It's Still Trash! Step by Step Instructions

I was trying to do another one of those "From Trash to Treasure" items but this one still ended up as trash. Well, maybe not so much as trash as a pattern.

My friend Katie just LOVES this Cobalt gum. I was more interested in the box the gum came in. It's a pretty interesting shaped box, isn't it?? Well Katie was so kind as to remove the gum she had left in the box and gave me the box. And the box sat in my car for a couple of weeks. I finally took it out and tonight I thought I'd try something with it. Well, what (other than more gum) would you put in this box??? The regular Ghiradelli square candy pieces fit nicely in it so I had a yet another reason to play around with the box.

I took the box apart. My plan was to affix some decorative paper to the outside and have fun with embellishments. I laid the box on my new Stampin' Up! "Berry Bliss" 12" x 12" decorative paper. I traced it and then scored it. I don't have a Score Pal. I did look at them and was seriously thinking about getting one but I realized that my Fiskars cutter does pretty much the same thing except I have to move my paper around to score where I want. Well, for $40 I can move my paper around. I slowly and carefully removed the clear guide from the cutter. Be careful not to pull or you could break off the plastic ends that hold the piece in place. I then took my bone folder and just scored on the lines where the original box was scored.

Once I got the piece of decorative paper scored I was going to affix it to the gum box but because the paper was double sided it was thick enough to support itself so I decided that I really didn't need the gum box, except for the pattern. The box didn't get used the way I planned so it's still trash, unless I decide to keep it for a template.

I decided I wanted to use the dotted side of the paper for the front of my candy box. The other side was pretty too but I wanted something more soft and subtle. I taped it together and now I'm ready to decorate it.
I decorated mine using the Stampin' Up! set "Happy Heart Day." I used corner punch and Regal Rose card stock. I added some black punched out dots to the corners and taped them in place on top of the layers. I tied a pink grosgrain ribbon bow around the sides. I did put the candy in before I tied the bow but the ribbon does slip off easily enough to add it later. I didnt tape the ribbon on, if I were to make a lot of these I think I would tape them in place just to make sure they don't all fall off before they get to where they're suppose to go.

This is such a cute and simple gift to make.

Thank you SO much for stopping by,
Wanda