Stationery Box recipe

Giving hand stamped note paper to a friend, co-worker, or teacher is a wonderful idea but packaging it in a beautifully handmade gift box is even better!  Show people how much they mean to you by creating this total package – and it’s quick and easy to do!    Now that you’ve already created the paper, here is how to create the box!   (If you haven’t yet – check out my post about handmade stationery.)

 Ingredients:

• 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of Whisper White cardstock
• 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock
• Beautiful Friendship stamp set
• Part of my Story stamp set
• Tear & Tape adhesive
• Coastal Cabana stamp pad
• Soft Sea Foam stamp pad

1. Stamp the same image you used on your note paper or a coordinating image on a piece of 8 1/2 x 11 inch Whisper White cardstock. For this project I use the hydrangea image from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set. This image is inked in Coastal Cabana. The leaf image was inked in Soft Sea Foam. Repeatedly randomly stamp the hydrangea in groups of three spaced slightly apart. Add in the Soft Sea Foam leaf image.

   
2. Cut the Whisper White cardstock to 10 3/4 inches x 7 3/4 inches.
   Save the 3/4 inch strip that was cut off. You will use this later for the belly band.
   Score the large Whisper White cardstock at 1 inch along each side.
3. Along the 7 3/4 inch side, cut the along the one inch score line up to the perpendicular score line on each end.

   Cut a slight triangle out of the small 1 inch square flap so that when it is folded it will not stick out.

   

4. Choose a coordinating color of cardstock. For this project I chose a Coastal Cabana sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 inch piece of cardstock. Cut to 7 3/4 inches. Save the same piece of Coastal Cabana that you did from the Whisper White.

    

   
5. Score each side of the Coastal Cabana at 1 inch.
   Cut along the 1 inch line on the 7 3/4 inch side at both ends. Cut up to the perpendicular score line.
   Cut a slight triangle out of the small 1 inch square flap so that when it is folded it will not stick out.

   
6. Place tear and tape on the right side of the small 1 inch squares.
   Fold both the Whisper White and Coastal Cabana along the score lines.

   Remove the lining on the Tear & Tape and adhere to create the box bottom and box top.

   
7. Use the two larger pieces of cardstock from the original Whisper White and Coastal Cabana to create the belly band.

   Wrap the Coastal Cabana piece around the top of the box (the Whisper White stamped cardstock).

   

    

   

    

   
8.  Cut the Whisper White piece so that it goes from one side of the box to the other and use it to join the Coastal Cabana piece. Place a piece of Tear & Tape on each end of the Coastal Cabana and adhere the stamped Whisper White to it.
   

Here are the products I used to make this fun project: