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Morning. Todays video shows you how to make The Little Tommy Box. I would advise watching the video first, then hopefully the instructions will make sense :-)
It took a lot longer than normal to do this video, for some reason, my hands decided today was the day to not work properly, but I think I managed to get rid of most of the dodgy filming :)
My son came up with the idea whilst we were sat on the golf course waiting for my husband to finally finish playing and he made me promise that I would mention him when I post my blog and video :-)
It originally started out as a load of scribbles and took a lot of time (and paper) to try and get it just right in order to make a tutorial on it, but I really think it was worth it.
It’s called The Little Tommy Box firstly as my son came up with the idea, and secondly because it’s just a sweet little box, perfect for little chocolates, mini soaps, anything, and with the off cuts, you can make little cards to go with the boxes!Image may be NSFW.
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I used the ‘You’ve Got This’ stamp set as I think the large flower is a really good design to use to make your own stamped paper.
To make the box, I used an A4 sheet of card cut down to 21cm x 21cm, however the base of the box can always be made bigger with the triangle sections made smaller, or a larger sheet of card can be used, the possibilities are endless – Just make sure it‘s always cut into a square first before you start :-)
1. Stamp using co-ordinating ink all over the piece of card
2. Stamped side facing down, score on 3 1/4″ and 5″
3. Turn the paper a quarter turn and score again at 3 1/4″ and 5″
4. Mark in pencil the top centre of each rectangle – this will show you where the top of each triangle will be
5. Score from pencil mark diagonally to the corner on each section to give you 4 triangles.
6. Fold all score lines.
7. Cut the original scores lines so that four large square pieces have been cut out from the corners
8. Cut little tabs from the diagonal lines
Fastening
1. Decide which triangle will be the front and which will be the back – make holes in the front triangle and the two sides – do not put a hole in the back piece
2. Glue all sides together except the front.
3. Cut tags fully off the front piece – I find it closes neater and easier without the tags left on the front piece.
4. Thread the ribbon through one of the side holes from the inside to the outside, wrap it round the back and thread through the other side so that both pieces of ribbon are inside the box.
5. Thread both pieces through the front hole and tie in a bow
6. Trim the ends but make sure to keep enough ribbon so that you can easily fasten it again
I hope you enjoyed this weeks tutorial and I really like the little matching cards that can be made with the off-cuts, they look so sweet! :)Image may be NSFW.
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The box can seem a little complicated at first, but as soon as you have made one, you’ll be making more in no time.
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Karen x
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