 1ST LINES AND 1cm TO THE RIGHT OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM 2ND LINES. JOIN UP THESE MARKS

STEP 9. CUT AWAY ALL THE SHADED AREAS IN THIS PHOTO AND YOU WILL END UP WITH THE SHAPE IN STEP 10.

STEP 11. MARK 1cm IN FROM BOTH ENDS ON THE 4 THINNER 'FLAP' SECTIONS.

STEP 12. JOIN THESE MARKS TO THE ENDS OF THE THIN 'FLAPS' WITH DIAGONAL LINES, AND CUT AWAY THE SMALL SHADED TRIANGLUAR AREAS.

STEP 13. YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS SHAPE NOW. SCORE ALONG EACH OF THE PENCIL LINES LIGHTLY WITH YOUR CRAFT KNIFE.

STEP 14. BEND INWARDS ALONG THE SCORE LINES.

STEP 15. USING YOUR PAPER CREASER RUN ALONG EACH OF THE FOLDS PRESSING HARDER TO GET A NICE CREASE IN YOUR CARD. YOUR BOX IS NOW STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE.

STEP 16. IF YOU ARE USING A PLAIN CARD THIS IS THE TIME TO DRAW YOUR DESIGN/PATTERN ON THE BOX. TURN IT OVER SO THE SIDE WITH THE PENCIL LINES ON IS FACING DOWNWARDS AND DRAW ON THE PLAIN SIDE. I HAVE USED A PAPERMANIA GOLD PEN TO DO A SWIRLY DESIGN ALL OVER MY BOX, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRAW ON THE 4 THIN FLAPS AS THEY WILL NOT SHOW.

STEP 17. STICK DST TO ALL 4 OF THE FLAPS, I FIND IT BEST TO COMPLETELY COVER THE FLAP WITH DST AND HAVE USED 2 DIFFERENT WIDTHS HERE.

STEP 18. TAKE THE PAPER FROM THE DST ON THE FRONT 2 FLAPS 1ST AND STICK TO THE BACK OF THE FRONT PANEL.

STEP 19. REPEAT FOR THE BACK 2 FLAPS AND STICK TO THE INSIDE OF THE BACK PANEL.

YOUR BOX IS NOW MADE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DECIDE IS HOW TO SECURE THE LID.

USING 2 STRIPS OF MAGNETIC PAPER 6cm X 1cm STICK 1 TO THE FRONT OF THE BOX A FEW mm FROM THE TOP AND THE OTHER TO THE BACK OF THE FRONT FLAP. THESE WILL NOW CONNECT AND HOLD THE BOX LID CLOSED.

 OR

USING 8cm OF RIBBON MAKE A LOOP AND STICK THE ENDS TOGETHER WITH DST. STICK TO THE FRONT OF THE LID FLAP SO SOME OF THE RIBBON LOOP IS STICKING UP ABOVE THE LID. INSERT THE LID FLAP INSIDE THE FRONT OF THE BOX SO THE BOX IS CLOSED BUT YOUR ARE ABLE TO PULL THE RIBBON TO OPEN THE LID.

YOU ARE NOW FINISHED WITH THE MAKING OF YOUR BOX, NOW ITS TIME TO GET THE GLITTER GLUE AND SPARKLEY THINGS AND DECORATE.

I hope you found my tutorial easy to follow, and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Happy Crafting

Kate xxx