Owl-ways Crafty : A Gift For You Part 2

As promised I am back again to show you how I made this cute little box with belly band.

First off I picked a colour of card that compliments the cards I made yesterday, I decided to go with the yellow because it is cheerful and inviting. I cut this 11.5 x 6.25 inches. I stamped over the card with the largest sunflower from the Flowers and Berries set from CPF and then scored on the opposite side, I have marked the card in the photo below with measurements.

I then cut up the sides to form the tabs to enable me to put the box together. ***

Next step is to apply adhesive to all the tabs I have drawn squiggles on - the adhesive must go on the stamped side. I tend to gule 2 opposite tabs at the same time this way the box will form as you go along.

Now you will see how well your 4 cards and envelopes will fit into the box.

I have a small circle punch in my crafty stash and I used that to cut out a half circle from the lid of the box to make opening easier....***if you don't have a punch you could also use a small die but be sure to do this before you glue your box together***.

I then decided to add a belly band to the box closed and make it look pretty. To do this I cut a couple of strips of black card at 0.75 of an inch and joined them together. I wrapped them round the box snipped them to size and joined them up, I try to get the joins in the middle of the top and bottom of the band. To spruce them up abit I stamped a large sunflower on white card and coloured it in the same manner as I did in yesterday's blog post, I fussy cut it out and added a gold glitter card circle to the centre. As I was looking through my ribbon draw I came across some thin yellow ribbon and thought that would add a cut touch to the box so I tied that round the belly band and added the sunflower in the middle..be sure to only attach this to the band otherwise you will have problems getting into your box. On a whim and last minute decison I popped a couple of gems on the band and used Wink of Stellar in the centres of all the sunflowers I stamped on the box.