Hi Everyone! Its Katie here and its another Tuesday again. I've got another little box for you today - can you have enough? Not me, I just adore all these paper boxes you find out in blog land. Today's tutorial is specifically for a Dad in your life or even just a great guy you might know. I had so much fun creating this look and I think it would work for just about any guy. My husband doesn't wear ties to work and there are tons of super cute tie stamps and cards out there, but most guys have at least one tool box in a closet or garage whether they are handy or "think" they are handy (lol).
Anyway, lets get going. I try to provide a picture of most of the tools that I use, but nearly 99% of the time I forget something and more than likely, you'll put your own twist on this project anyway :)
What really makes this project is the stamp and the embossing powder
These are the dimensions of all your cardstock pieces:
Box Base: 8 1/2" x 7"
Box Sides:
- 2 Pieces at 4 1/2" x 2"
- 2 Pieces at 3" x 2"
Box Edges:
- 2 Pieces of cardstock and some sort of chipboard material at 4 1/2" x 1/2"
- 2 Pieces of cardstock and some sort of chipboard material at at 3" x 1/2"
**** For my chipboard I used the cardboard packaging that came with my cuttlebug embossing folder
**** Cut your chipboard pieces just slightly smaller in dimension, just for the ease of gluing
Lid: 3 5/8" x 4 5/8"
Making the box is super easy. Take your 8 1/2" x 7" piece and score it at 2" on all four sides.
Cut on 2 sides and tape up the sides to create your box bottom.
Now, score the top or lid (3 5/8" x 4 5/8") along the 4 5/8" side at the 1/2" mark.
Now is the fun part...creating you metal. This is where your Versamark, silver embossing powder and heat gun come into play. Don't ask me why I've been on such an embossing kick, but it surely is a blast and I hope you aren't tired of it yet :)
Do this same process to all your separate pieces: all 4 sides, all four edges and your top.
Shake off the excess and start you gun!!!
Once all your pieces are "metaled" then its time to adhere them to your box sides. Its important that you get whatever your adhesive your using as close the the edges as possible. I've been using ATG tape, but the Scor Tape is awesome tape. Amazingly enough, you can just tear the stuff - seriously!
Adhere your edge chipboard pieces to your cardstock edge pieces.
Then glue the edge pieces to the top eges of your box.
This next step I call my soldering step. Grab your Versamark ink pad and rub it on the edges of your box and then dip gently into a the silver embossing powder. Tap excess off and heat.
Feel free to add more embossing powder to the edges, either by reheating your chest edges or you can apply more Versamark from the pad or even by using a Versamark Pen for specific areas (sorry, I took this picture to do my first layer of embossing powder)
Find the middle of you box and punch a hole about 1/8" down from the top edge.
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Add your small silver brad, but make sure that you don't push it all the way in. You want it to stick out just a bit.
Grab your lid and apply adhesive to the 1/2" section. Be generous here you want it to stick!
Now apply it to the back of your chest.
Now its time to attach your photo hanger or anything that you might have that has a loop on it. I placed the hanger and then pulled the lid down and marked the spot with a pencil.
Here is the finished box. I'm sorry I don't have anything to put into it...I'll have something by Father's Day. The chest measurement is 4 1/2" wide, 3" deep and 2" high. You'll see how it compares to an A2 card in a picture down below. More than likely, I toss in a "manly" gift card and some of his favorite candies.
And the card: I used my Cricut machine and cut out the letters for Dad using Base Camp for the chest lid and the card. For the card, I decided to use the same basic embossing for the letters and created my background texture with a cuttlebug embossing folder. The awesome screw brads can be found HERE.
Last picture I swear!
Recipe: Cardstock, brads, photo hanger (Close to my Heart), Stamp, embossing powder, Versamark ink, Scor Pal can be found at Clear Dollar Stamps, Tools: Heat Gun, Cricut
I hope you had fun today and will try your hand at this super easy Tool Chest for the man in your life. If you do so, make sure to let us know and share a link. If you have any suggestions of goodies to stick inside, share those too.
As always, thanks so much for sharing your time with us and I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday! There is a lot going on here at Clearly iStamp and Clear Dollar Stamps this week. Sneak peeks are going to be starting and you will love all the new stamps. Plus, another opportunty for YOU to be a GUEST DESIGNER coming up real soon. Keep your eyes open for the announcement.
This is Katie signing off for Clearly iStamp.
AWEsome! This has to be THE coolest thing ever for Dad's day. LOVE that stamp that you did the metal with & the way you did the closure. WOW!!!!! :O)
Posted by: Mel M. M. M. | June 20, 2009 at 02:42 PM
Katie, this was an awesome tutorial!
I absolutely love this idea!!!!
Blessings, Maria
Posted by: Maria Matter | May 28, 2009 at 02:32 PM
Wow, this is so cool! I have that stamp and it has been tucked away for a year now.... I think I have to pull it out again! Thanks for the highlight and reminder that I had this totally awesome "man" stamp!
Posted by: Laurie | May 27, 2009 at 12:45 PM
WOW!! I just added EVERYTHING to my wish list!! This is an AWESOME project and a FANTASTIC tutorial!! Thank you!! Judy
Posted by: Judy | May 27, 2009 at 09:06 AM
Awesome- as usual. This really is great in real life too, I got to hold it and feel it!!! LOL
Posted by: Becky Sorensen | May 27, 2009 at 08:18 AM
What a wonderful project! Love the clear, step-by-step instructions.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 26, 2009 at 11:00 PM
this is an awesome box and tutorial.
Posted by: Candyf | May 26, 2009 at 12:14 PM
I absolutely love this!! Thanks for sharing! Jenny
Posted by: Jenny | May 26, 2009 at 08:53 AM
Totally amazing. LOVE that diamond stamp. I thought maybe you already had the brand new cuttlebug folder that I can hardly wait to get my hands on! Fabulous project!
Posted by: Denise~Paper Ponderings | May 26, 2009 at 08:48 AM
I love this..This is so creative, and I am sure your Dad will love this too, thanks for sharing the details,
Posted by: Rebekka | May 26, 2009 at 08:01 AM