Box of Cards

 Today I wanted to share a natty little box that houses 6,  4" square cards and envelopes.  It was something a friend shared in Thursday craft group a few weeks ago.

 I believe it was from a magazine that she had purchased.  The main body of the box is made from a sheet of A4 card, cut to 17 x 25 cms.  The score lines are marked with the dashed line, and the solid pieces are to be cut away.  Use a reasonable strength of card to protect the contents within.  Fold into shape and use a good adhesive to secure the sides.

The lid is oddly sized, as you need the extra couple of millimetres to allow for it to slot over the box body.  So a piece measuring 9.2 x 17.2 cms, scored at 3 cms from each edge, and solid notches removed.  Again make up into shape using a strong adhesive.  Make sure the lid correctly fits the box body before you start decorating it.

I kept it simple, using the fabulous Floral Pavillion papers by First Edition.  I measured each of my exposed surfaces, and made a mat for each which was slightly smaller.  You may decide to ink the edges, or....before you stick it together, in it's flat position, you may decide to ink it all and decorate with stamps instead.


Using the same card as that of the box itself, I cut 6 cards measuring 10 x 20 cms and scored them in half making 10 cms square.  I kept it quite simple, as these papers speak for themselves.  I made a slightly smaller mat for each, rounded the corners and trimmed each with different peel-offs. ( I aren't a peel-offs lover, but they do have their place now and again.  Plus I have an abundance that seem to just sit collecting dust  !!!!)  I used a die to punch a small shape to add to each, and just selected 2 complimentary colour inks that worked  with my chosen papers.  I kept my

 sentiments quite generic, as I felt this would make a nice gift for someone to have cards handy when they just want to let someone else know they are thinking about them, for whatever reason.....'Thank You', 'Just to Say', 'With Love'.  I happened to have these amongst my vast array of stamps, but didn't have one for the front of the box, so I chose a similar (not quite) coloured pen to the pink ink, and wrote 'Cards', mimicking the font as best I could..


I then made 6, 4" square envelopes, using 120gsm bright white copier paper.  It's a good enough weight for an envelope.  I started with pieces measuring 6 1/2" square (easily cut from A4 sheets) and used the Crafters Companion enveloper board.  You can make envelopes by simply folding in all your points of the square, making sure you centre area measures the required amount, rounding the corners, and fixing the bottom up and over the two sides.
Have fun !!!  
Christine