Welcome back to the craft room and today’s Flashback Friday Let’s Make a Box post. Today we are going to wrap up the 2016 Christmas gift for the ladies. Creating a box with the Envelope Punch Board is easier than you may think. Also, the measurements for this gift box can easily be changed if you need a different size. In addition to that, decorating the box top is optional. I didn’t plan on wrapping such a small box, so adding the decoration made sense to me. Now, let me show you how I put this together.
Let’s Make a Box
What happens when you need a smallish box for Christmas gifts? Do you run around to different stores looking for something that will sort of work?? You certainly could if you live in a large enough town with lots of options. However, if you’re 50 miles from everywhere and you are the crafty sort, you just make your own!
As with everything, there are several different ways to make a box. My new favorite way is with the help of the Envelope Punch Board by We R Memory Keepers. This handy little tool is made specifically to create envelopes, hence the name. However, with a little tweaking, you can make the perfect size box for any occasion.
To make this adorable little box you will need two (2) sheets of heavy card stock measuring 10” x 10” and the Envelope Punch Board. To glue the box together you will need Scor-tape or a similar type of double sided tape. If you prefer a wet glue will also work, but it may take longer to hold. Finally, to finish the inside of the box you may want some additional cardstock.
Let’s start by creating the base of the box.
Box Base
Begin by placing your 10” x 10” cardstock in your envelope punch board. Align the edge at the 4 ¾” mark, punch and score.
Make a quarter of a turn and align the cardstock at 3 ½” mark, punch and score.
Rotate another quarter turn; align at 4 ¾” mark, punch and score. Rotate one more time; align at 3 ½” mark, punch and score.
Now we need to add some dimension to the box base. After the last punch and score, move the cardstock to the left and align the previous score line with the indicator on the punch. This will give you the next position to punch and score.
If the previous score line doesn’t extend far enough to make an accurate placement, you can always line up the punch on the right side with the score line on the board. The following image is a little blurry, but I hope you can see where the edge of the punched corner lines up with the score line of the board.
Continue around the next three sides until you have a final piece that looks like this:
Folding the Box Base
Crease each score line with the bone folder. Before we continue, we do need to make a few cuts. I chose to do this from the two short ends of the box, but you can use whichever side you prefer. Cut from the edge of the box end to the score line indicated with the arrow in the photo below. Do this on both sides as well as the side directly opposite of your first cut. This will give us the small flaps that hold the box sides together after gluing.
At this point we need to create one more fold to finish the sides of our box. With a triangle facing us, fold to the first score line, then crease the triangle at the second line as shown below. You will be left with a double thickness on the sides of the box. The triangles that are left will help to strengthen the bottom of the box. Continue around all four sides.
When you are finished the base should look like this:
Add your score tape, or wet glue if you prefer and finish you box base.
To add a finished look to the inside of the box cut a piece of card to approximately 6 1/8” x 4 3/8”. Drop it into place to ensure a proper fit before adding the adhesive of your choice.
Box Top
To create the top of your box, follow the same procedure as above with only a slight increase in the measurements. Begin with your cardstock aligned at the 4 7/8” mark, punch and score.
Quarter turn align at 3 5/8” punch and score.
Quarter turn align at 4 7/8” punch and score. Then a final quarter turn to align at 3 5/8” punch and score. Follow the same directions as above to complete your box lid and finish it with a piece of cardstock cut to 6 ¼” x 4 ½”. Again, give it a dry fit to assure it fits properly before adhering it with you favorite adhesive.
Decorate the Box Top – Optional
Before taping the lid together, I decided to add some stamped snowflakes. To keep everything in the same color family, so I chose to use Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. I added a piece of scratch paper to the corners of the box before stamping. I wasn’t sure if the extra ink would interfere with the Scor-tape so I wanted to take that precautions.
This finished box measures 6 ½” x 4 ¾” x 1 ¼” with the base alone measuring 1” deep.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope the instructions for using the Envelope Punch Board to make a box were clear enough. If not, please let me know!
Thank you for joining me for today’s Flashback Friday Let’s Make a Box post. This adorable little box was the perfect way to gift wrap the handmade soaps and lotion bar. To fully complete the packaging each bar of soap was wrapped in a coffee filter, and the hard lotion bars were placed in a small tin that I found at my local craft store. To create the labels and the ingredient sheet I began by printing the information on my computer. Before cutting the pieces out with a number of different Nestabilities dies, I added the same stamped snowflakes to match the cover. This really finished off the gift set nicely.
I have found a much easier way to create a gift box and will link that here, Making a Custom Size Box. Either way you make the box, it will be the perfect presentation for any gift made from the heart. When you make handmade gifts, do you also make custom packaging for it? Let me know in the comments how you typically package your handmade or store bought gifts. Until then, have a fantastic weekend and I will see you back in the craft room soon!
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