Tuesday, September 28, 2010

How To Tuesday

For today's "How To Tuesday" post design team member Natalie Dever shows us how to create a super cute gift box.  Here are Natalie's step by step instructions ...

First, cut your patterned paper to 8 1/2 x 11.



Then position your paper lengthwise and score at 2, 5, 7 and 10 inches.




Next turn your paper and score at 2 inches.  Cut the score lines at 2, 5, 7 and 10 inches up to the 2 inch score mark, and cut off smallest piece (this will be the bottom of your bag).


Use a bone folder or scor-pal tool and crease all score lines.  Apply adhesive to small side flap, and adhere together.





Tuck in bottom flaps and adhere closed.



Decorate as desired.



Pebbles supplies used:
Twitterpated 3x3 Cards (751000)
Twitterpated Charm (751008)
Twitterpated Spark (751004)
Twitterpated Sweet (751002)
Twitterpated Crush (751003)
Twitterpated Smitten (751011)
Twitterpated Sweetheart (751010
Twitterpated Chips (744112)
Twitterpated Paper Flowers (741000)
Charming ABC Stickers (732001)
Baby Pink Glitter Candy Dots (744213)

Other supplies used:

Punches (Marvy Uchida, EK Success)
Scor-Pal

What a great tutorial Natalie!  Now how would you like to win some of the goodies that Natalie used on her project?  We want to hear one of your unique scrapbooking tips using Pebbles products. Post your tip in a comment below.  One lucky winner will be chosen at random to win a Twitterpated prize pack.  Submit your comments by Thursday at midnight (EST).  I'll announce the winner Friday morning.  Good luck!

27 comments:

beckyjune said...

So cute!

Sandy Ang said...

I cut up some flourishes from Downtown Stickers and used them to make interlinked chain on a card.

perezmom said...

Cute box - thank you for the clear directions! My favorite is to fussy cut some cute home made embellishments - like the little houses in treehouse.

-Kristin

StampinCathy said...

Natalie, This is just so cute and your tutorial is so easy to follow. I'm one of those crafters that have to have the Sesame Version.

Guiseppa said...

What cute boxes! Great for the holidays that are coming up!

kelly said...

really cute would be grate for halloween! could you convert instructions into CM as my scorepal is metric not imperial???

CraftyGirl said...

This is tooo cute!! and so simple!! Thanks for the great idea and directions!!
Barb :)

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

WHAT a great tutorial, Natalie! I love love love this box--must give it a go:)

As for a tip---I am new to scrapbooking....and the thing that helps me most is drawing up sketches in a sketchbook or notebook and thinking about the pics/themes that I want to do. Then I pair up a theme with a sketch. It really has helped me with the pages that I've made. Thanks for the chance to win:)

Laura L said...

Super cute gift box! My biggest tip is to keep all of your supplies as organized as possible so that you always know what you have!

Lisa said...

Natalie, this is adorable!

Arjanne said...

Nothing very creative, but I like to cut up the paper and use parts as embellishments.

clouds shadler said...

what a great tut on how to make a treat box, fun fun! scrapbooking tip? dunn feel like you need to use the whole page, some times clean and simple is the way to go ... plus, you get to keep more supplies for a next page :)

Thnx,
C :)

Liz said...

In my opinion, there can never be too many ways to make a box (out of 1 paper) with a scorepal ! Gonna try this today !

Liz said...

Oh..my tip...clean and simple, usually makes things quick and esy and less frustrating.

Sandy-IL said...

My tip is to use leftover stickers or rub-ons on plain cardstock to make a patterned paper-style background.

mtscrapgal said...

I would use the Twitterpated Sweet flowers (cut out & layered to make my own embellies. The Cahrm paper would make cute borders for pages or an accent stripe on a card. Thanks for the tut.

Jennybean said...

the perforated 3x3 cards would be perfect for making cute little valentine cards!

Laura Stewart said...

I like to white wash patterned papers to give them a totally new look

Rebecca said...

Hmmm, it is not unique at all, but my favorite thing about Pebbles collections is that piece of patterned paper that has journaling spots and sentiments. I love cutting those up for layouts and then using all the sentiments on a set of cards. Quick and EASY!

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smahrty said...

cute box! My pebbles tip is mixing in other embellies and paper. so easy to match pebbles colors, i can use my scraps up.

Tracey said...

The candy dots look cute and add dimension as the center of the flowers in the patterned paper.

Angie Blom said...

Oh this is awesome Natalie.. I love how easy it is and one piece of paper is always bonus. I love it!! Will have to make some of these up. THanks for the Tutorial.

Jodi Releford said...

Love the tutorial! Although not unique, one of my favorite things to with pebbles papers is to fussy cut images out to make embellishments.

paperpapier said...

oh my...I love the bright, cheery, fun Pebbles papers...I would use scallop circle punch to punch the paper and make flower embellishments. Not only look great on scrapbook, it will be totally awesome as embellishment on gift wrapping!

Savitri said...

Great tut and LOVE the samples!!!

Nitasha said...

SuperCute Project! And because I'm known for being a hoarder of my scrap goodies....My tip for stretching my supply is to use kraft cardstock for the background of most layouts and use pretty Pebbles patterned paper as accents!