Good day to you! Today I have a fun project for you. It's a K-Cup holder gift box/tote. I used the new Watermelon Wonder card stock and ink to make this. I wish I would have put a bit more thought into this and found a color closer to the tops of the K-Cups. I thought about adding a flower to the top and a glue dot but you aren't suppose to remove the covers and I thought the glue dot may pull the cover off. Or leave some residue behind, so I left them plain.
I found the instructions at the Scor-Pal web site. You can see it by clicking here. I did not print out the template. I just measured by using the measurements along the sides of the template. I did run into a couple of minor problems with mine. First I forgot to punch the oval before I assembled the box. DUH!!! So what I ended up doing was I assembled the decorative paper on top of a piece of Mossy Meadow card stock, found center and punched the oval. I then glued the piece in place and took my craft knife and cut out the oval by hand. I used an emery board and sanded the edges to smooth them out a bit. Problem solved.
I found the instructions at the Scor-Pal web site. You can see it by clicking here. I did not print out the template. I just measured by using the measurements along the sides of the template. I did run into a couple of minor problems with mine. First I forgot to punch the oval before I assembled the box. DUH!!! So what I ended up doing was I assembled the decorative paper on top of a piece of Mossy Meadow card stock, found center and punched the oval. I then glued the piece in place and took my craft knife and cut out the oval by hand. I used an emery board and sanded the edges to smooth them out a bit. Problem solved.
Now for the other issue. I wanted to wrap the Mossy Meadow card stock around the holder. I didn't have any 12" x 12" card stock so I did have to add a panel to the back. It barely shows. The decorative paper hid most of it. My decorative paper is from the "English Garden" pack. I cut the strip just a 1/4" thinner than the card stock. I wrapped it around the box. It didn't fit either! UGH! So what I ended up doing was turning the decorative paper so the seams ended up in the front. I covered that 3/8" opening with a Watermelon Wonder punched flower. Then I stamped a flower using the "Flower Shop" set and I set it in place on top of the other flower with a Dimensional. I punched out a Mossy Meadow flower and cut a few petals off to use as leaves. I added a big pearl to the center of the flower and I was happy with that part of the box.
The top still needed something so I added a ribbon. You can always add a tag to make it as a gift for a birthday, get well, or thinking of you.
These are VERY fun to make and if you make it like the instructions show, you shouldn't encounter any of the issues I did. :o) I always have to step outside the box, don't I? LOL Have fun with these! I think they would make great Hostess Gifts, Customer Appreciation Gifts, a Stamp Camp project, or a Craft Fair item!
Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda
Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda
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