This week is another box (we can never have too many instructions on making boxes). You can choose to either leave the inside an open space or create four dividers.

These directions show how you can leave the ribbon bow intact when opening the cover (it's affixed to the top), or discard those directions and wrap a larger piece of ribbon around the entire box.

This box uses 12" x 12" card stock.  The finished box is size: 3¼” square and 

1½” deep.

Supplies

Stamp Set:  Joyful Tidings #165944

Ink:  Night of Navy #147110

Paper: Night of Navy 12" x 12" Two Tone card stock #166684, Peaceful Garden 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper #165917, Peaceful Garden 12" x 12" Glimmer Paper #165929

Other: Spotlight on Nature Dies #163580 (or any circle for sentiment), Misty Moonlight Silver Edged Ribbon #165931, Baker’s Twine Essentials pack #155475 or twine, Multipurpose Liquid Glue #110755, Tear & Tape adhesive 154031, Paper Trimmer #152392, scissors and Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine #149653

Measurements

• Night of Navy:  12” x 6 ¾”
• Silver Mats: 3 ½” x 3 ½” (1 piece) and 3 ½” x 1 ¼” (4 pieces)
• Patterned Paper: 3 ¼” x 3 ¼” (1 piece) and 3 ¼” x 1” (4 pieces)
• Ribbon: 5 ½” (2 pieces) and 14” (1 piece)
• White bakers twine: 3”
• Scrap of Basic White cardstock for die cut (sentiment)

Instructions

1. Score Night of Navy card stock on the long side at 1 ½”, 5 ¼”, 6 ¾” and     10 ½”
2. Turn and score the card stock on the short side at 1 ½” and 5 ¼”
3. Fold and burnish all the score lines in the same direction.
4. Cut all the score lines on the long sides only up to the first score line then notch each tab. Do not notch the outer edges of the end tabs (refer picture below).
5. Adhere the pattern pieces to the corresponding Mats.
6. On the square Mat with patterned paper, lay the two shorter pieces of ribbon crossing each other. Wrap ribbon around and adhere onto the back.
7. Select one end of the box base to be the top and adhere the matted pattern square to the middle of it.
8. Adhere all other matted pattern papers around the same end. Note: ensure the direction of each piece of patterns will be correct when box is folded (refer to picture below).
9. Adhere Tear & Tape to each of the tabs on the same side of the base as the pattern paper (refer to picture below).
10. Remove the Tear & Tape backing from the bottom end of the box (end without pattern paper) and fold them in to form the box bottom.
11. Remove Tear & Tape backing from the other end, fold in and secure to form the box lid.
12. Slide the 14” piece of ribbon under the crossed ribbon and tie a bow.
13. Stamp the sentiment on the scrap of Basic White Cardstock then die cut it out using your Stamp, Cut & Emboss machine and the smallest Spotlight on Nature Die.
14. Using twine, tie the sentiment to the existing ribbon on the box.

Divider Instructions:

Measurements:

Night of Navy Cardstock: 3 ¾” x 1 ½” (2 pieces)

Instructions:

1. Cut a slit half way through each piece in the middle as shown above.
2. Slide the two slits together, one up and one down to form the divider.

My philosophy on Christmas card making is to keep it simple and easily duplicatable.  Many of us make multitudes of holiday cards and there is no way we can spend an hour on each card.

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Enjoy!

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Christine Josti

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