Hi everyone...Happy Spring!

Today I'm joining in Canada Inks Up! Team Blog Hop and we're showcasing 'Anything but a Card'. Here's what I came up with, a box (and a couple of cards and a couple of bookmarks…)!  Hope you like it!

This sweet little stationary box was so much fun to make!  I found the box idea in my stash of fun things to make and it was dated a couple of years ago from a blog called Intatwyne Designs.  Such a cute idea for your desk or to give to a friend.

I made mine into a card holder, with a spot for my pens and a couple of book marks too.  The patterned paper is from a One Sheet Wonder I stamped and I used Black Memento Ink on White Cardstock with my favourite stamp set ‘Flowing Flowers’. Others stamp sets used for my one sheet wonder and the cards were from Ranunculus Romance, Very Versailles, Artistically Inked, and one that I think is so overlooked…the Stitched stamp set.  This set is lovely for adding an interesting border! I shaped and layered the flower to give it some dimension and make it the focal point. The leaves are hand cut. 

The box holds about 4 cards and envelopes and it’s so nice to have a few cards ready to pop in the mail when you need one.  

I added a clothespin too, coloured it with the same ink and Basic Black marker pen.  The flowers on the bookmark, clothespin and front detail on the box are handmade, randomly cut circles, then cut into spirals. Once rolled, I smashed them slightly to flatten them!  So easy and so much fun to make.  I have a tutorial on my blog here showing how I made the flowers.  The flowers on my box didn't flatten too much because I didn't wet the cardstock first, I wanted a more rigid flower.

The leaves are hand cut, I scored a 1” piece of Old Olive cardstock at 1/2” then folded it and hand cut various sizes of leaves.  The tags are from the Tailor Made Tags dies and I cut both the background and my stamped design using the largest size then trimmed the stamped black & white design on the stitched line of the die.

The box measurements are: 11” x 7 1/2”

Score on the 11” side at 5 1/2” and 7”

Turn and score at 1” on each side

Make two small boxes that measure:

4 1/4” x 8”

Score on the 8” side at 3” and 4”

Turn and score at 1“ on each side

Burnish well on all the score lines and use a strong adhesive to adhere. 

I angled the sides from corner to corner with scissors to give it a nice clean look. The white cardstock is my working template to make sure I’ve worked out any mistakes before I cut my good cardstock! 

Glue these with Tombo as it gives a bit of wiggle room!

Thanks so much for stopping by to share your time with me, don't forget to click the rest of the links to see the great projects that everyone has created! 

Hugs ~ Judy 💕