A Favorite Box Tutorial

I'm sitting here trying to think of some new witty beginning to these tutorials and posts and unfortunately for me and/or fortunately for you, I just can't.  So, I'm here to welcome you back and hoping you are sitting and enjoying a nice respite.

Today, I'm sharing a little favor box tutorial with you that uses one of my all time favorite stamp sets from Clear Dollar Stamps.  I have featured the sets Too Sweet and You're So Sweet before, but I just had to use these sets again for today's project.  They were PERFECT for it.

This is a easy little favor box that you could use for just about any occasion you would like.  I can see it being used for a baby shower, birthday parties, or weddings.  The reason I used these 2 stamp sets is because they offered up a lot of different looks and they fit perfectly onto the wrap section of my box.  I love multi uses for stamps.  If you aren't familiar with this set, it is made to work as "nugget" covers.  Nuggets being the Hershey candy ones.

As you can see I've got both sets housed in a clear CD holder.  The only things I forgot in the picture are a couple of border punches that I used. 

For this favor box, you will need 2 pieces of cardstock. 

• Box: 6 1/4" x 5 3/4"
• Wrap: 7 1/4" x 2 1/4"

For the box, you want to score all 4 sides at 1" and 2".  Then fold on all the scored marks.

You'll want to cut all 4 corners like the one in the picture below.

I like to clip all my edges just a tad.  It makes for easier folding for me.

Now its time to apply adhesive and fold up.  It doesn't matter which sides you cut your slits, but it does matter which sides you fold up first.  Always fold up the sides that have the small flaps attached.

Then fold over the other flaps.

Now time for the wrap.  I wrote 2 different measurements on the photo below.  Its nice to know both measurements and then you can use both while you are scoring.

Remember that when you are using a Scor-Pal, you can adjust your piece of paper to get the required measurements without "measuring".

Time to stamp... the fun part :)  See how perfectly these stamps work.  They are all quite easy to line up and most importantly look fabulous.

Just fold on score marks.

At this point, you can pick whichever end to be your flap.  Then you'll just cut off a desired amount and either attach another piece of cardstock to it or finish the edge off by itself.

I cut off approximately 1/2"

In this case I used a Martha Stewart border punch and attached it to my top flap.

Apply adhesive to the sections labeled on the photo below.

Place the box onto the middle section of the wrap.

Then I just placed self adhesive velcro to create the closure.  I always place the velcro together (this one has been cut in half) then detach one cover and then attach.  I then detach the other cover and fold down and press.

Perfect placement every time.

I used another stamp from the stamp sets above and created a great label for the top of my box.  The ribbon is some thin Offray stuff that ties up so easily and is perfect for this little type of project.

I also have a tip for you.  I use tweezers a lot to center things.  You get a much better view this way versus trying to keep things even and straight around your hands.

Here is a picture of the box above and two others that I made.

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial and I want to say thanks as always for spending your time with us at Clearly iStamp.

This is Katie signing off for Clearly iStamp

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Comments

[Shari]

Awesome Love it.

[Sophie]

wonderful little thing!!!!

[paula e.]

these look like they could be used for so many occasions! great tutorial. i got here from splitcoast stampers.

[Banu H]

Very nice Tutorial. Thanks for sharing it with us. Can you please let me know how many Hershey's Nuggets does this hold?

Thanks!
Banu

[Nancy Grant]

So creative and clever! I LOVE them all!

:-)

[Judy]

WOW!! What an AWESOME tutorial!! Thank you!!

[antjeegypt]

Greast tutorial, and cute box... I have already both sets mentioned above, so there is nothing to stop me... thanks

[Sandy in VA]

sweet little box!

[Cindy]

This was EXACTLY what I needed to put a bracelet in for a friends B-day. Many thanks!!! I LOVE IT!!! Cindy

[laura j]

Thanks for taking time to post these instructions! What a great box!

[Lenoria]

I love your tutorials and you don't need to come up with anything different and exciting for the beginning, they are perfect - very informative and very useful. Thank you for all the great information.

[Rebecca Ednie]

Katie you are a genius. How you come up with all these ideas is beyond me. I sure hope you read this. I have a had time using Velcro bc I find the hook and loo. Connection is always stringer than the adhesive so one side pulls off and sticks to the other. Any ideas? What brand do you use? What is your source? I am considering using red line tape or some liquid adhesive with non-sticky velcro. I like magnets but they are ugly and expensive, I always hide them with PP but that is an extra step I don't have to take with Velcro.

[Erica Fields]

What a neat box...a bit different from the usual ones, and decorated so pretty. Your tute is great...I'm gong to see if I can use it with adjustments for larger sizes as well. Thanks.

[Alexandra]

This is fabulous! Thank you!

[SMK]

AWESOME tutorial!!! thanks so much for the creative inspiration :D

[Candyf]

Really cute boxes and great tutorial. Love the pink polka dot box.

[Tricia T.]

Great tutorial, Katie! Thanks!