Friday was my mom's birthday. She is very diligent about sending cards out to all of her friends and family on their birthdays or anniversaries, so I knew she would appreciate a hand made gift for her birthday that was chock full of cards, note cards, and gift tags that she could use throughout the year. And they all stow away nicely in a cute little box.
Michael's mom and some of her fellow stamping friends first made the boxes like these on a girl's weekend getaway a while back. They kept the instructions and everybody decided to do them again. As a group we purchased two Simply Scrapping Kits from Stampin' Up. Each box uses a 12x12 piece of card stock to make the bottom part of the box. And a piece from a 8 1/2x11 card stock for the lid. Designer series paper can be used to cover the lid, and to make a cute little address book, stamp and pen holder inside the box. More card stock can be used to make the card holders inside the box. The Simply Scrapping kit comes with adhesive, die cut images that you can use to decorate the cards you make for the inside of the box. You can also use coordinating ribbons and embellishments to jazz up the cards and the box. I had a lot of fun making this, and look forward to making more of these! And my mom really loved receiving one as a gift!
