It’s Friday!!
Hurrah! Robin here and I’m happy to be back with
another project here on the Altered Pages blog. We are continuing our month-long partnership
with Unruly PaperArts and Leaky Shed Studio products. I have an origami project to share with you
today. I recently purchased a disk from
HSN during Craft Month (a.k.a. March) and it has a wide variety of projects on
it. I love this little triangle
box. In keeping with the theme this
month, it’s the perfect size to hold a tea bag and a little treat.
Sometimes origami can be a little complicated for me, but I
was able to get this one right the first try and it only took a few
minutes. You need one sheet of 12x12
scrapbook paper. It can be single or
double sided. I chose a two-sided
pattern because I liked the thought of having a pretty inside to the box. You don’t want card stock for the box part of
this project because it will make the folds too bulky. I am using Graphic 45 French Country paper.
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Cut the paper to a 9x9 square. The remaining 3” strip can be used for the
flap that holds the box closed or you can save it for another project. The DVD did recommend using card stock for
the flap but the G45 paper is such good quality that I went for it.
Score your paper at 3” intervals both horizontally and
vertically. IMPORTANT: You want the very center square to be
flat. At each corner of the middle box,
score a line out to the corner of the paper to cut the section in half
diagonally. Do all four corner boxes
this way. Decide which direction you want
your finished paper to face because you are only going to score the sides of
the box. The front and back 3” panels
will not have folds.
The middle panel on each side now needs to be divided into
thirds. Turn the paper so that the two
sides are at the top and bottom when you look down at it. Score the middle sections so that when you
are complete the (temporary) top row looks like a “W” and the (temporary)
bottom row looks like an “M”.
- FOLD ALL DIAGONAL LINES AS MOUNTAINS
- FOLD ALL PERPENDICULAR LINES AS VALLEYS.
Cut out your flap from either coordinating paper or card
stock so that you have a 3” square with a 3/4" flap on one side. Score the flap line and then score another
line in about 1/8” further in. This
small section is to allow for the folds when the box is complete.
There are a lot of embellishment opportunities on this
project. You can decorate the front and
back of the box itself as well as the front and back of the flap. You can even decorate inside the box!
Because I used a tape runner to attach the flap I chose to
embellish with brads on the back for added strength. A strip of the same paper was attached inside
the box to cover up the plain metal strips.
I printed two copies of the Altered Pages Victorian Tea
collage. One image of the lady drinking
tea was cut into a scalloped oval and the other was used just for the flowers
on her hat. Once the oval was cut I used
a Colorbox Cat’ Eye pad in Colonial Blue to tint the outside edge. The oval was positioned over the flowers and
both were adhered to a red 3x3 panel, which had been embossed with a polka dot
pattern. When dry, that panel was
adhered to the front flap.
The inside panel where the flap is adhered was decorated
with a chipboard crown from Leaky Shed Studio that was dipped in Warm Red
Colorbox Chalk ink. A G45 sticker and a
stamped sentiment were added.
"I wish we could sit down together and drink a cup of tea. But since we can't when you have this one I hope you think of me." |
The box is sealed with a Velcro closure (cut in half) but
there was room to decorate on the front panel, too! I added a hand-cut banner from the same paper
and another darling tea cup image from Altered Pages.
After that, only the goodies remained! A tea bag and a tasty candy treat are
snuggled into the small space for a cute little gift.
Thanks for sticking with me through that very long
description. I promise it’s an easy project and will work for many different
occasions! For this and many other projects, come visit me at Robin's Birdhouse.
Products used:
Hot Off The Press Teresa’s Fantastic Folded Cards &
Boxes DVD
Graphic 45 French Country Collection Déjà vu 4500634 (12x12)
Graphic 45 French Country sticker sheet
Cup of tea saying by The Stamp Barn
Colorbox Colonial Blue
Colorbox Chalk Warm Red
Velcro & brads
Our April partner and a great source of project inspirations |
WOW! What a beautiful box... I for sure need to make one of these!
ReplyDeleteOMG what a beautiful piece, this looks very hard to do, but it came out beautiful
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling little box! Such a wonderful way to give a little ray of sunshine to someone!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!!
What an amazing project! Great job using all the papers!
ReplyDeleteI love your project, and I even bought that same DVD. Your darling tea bag and treat holder has really inspired me to make one of my own. TFS
ReplyDeleteThat's a gorgeous project. Thanks
ReplyDeleteRobin what a super cool project, and I just love how you have decorated your gift box for the Tea Theme over at Unruly! TFS
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! It looks really effective and would make the perfect, personal gift box. Julie Ann xxx
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