Reindeer with a Gift Shadow Box | Stamping Bella

Hi all! 

Today I'm sharing how I made this Christmas Gift Shadow Box featuring Reindeer with a Gift . 

I can't believe we are into mid November already. I am so behind on Christmas preparations this year. My children and into their late teens now but they still love to get little gift boxes filled with everything from candy to gift cards. This box fits a 2" x 4.5"x 1-1/8" gift but can be adapted to make any size you need. 

Supplies: 

Reindeer with a Gift rubber stamp

Heavy double sided paper

Scoring board and bone folder

Wet glue/adhesive/foam tape or dots

Embellishments (optional)

Precision scissors

Acetate

How to:

Cut paper:

3" x 9.5"

9.5" x 12" 

Score the 9.5" x 12" piece of paper at 0.5", 1-5/8", 2-1/8" and 3.25" on all four sides. 

On the 9.5" side, score at 3.75" and 5.75" down to the second score line only. Repeat at the bottom

On the 12" side, score at 2.75" and 9.25" down to the fourth score line only. Repeat at the bottom. 

Cut as below.

On the outside, apply double sided tape to all of the outer 0.5" sections and on the four tabs. 

Turn over to the inside and apply adhesive to the diagonal sections. 

On the long sides, remove the tape backing, fold in the 0.5" section, then fold over on the third score line and adhere down. 

When pulled back up it should look like this. 

Repeat on the other side. 

Remove the tape backing from the tabs and from the diagonals. 

Fold up the ends of the box and adhere to the tabs. Then fold the paper in to to make the box shape. 

Cut a piece of acetate measuring 4.25" x 6.75". Score on all four sides at 1-1/8". Cut away the corners then taper the edges of the four sides. 

Insert the acetate into the middle of the box. 

Stamp Reindeer with a Gift onto white card, stamp the sentiment beneath it. Colour the image then trim down the card to approx. 3-3/8" x 2.5". Use a stylus to emboss a 1/8" border around the image. 

Take the 3" x 9.5" piece of paper and centre it across the box. Fold around the edges to make the belly band. 

At the back, use wet glue/adhesive to secure the ends. Make sure the belly band is loose enough to move smoothly up and down the box. 

Matt the image onto some Christmas green paper. Using foam tape, adhere the image panel to the front of the belly band. 

Cut a sentiment from paper and use as embellishment. 

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Oddball Batty Duo Halloween Gift Box | Stamping Bella

Hi all. I'm back with another Stamping Bella tutorial and today I'm sharing how I made this Halloween Tic Tac Gift Box featuring Oddball Batty Duo. I used an empty tic tac box for inside and filled it with Halloween candies but you could also use a box of green and orange tic tacs.

Supplies:

Oddball Batty Duo rubber stamps

Tic Tac box

Black card

Halloween themed papers (used: Carta Bella, Hocus Pocus)

Scoring board and bone folder

Pennant die

Distress oxide ink - Carved Pumpkin

Ink blending tool 

Adhesive and foam tape/dots

How to:

Cut black card - 

(1x) 9.5" x 7" 

(1x) 2" x 3"

Cut designer paper - 

(2x) 2-1/4" x 3-1/8"

(2x) 1-3/4" x 3-1/8"

(2x) 2-1/4" x 1-3/4" 

(1x) 1-7/8" x 2-7/8" 

Score the 9.5" x 7" piece of card on the 9.5" side at 1", 2-7/8", 5-1/4" and 7-1/8" 

Turn 90 degrees and score at 1-7/8" from each end. 

Cut away the top and bottom panels of the 1" section. Cut down the top and bottom panels of the next section (1-7/8") to anything between 1/2" and 3/4". Cut all of the score lines from the top and bottom to the intersecting score line. 

Fold in the tabs of the other 1-7/8" sections, apply adhesive to both. 

Fold up the box and adhere the sides

Apply adhesive on the inside of the remaining 2-3/8"  sections, fold up and adhere to the sides. 

Taper in the edges of the 0.5/0.75" tabs. 

Adhere the paper pieces to the outside of the box. 

Stamp one of the bats from Oddball Batty Duo and colour using your preferred medium. 

Fussy cut around the outline. 

Adhere the small piece of black card and the paper layer together. 

Adhere to the front of the box. 

Adhere the bat to the box front using foam tape. Apply a dot of glue to the end of the cherry stalk and glue down. 

Stamp a Halloween sentiment onto white card, cut out using a pennant die. Before removing the die, ink with carved pumpkin distress oxide ink

Adhere to the top of the box. 

Fill the tic tac box with halloween candies and place inside the box. 

All stamps will be available from midnight tonight. 

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