A Gift Idea

I have been working on this project for a while now and thought I would pop in and share it with you.

So here it is.  A cute little box with a few small gifts.  There are two coasters, two candles and two wine glass charms. 

The box itself is made from the cardboard packaging that comes with Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper.  I love this cardboard, it is strong and sturdy, great for boxes.  The dimensions of this box are 16 x 19.5cm, scored at 2cm on each side, cut to the score lines on two sides and then assembled into the box.   The large divider is 11.8cm x 19.3cm, scored on the 19.3cm side at 4 (valley fold), 6 (mountain fold)  and 8cm (valley fold). I use a little adhesive to hold it in the box and also between the score lines to hold the scored section upright.  The small divider is 3.8cm x 16cm, scored on the 16cm side at 8 (valley fold), 10 (mountain fold) and 12cm (valley fold).  Again a little adhesive to hold it in the box.   My cover is a medium window sheet cut 15.6cm x the length of the sheet.  I scored it on the long side at 2cm, 14.1cm, 16.2cm and 28.3cm.  I used sticky strip to hold it together and then it just slides over the box.

The coasters are cork sheets that I cut using my Scallop Square Bigz Clear Die.  I stamped the grass from Inspired by Nature using Crumb Cake ink across the whole tile and then inked the image from Just Believe with Early Expresso and stamped it on the left hand side.  I sealed my coaster with some Workable Fixative to protect the stamped image. 

To make the wine glass charms I stamped a butterfly image from Butterfly Prints  using Rich Razzleberry ink and the heart from Punch Potpourie (Level 1 Hostess Set) using Pacific Point ink onto Shrink Plastic.  I punched a hole in each one using the largest hole punch on the Crop-a-Dile.  Once they were shrunk I added the little gold rings which I purchased at Spotlight.  I stamped the snowflake image from Season of Joy onto tissue paper, pierced a hold through the centre to take the wick and then used my heat gun to set the image into the top of the candle.

Altogether I am really happy with the way this little gift has come together.  The box will hold up to 4 coasters, the two candles and up to 6 wine glass charms.   I hope that the recipient of this little gift is as pleased with it as I am.

Bye for now, Kris.