Christmas Gift Tag Box

Today I wanted to make a Christmas project and remembered some empty body butter containers I had saved for just that.

When empty I peeled the labels and ran them through the dishwasher.

I chose this green one because it matches some of the new Christmas Designer Series paper in the New Stampin' Up! Catalog.

This paper is so pretty.

I made a rosette by taking a 12" strip of the newsprint paper and scoring with the Simply Scored scoring tool at every 1/4".

Based on the size of my container (a small body butter container from The Body Shop) I decided I wanted a 2-1/2" rosette so I cut a 1-1/4" strip from the scored piece (finished rosette will be double the width).

Then folded accordion style (mountains and valleys)

I sniped one end off to match up. This will make more sense in a minute (I hope).

Using a good adhesive - I prefer Crystal Effects.

Glue the two ends together creative a loop.

Using a circle punch or a scrap of paper smaller than the finished rosette will

as it will not show when finished.

Add adhesive to punched circle.

Place loop over circle and collapse the loop inward using both hands (I hope that makes sense - if only I had a third hand I could have taken a picture of that).

Hold rosette in center until adhesive has set.

To make the flower I punched three 1-3/4" scallop circles.

I then layered them on top of each other and pierced the center and added a brad to secure them.

Next I spritzed a little bit of water on it and crumbled up the first layer.

Then spritzed and crumbled the remaining layers one at a time.

Once dry it becomes stiff and will retain its shape.

I used the ornament punch in the Merry Minis Punch Pack to punch some leaves, then spritzed and crumble them a little to give them some dimension.

 

I layered and adhered all my layers to the lid.

Then used the new Bitty Banners Framelits to make a flag.

I snipped off one end and adhered it to the lid then added

a new Vintage Faceted Designer Button to the center. 

Finishing it off with a 1/4" strip of Designer paper around the lid.

I then used all the scraps leftover to make 25 gift tags to fill it with.

Each tag is different.

 

There you have it - a cute little gift for a friend or hostess.

Supplies:

First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper #121878

Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper #126901

Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack #126904

Real Red Card Stock #102482

Certainly Celery Card Stock #105125

Very Vanilla Card Stock #101650

Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set #115370

Tiny Tags Stamp Set #118091

Petite Pairs Stamp Set #122495

1/16" Circle Handheld Punch #101227

2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch #118874

1-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch #119854

1" Circle Punch #119868

Merry Minis Punch Pack #126882

Big Shot Die-Die Cutting Machine #113439

Bitty Banners Framelits #129267

Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons #127555

3/16" Neutrals Brads #119736 

Glue Dots #103683

Crystal Effects #101055

Simply Scored #125624

Paper-Piercing Tool #126189

Stampin' Pierce Mat #126199

Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad #126949

Certainly Celery Classic Stampin' Pad #126958

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad #101731

Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen #105021

Real Red Stampin' Write Marker #100052

Certainly Celery Stampin' Write Marker #105106

Stampin' Trimmer #126889

Linen Thread #104199

Empty container

Needle

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Holly