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  Easy Peasy Box Tutorial by Georgia!

 

This tutorial will show the basics of making a simple box bottom. From there, the sky’s the limit! For example, you can make a lid for the top just by cutting a square 1/16 of an inch larger than the first one. You can also adjust the length, width, and height of your box. You have complete control!

This tutorial makes a 3  x 3 x3 box (inches)

Materials

9 x 9 square DP cardstock

1- 1/2inch x 14 inches coordinated strip for the top border. Mount this on a 7/8 x 14 1/2 inch strip

Handle- 1/2 inch x 9 inches

Mount handle with a contrasting piece of card stock

2 brads

digi stamps for embellishments

I used the adorable S2G digi stamps for this project

double sided tape (scor pal tape)

scissors

hole punch

scor pal

bone folder

Step 1: Score at 3 and 6 inches

Rotate paper 90 degrees and repeat

(You now have a tic tac toe board)

crease scored lines with bone folder

Step 2: At each corner square, draw a line on the diagonal.

Note  the cutting lines marked on the top right square

 

Step 3: Cut along the above mentioned lines in each corner piece.

Step 4: Add tape. Notice you are actually adding the tape to the outside of each corner triangle.

Step 5: Peel away tape  (one triangle at a time ) and adhere to inside of  the box. Almost finished!

Step 6: Add border and handle

Embellish!

Another box using the same base. Made a second box 1/16 inch larger for lid .I used nesties to cut shapes for  base and lid. Sandwiched the ribbon between lid and nestie shape.