Category: Treat Boxes

birthday · Gifting · Treat Boxes

Birthday Pinch Box

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We’re already halfway through this week. I’m not quite sure how that happened! This week, we’re making 3D designs. And today’s design is a super simple fold-over pinch treat box. There are all sorts of variations of this box out there – mostly varying in size or shape. Regardless of which one you choose to make, the box comes together in a snap! And today’s birthday box uses the Wildflower Birthday paper pack and ephemera sheet.

The box itself is made from a full sheet of Pool Party cardstock. After scoring along both the long and short edges and making some strategic cuts, you fold in the flaps to create the bottom of the bag and the top flap. A quick little pinch of the sides at the top create the closure for the fold-over flap. I use small Velcro dots to act as my bag closure because I find it the simplest and most effective method, but I know some folks have used magnets and some have chosen to have a ribbon closure. But for me, I’ll stick with the easy button! *wink-wink*

I used two coordinating sheets of the Wildflower Birthday paper to decorate the bag. I intend to use this as a little birthday giftie, so I chose the sheet with cakes on it as the focal section (both front & back of the box) and then used the decorative scalloped sheet for the bag flap portion. I tied a bow using the gold striped sheer ribbon and decided I needed a little more oom-pah-pah for the bag flap, so I pulled a few gold twigs and a small leaf from the Wildflower Birthday ephemera sheet. Together, these elements provide the perfect eye-catching addition to the bag flap.

These gift boxes come together so quickly that it would be easy to trim and score a whole stack of cardstock in no time flat! If you’d like to give this cute gift box a try, you can download the tutorial here.

Product List
Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [ 122924 ]
[122924]
$14.00
Wildflower Birthday 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [ 164591 ]
[164591]
$16.50
Gold Striped 3/8" (1 Cm) Mesh Ribbon [ 165599 ]
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$8.00
Mini Glue Dots [ 103683 ]
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$7.25
Tear & Tape Adhesive [ 154031 ]
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$7.00
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Coming Soon · Treat Boxes

Boo Box

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This week’s design theme is 3D projects, and today we’re whipping up a super simple (but simply adorable) treat box using some up-and-coming Online Exclusives. The new Spooky Sweet paper pack and coordinating precut shapes are just adorable. Add a few twinkly stars and some iridescent ribbon and you have the perfect treat box for your trick-or-treaters!

Our treat box is made from Basic Black cardstock. I used two different patterns from the Spooky Sweet paper pack on the box and added a little twinkle with the glimmer paper for an extra pop on the lid. I chose some precut shapes that complimented the patterned paper and helped tell the trick-or-treating story on the lid. A few sparkly stars scattered across the lid finish things off. I found that adding a few finger notches on the sides of the lid, as well as the little tab on the front of the box really helped make the box much easier to open.

Isn’t this box the cutest?! A simple swap of paper and embellishments and you can have a cute little gift box for any occasion! Wanna try making one yourself? You can download the instructions here.

Products used in today’s project:
Basic Black cardstock
Spooky Sweet DSP & cutouts (coming July 1st)
Three color glimmer paper (retired)
Petunia Pop iridescent ribbon (coming July 1st)
Shimmer stars foam pieces (coming July 1st)
Small circle punch
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Treat Boxes

Pillow Anyone?

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Did you see yesterday’s post? I’m planning to spend the next several days looking at all of the creative ways that we can use paper to make creative packaging or packaging elements. And today you’re getting a sneak peek at some additional products that I’ve prepped for an upcoming craft fair.

For these cute pillow boxes using an older Stampin’ Up! die set, I dug through my stash of older patterned paper and pulled out these cute fall designs. TIP: I would definitely recommend that you use papers that are heavier cardstock rather than thinner papers to help the boxes hold their shape. These boxes are the perfect size for cash or gift cards, or you can also slide in tea bags or packaged chocolate squares. Or what about slipping this cute box in your kiddo’s lunch box with an encouraging note inside? There are so many gifting possibilities!

Do you like having unique packaging for smaller gifts, like gift cards?

Products used: SU! Square Pillow Box dies (retired); SU! natural wavy trim; SU! stitched ribbon (retired); SU! twine (retired)

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Halloween · Treat Boxes

Halloween Treats

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Happy Friday, everyone! As I was looking through older posts, I realized that posts had been a little Christmas heavy in the last month or so, and I didn’t want you to think that that meant the upcoming fall holidays weren’t important. Quite the contrary! Fall is my favorite season!

Generally speaking, my customer base does tend to order more Christmas product than fall product, but I still enjoy making and giving products for both Halloween and Thanksgiving to friends and family. And I just happen to be prepping product for a craft fair, so I’ve put my creative hat on to develop some product that I would like to see as a customer.

Each year, I love to make treat boxes for my son’s teachers for holidays, and I’m always looking for new dies to make gift packaging. So today, I wanted to highlight these cute little treat boxes that I made for Halloween using an older Stampin’ Up! die set. Each of these boxes holds two small boxes of Nerdsâ„¢ candy, which is always a favorite with the kiddos. If I happen to know a recipient’s candy preference, then I’ll try to include the fave in the box. Otherwise, I pick a little treat that’s popular, like chocolate.

For this set of boxes, I tried to keep all of the designs cute and not scary since scary isn’t really my jam. I dug through my stash of paper scraps for the decorative elements on each box. These small boxes are perfect for using up scraps! I pulled out some fun Halloween stamps and got to work. Do you like to give little gifties for Halloween?

Products used: Papertrey Ink Tiny Treats: Halloween (retired); SU! Takeout Treats dies (retired); SU! Stampin’ Blends

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