Box of Thanks
Hello! Deborah here with you today. I’ve had so much fun this weekend. I’ve been making a Box of Thanks. I used The Greetery’s Stationery Box die to create the box and I have step-by-step instructions on how to put it together. I used Altenew’s Illusion Diamonds stamp set to decorate the box – such an elegant design. I used lots of older Concord & 9th stamp sets to create the thank you cards to go inside the box.
I started by using the Stationery Box die to cut out two large pieces for the body of the box, and one smaller piece for the lid from heavyweight white card stock. I stamped the large Illusion Diamonds stamp in Versamark centred in the box panel and heat embossed with white powder. I repeated this for the back of the box. I blended ink on front and back to create a rainbow. On the lid piece I simply blended the inks in a diagonal rainbow pattern. I used the semi-circle die to cut an opening in the front part of the box – so that you can easily get at the cards. At this point I added a small magnetic disk closure to the box. I used my ruler to find the centre point of the inside of the front piece and adhered the magnetic disk. The dies score the card so that it is very easy to find the lines to fold to make the flaps.
I added extra strong adhesive tape to the flaps and joined together the two large parts that make up the body of the box. I joined the other long side of the box and then folded in the smaller flaps, folded over the base of the box and closed the other side down. To make sure the card was adhered together I used ruler to press the edges together. Next, I added the lid flap by sliding the thin fold into the box and pressing the box and flap together. I placed a number of A2 envelopes inside the box, folded in the lid and then added the second part of the magnetic disk on the inside of the lid flap. I added a piece of vellum to line the inside of the box and that’s it. Very easy to assemble.
Next I made a set of eight co-ordinating thank you cards. I started by finding some silhouette flower and leaf images from my stash – I used ones from Concord & 9th’s Petals & Pallets, and So Happy for You. I stamped the solid images with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed with clear powder. Then I spent a while fussy cutting them out. I used the Polka Dot Turnabout stamp to stamp directly onto the front of A2 note cards. I used a different colour on each card and for the most part only stamped the image once. I used Big on You and All the Thanks stamp set, along with Say Thanks dies to create the ‘thank you’ greetings on the cards.
As well as the greeting, I added floral decoration to the cards using the clear embossed black flower and leaf images. I finished the whole set off by decorating the box flap with some of the black flowers. I’m so pleased how this set turned out. I’m giving it to my mum. She has her mastectomy surgery tomorrow, and I thought it would be nice for her to have a box of thank you cards ready to send out.
That’s all from me today. See you again next week.
Deborah, x
09/02/2022
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Categories: Die Cutting, Ink Blending, Card Making, Heat Embossing, Gift Making
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Tags: Altenew, Concord & 9th, The Greetery
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