Notelet Box Tutorial

This is a tutorial I have done for the Scribble & Scrap blog It's a set of notelets and a box to put them in. This is a lovely Christmas or birthday present for crafters to make and can easily be adjusted for any size. All highlighted items can be purchased in the Scribble & Scrap Shop.

I started by using Curiosity Corner Sentiment Stamps and stamped the sentiment on four A6 card blanks. Then, on an A4 sheet, I stamped the sweet Lillibet Clear Stamp Holding Flower four times.

Once I'd coloured the images with my Promarkers I die-cut them and edged with Distress Ink.

I decorated the notelets with Lillibet Die-cut Bunting and Curiosity Corner Paper Blossoms flowers.

Now for the actual box. I hate having to measure anything so I kept it simple. First, I made the top of the box. I took an envelope for the notelets and placed it in the centre of a A4 sheet of sturdy card. I allowed a bit of a gap around the envelope and marked the card. I then scored the lines to fold the base. 

Next, I stacked the notelets and envelopes to see how deep the box needed to be. 2 centimetres looked about right so I added that as a border all round and cut the card to size.

To make the bottom of the box, which needs to be just a little bit smaller, I cut a second piece of card a few millimetres smaller than the top. I then measured in 2 cm round the sides and scored those lines. 

At the corners I cut into one line to make a tab and removed a small sliver to make the fold neater.

I folded all the corners up and used a wet glue to stick them into place. Paperclips held them while they dried. Can you see how the top of the box is slightly larger than the bottom so it will slot over the base?

To decorate the box I stamped Lillibet again and coloured and die-cut her as before. I cut a larger shape as a matting layer. I used a paper from  Lillibet 6x6 designer paper pack for the corners and added some flowers from Curiosity Corner Paper Blossoms. I finished them with gems and buttons.

And there you have a very simple way to create a little gift. You don't have to put notelets in the box. What about some handmade cards? Or gift tags? You can make a box of any size, just remember to use your envelopes as a size guide. Try making the box from double sided paper so the inside looks pretty too.

If you make one of these boxes I'd love you to show me how it turned out. This tutorial will also appear on the Scribble & Scrap Challenge Blog.
Thank you for looking. I'd appreciate any comments.

Santa Decoupage

Today I have a tutorial that I did for the Scribble & Scrap blog.
I love to create my own decoupage, it's really quite easy to do. Even from digi images. Here I have created a decoupaged topper from the Santa 1 digi from the Scribble & Scrap Shop.

I started by opening up my MCS program and importing the Santa image. I shrunk the image to the size I wanted then copied and pasted it so I had four identical digis. I wanted to work quickly so I used the digital stamp tool and roughly cut out a bit of the background on each image until I was left with just the lower leg closest to the front. I arranged the cropped images on the page and printed it out.

The next stage was to colour the digis. I chose traditional colours and used Promarkers. As you can see, I didn't colour the areas which wouldn't be seen once the decoupage was layered up. And I ignored the areas I hadn't cropped that wouldn't be used for the decoupage.

Once coloured, I cut all the images out, removing the pieces I didn't want. Here I have laid them onto a piece of card for the photo. They will be layered up starting with the top right image and working anti-clockwise.

Finally the decoupaged image layered up with foam pads. Decoupage is a simple but effective way to add depth to a card and can be achieved very easily.

You will have to wait until Sunday to see what I did with my decoupaged Santa where it is on my DT card for the next Scribble & Scrap challenge.