Toilet Paper Tube Mini Basket

These little baskets can hold candy or another special treat. They make great centerpieces, favors or gifts. Customize them to suit your theme or the recipients color scheme!

Supplies:
Toilet paper roll tube
Super Jumbo Scalloped Circle Punch
Scalloped scissors
Brads

Instructions:
1. Cut toilet paper tube into thirds. Feel free to flatten it to do so.
2. Cut strips of cardstock to wrap around outside & inside. Adhere.
3. Punch scalloped circle from cardstock. Apply bead of clear drying glue around bottom of paper-covered tube. Press firmly onto scalloped circle. (You may want to weight it down with something, such as a book, while it is drying.)
4. Cut a strip of cardstock for the handle. Mat and trim with scalloped scissors. Attach to basket bottom with brads.
5. As a finishing touch, add a tag tied with ribbon.

Scalloped Oval Mini Purse

1. Punch the scalloped oval out of patterned paper. Flip it over and score on either side of the center scallops.

2. Cut a length of ribbon and adhere one end to the "bottom" of your purse with a glue dot. Loop the ribbon up the side to form your first handle. Pierce holes near the top of each side of the handle and attach brads. Repeat the handle process on the opposing side. Glue dot the remaining end of your ribbon to the bottom as well.





3. Punch a second scalloped oval from a coordinating patterned paper. Repeat the same scoring process done in step one.










4. Adhere the second oval inside the purse to line it and cover up the backs of your brads. I inserted an individually wrapped strawberry lifesaver.









This purse could also hold a Starburst candy, a couple quarters or a tightly folded dollar bill for a child's birthday, or even an accordion folded set of index print size photos. As I always say, the possibilities are endless!

Cardstock Bag

I stamped the linear images from Spiral Bouquet using white craft ink from SU!, creating my own patterned paper to work with.










Here is a close-up of one portion of the paper.












I decided to add some sparkle to go along with the theme of my project. I added small dots of glitter in a few choice areas with my Stardust pen.












To form the box, I cut my cardstock down to 8.5 x 7.5 inches. I scored the cardstock @ 2,4,6 & 8 inch points along the 8.5-inch side using my ScorPal, which made it SO easy.










I then flipped the cardstock around and created one 2-inch score on the 7.5-inch side.

















Using scissors, I snipped the score lines up until the 2-inch scoreline, removing the far corner completely. This creates four equal flaps for the bottom of the "box".I applied tacky tape in the appropriate areas for box assembly.







I then trimmed the top edge of my box with some scalloped scissors ($2 from Hobby Lobby! Gotta love a bargain!)











I then applied tacky tape to a a few choice tabs in order to assemble the box.











After assembling my box, I added a cardstock handle by attaching it to the sides of the box with rhinestone brads from Making Memories. (My handle measured 7 x 0.5 inches)












For the front of the box, I created a label that makes this box a perfect favor for a Bridal Shower. I love the addition of the rhinestone stickers. I think it is the perfect finishing touch for this type of theme.

~ Special thanx to nicholeheady.typepad.com ~

Criss-Cross Box

~ nicholeheady.typepad.com ~

I started by marking my cardstock with pencil in 1.75" increments.











I then took the small stitched square from Borders & Corners Square and turned it at an angle. By lining up the top and bottom points of the square, one point touching another point, all the way down the pencil lines, I ended up with a beautiful plaid. Super easy (and somewhat therapeutic too!)






I knew I wanted to add a little more detail, so I used the large triple solid border with rust ink to outline a few of the stitched squares. I love the contrast it created! I then erased all my pencil marks.








I created this paper to be used for a special box I designed, inspired by my friend Mish and her Criss-Cross Cards. It is a super easy box to make, and it requires only one sheet of cardstock. This is what your 8.5x11 sheet will look like after you have completed your scoring and trimming. I have created a template for you to download so you can create your very own Criss-Cross Boxes! Here is a template for my Criss-Cross Box!
Cross Boxes! Here is a template for my Criss-Cross Box!
Download crisscross_box_template.pdf



To begin assembling, you adhere the small side tabs to the long side tabs.
















Then you can flip the whole front portion back.











For your third step, you want to adhere the remaining sides to the first side tabs.

















Finally, you just need to adhere your criss-cross tabs in place. First the right.

















And then the left. Viola! An easy Criss-Cross Box!


















The box needed a little something, so I decided to create a band for it. Out came one of our upcoming new releases, a very un-traditional Valentine's Day set! And what could be more unique than heart shaped acorns and the sentiment "Nuts for you", (courtesy of "askagain" of SCS, winner #1 for our Punny Valentine contest! I will be announcing the rest throughout the week. The winners each receive a PT gift certificate!) I love, LOVE, love the font for this particular set. It translates so well into a stamp and has such a nice crispness to it.

I added a scalloped edge to the band and adhered it to my box.

















Now that I had a box, I needed something to put inside of it. What could be more appropriate than nuts? I found that these clear bags were the perfect fit for this particular box. I used the SU! tab punch as a fun closure for the bag, attaching it in place securely with a staple.














On the front of the bag I added a little tag featuring one of the stars of the show for our new set, a perfectly perfect, modernized squirrel. Isn't he the cutest! I just love the little guy!














Here are both elements side-by-side. This would be such a cute project for the boys/men in your life for Valentine's Day! It isn't too girly or frilly, making it the perfect match! You could even include chocolate covered nuts for a sweeter approach!

Easy Fold Origami Box

1. Now that I had my paper made, I decided to create a little box that I learned the steps for when I was a child. I used to make them out of pages ripped from magazines or wrapping paper. Now I have a little more sophistication in the choice of my materials, but the pattern is still the same! For this particular size box, start with your cardstock cut to 8 1/2" square. Draw a line with a ruler in pencil from corner to corner, forming an "X".

2. Using a bone folder, fold one corner to the center point of the "X".

3. Fold the edge of your previous fold so it meets the center pencil line.








4. Unfold your previous folds. You are left with a set of horizontal creases.

5. Repeat steps 2-4 for the remaining three corners. When completed you will have a series of creases that form a grid.







6. You will make four cuts with scissors. Pick two opposing corners. Create a tab that is 2 blocks wide and two blocks high (not including the "point") by make one snip on either side of your determined crease grid. Repeat the same snips on the opposing corner.


7. Fold the opposing corners that have not been altered to the center point of your "X".








8. Fold them in half again, creating the first two "sides" of your box.

9. Fold the ends of the sides inward, forming the base of the remaining two sides.








10. Fold the tabs created in step 6 over the side bases created in step 9. The point of the step 6 tabs will meat at the center of the "X"

11. Now you have completed your box lid! Lined and everything, without any extra effort!!!








12. For the bottom, just repeat all of the above steps, except your beginning cardstock should measure 8-3/8" square.

The fun thing about these boxes is that you can make them any size, it just depends on the beginning measurements of your cardstock square. (Always make your box bottom cardstock square about 1/8" smaller than the one used in creating your lid, depending on the thickness of the cardstock.) For the itty bitty one shown here, I started out with a 3-3/4" square for the lid and 3-5/8" square for the bottom. There are lots of things you can DO with the boxes as well. You could make a set of nesting boxes. You can tie them with ribbon or add tags. You could make box bands, like the one I showed yesterday on the card box. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination!

Mini Treat Bag

Read on to find out how to make them! ~ credit to prairiepaperandink.typepad.com

I started with a Medium Glassine bag (at 25 for $3 they work out to 12 cents each)
I cut the bag so that it was about 2.5" high.










Using my Scor-pal I scored the sides and bottom of the bag - 1/2" from each edge.
It helps if after you score you fold the score lines back and forth a couple of times with these types of bags - it makes the next step easier.









Open the bag and shape it on the fold lines - there will be two little triangle tabs on the bottom - fold them under and adhere them in place with mini glue dots.
Then set the bag aside.












Next take a piece of cardstock (here I used PTI's Kraft CS) cut to 2.5" x 8.5" and score it twice - 3.75" in from each edge.
After that I used my Stampin' Up! Word Window Punch to punch "handles" in each end.



To decorate my treat bag I stamped the web from Spooky Sweets II set in white pigment ink, and the bat from the Spooky Sweets set with black ink.








I created a fun little label for the bag using the Spooky Sweets set, oval nestabilities dies, black and Summer Sunrise ink, and orange glitter.










To adhere the glassine bag to the cardstock "cover" - use 2 strips of strong adhesive (I use Red liner tape) cut 5" long. After peeling off the liner adhere the bottom of the glassine bag first then fold up the sides so that they adhere to the bag as well.


Here's a side view of the finished bag. I adhered the label with dimensionals and tied on some Summer Sunrise Grosgrain ribbon.