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A Tote Box with Gift Cards
Aloha, all!
What makes this gift box with note cards special is that it’s made with TWO boxes made from the Sizzix Box #2 Die to create a little tote. How cool is that? I learned this technique at one of the Late Night Stampers Pre-Convention Stamp Camps in Salt Lake City earlier this month. What a great idea for using this die!
Something else that makes it special is that I used Stampin’ Up!’s new Wood Sheets for the boxes. I bought a couple of packs of the wood sheets to try them with various Sizzix Dies just so I could answer your questions before you decide to order some. I’ll make some of my comments/findings at the end of this post.
For this tote, I cut two of the Box #2 shapes, and made all the folds EXCEPT the two for the top flap. I left those intact so they’d stand up nice and s
traight. After I put the two boxes together, I lined the inside of the tallest part with Designer Series Paper. (All the DSP in this project are from the Razzleberry Lemonade set of papers–gorgeous set!) Then I punched the top of one box with the Word Window Punch. At the Stamp Camp, we then put the boxes together and punched the word window punch through the second box. Can’t do that with the Wood Sheets because the two Wood Sheets glued together don’t fit into the punch. I found that out the hard way, so had to use a Craft Knife to cut the handle out of the second box. Won’t make that mistake again!
All the cards are 3" square gift cards. Four of them fit nicely into one side of the tote, and I put the envelopes in the other side of the tote.
Now for my comments about the wood sheets:
The good:
- They cover a whole Bigz XL Die, so there’s little chance you’ll cut one wrong.
- Our punches cut them nicely.
- They really do have a pretty wood grain.
The less good:
- They are textured wood on only one side. So, for a project where both sides will show–as in the above project–the other side is a white plastic-type paper. You may or may not be happy with that effect on your finished project.
- They fold nicely on the straight of the grain, but do not fold so nicely against the grain. I had to cut or file rough edges of wood grain off in several places even where the scores were very good.
- They are thick, and will not work well where you have lots of folds. For example, I could not use wood sheets for both the cover and inside of a Matchbox made from the Sizzix die.
- While you can stamp on them, the ink from my classic stampin’ pads did bleed a little into the wood grain.
- I understand from others that they do not do well with heat embossing. They’re too heavy and the wood grain is too fragile for dry embossing.
My bottom line: I made a nice, wood-grain looking card using Creamy Caramel Card Stock and the Woodgrain Background Stamp stamped in Chocolate Ship. Until I find another "a-ha" use for the wood sheets, I’ll just stick with what I’ve made from my test packages.
Subscribe to the comments for this postMy Sizzix Big Shot Has a Home!
Aloha, all!
My Sizzix Big Shot finally has permanent home all its own. It’s been in temporary quarters on this table or that since it arrived on my doorstep right after Convention 2008. So now every time I work on a card or scrapbook project, I don’t have to think about whether it’s worth it to drag it out from where ever I happened to stash it last. It’s always at home on a sturdy shelf in my closet, with plenty of room for even the XL dies to go through it with ease.
And they have been going through the Big Shot often! My current favorite die is the Box #2 die, which I’ve shown off here before. This being March, though, I’ve been anxious to try out something that looks like a treat box for a St. Patrick’s Day party. Now you know as well as I that there just aren’t the cute M&Ms and Hershey Kisses in St. Patty’s Day green as there are wonderful reds and pinks for Valentine’s Day and pretty pastels for Easter. March 17th is just another in-between holiday (and it’s not really even that!). But M&Ms do come in their "Premium" variety in a green mint. Oh, those are SOOO delicious. Unfortunately, the Box #2 die makes such a good, large, box that it holds more than 1/2 a pack of those tasty treats!
Well, I guess I’m going to have to try out the little Pillow Box die and see how many that will hold. Hopefully not as much so that I can make lots of treat boxes instead of just a few.
I made the box on the left using standard transparency plastic that you can buy at any office supply store. But Stampin’ Up! is going to start selling its transparent Window Sheets again, beginning April 1st with the Occasions Mini Catalog. It will come in both 7 mil and 20 mil thicknesses. I’ve ordered up a preview of both and will report back here when I get them so you’ll know what to buy for your OWN Sizzix projects.
For the box on the right, I used one of the Stampin’ Up! Background I Sizzix Terturz plates to texturize the Certainly Celery Card stock before I put it through the Sizzix again to cut the Box #2 die. Both boxes are tied with the Certainly Celery Poly twill ribbon featured in his month’s Sale-A-Bration catalog, and I got them FREE for ordering $50 worth of Stampin’ Up! projects. You can, too, by just placing your OWN order of $50! As always, you can order online 24/7, or call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me and I can place your order for you.
The Shamrocks on both boxes were made using Garden Green Card stock and one of the hearts from the Heart to Heart Punch. To make the smaller of the two, I just placed a Mini Glue Dot in the center of the tag and attached the point of each of the three hearts and one end of the stem to the dot.
If you already have a Sizzix Big Shot, the Box #2 die is really a winner and I’d suggest that this be one of your next purchases!
Happy Stamping!
Parisian Breeze in a Box!
Aloha, all from your card stock, paper and ribbon junkie (I’ve officially designated myself that as I can’t move around the craft room for all of the ribbon and paper all ove
My craft room is overflowing with little boxes I’ve made with the Sizzix Box #2 die. I am just so fascinated with the idea that I can make a box without a pencil or computer to draw it and a pair of scissors to cut it out! It’s a good thing that I’m a card stock and paper junkie, because otherwise I might run out of paper fairly quickly.
So, here is my latest take on the box, using some brand new Designer Series Specialty Paper, Parisian Breeze. I just love the colors in this paper–Baja Breeze (I have all kinds of turquoise-y colors in my craft collection), Chocolate Chip and Kraft. The Kraft is sort of an accent color; but it is just the right accent for the Baja Breeze/Chcolate Chip combo.
But as much as I like the colors, I just LOVE the texture! And this designer paper is also card-stock weight, and make a great 3-D project such as a box.
I made this as a gift for a member of my stamp club. Marcie and I share the same birthday, and you just gotta love someone who has the same birthday as you! The flower comes from the stamp set, Eastern Blooms, and the birthday greeting comes from the Crazy for Cupcakes set. Even though the color in the paper is Chocolate Chip, I liked the look of Close to Cocoa with this design. The band around the base of the box is Close to Cocoa and is the stamping on both the Baja Breeze and the Whisper White card stock.
Marcie has recently purchased two of the Stampin’ Up! Classy Brass Templates, along with the Empressor Stylus to do some dry embossing. So I’m showing off some of what she can do with her dry embossing materials by using the Floral Frenzy template, which coordinates with all of the designs in the Eastern Blooms stamp set. The textured dots on the Whisper White card stock are from the dry embossing, as is the outline of the flower itself. And, of course, the Scallop Circle Punch sets everything off nicely. (Oooh, do I have a sneak peak for you–there’s going to be an Scallop Oval punch in Stampin’ Up!’s future–come back next week and I’ll tell you more!)
The finishing touch is (what else!) ribbon! This is the striped 5/8" grosgrain ribbon in the Baja Breeze Color.
Happy Birthday, Marcie (well, just a couple of days late!) 
Sizzix Box #2 is a Treasure!
Aloha, all!
Yesterday I showed off some of my last minute Valentine projects for the ladies who were coming to my New Catalog Open House today. Today, I’d like to focus on the little box that I made with the Sizzix Die called "Box #2."
This little box die has GOT to be the easiest way to make a little gift box that I’ve ever used! And the box is big enough to decorate and use to give little gifts such as jewelry and candy. It’s absolutely perfect for favors for parties of all kinds. With all the great new cover-weight Specialty Designer Papers that Stampin’ Up! now has, I can see that there will be little decorated boxes and weddings, graduations, and birthday parties; at Easter brunches; and end-of-year activities for schools and clubs.
But first about the dimensions. The Box is 3-3/4" wide, 2" high, and 1-1/4" deep. Here’s a picture of those measurements.
Here is a close up view of the Valentine’s Box I made yesterday, using a piece from the new "Sweet Slumber" Specialty Designer Paper and the Box #2 die. You can create 2 of these boxes out of one piece of 12" x 12" card stock or Specialty Designer Paper. The little dots on the paper are Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, and So Saffron. I decorated the box with Baja Breeze striped grosgrain ribbon and card stock (punched with the Square Scallop Punch), and Ruby Red and Pretty in Pink card stock. The stamp is from the set, Dreams Du Jour.
Another thing that I promised yesterday was a hint about how to improve the box structure just slightly. There is a small flap on the lid which looked to me as if it wanted to be tucked inside the box (as I have in my box). However, the corners of that flap as just slightly too squared off to fit smoothly inside the box. So I used the Corner Rounder punch on those corners, and now the lid fits smoothly and perfectly inside the box.
If you’d like to make this little box, all you need is a Sizzix Big Shot starter kit and the Box Die #2! You can order both of these from Stampin’ Up! online, or you can call (808.854.6145) or e-mail me, and I’ll be glad to place the order for you.
Don’t forget, though, that, if you need a catalog, you can get one free from Stampin’ Up! between now and April just by placing an order online!
