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Monday, December 16, 2013
Christmas Holly Gift Boxes
I was assigned a "job" yesterday. At 11pm. On Sunday night.
It was entirely my fault for waiting until the last minute. Hubby told me two weeks ago that he needed a couple of boxes for the gifts that he was getting for his co-workers and I had been so busy that I had forgotten all about it.
Oops. :P
In a half-panic, I went to the LD site and did a search for "Boxes". For no particular reason at all, I decided on Patricia's Christmas Paper Quilt.
Using Silhouette Studio Designer Edition, I reduced the image to 65% of its original size so that it fits on the letter-size kraft paper that I was using. For the lid, I used a thick vellum that I bought from my local stamp store. I love the gold and sliver speckles embedded in the paper.
It took me an hour and a half but I made the 5 boxes. Plus 5 tags! The best part was that while I was packing the presents, I realized that the design matched the Starbucks giftcards that I was including with gifts. What a nice coincidence! The gift card envelopes had the same Christmas Holly design as the boxes!
Hubby was pleased with what I did (although I thought that he looked a little too relieved. lol. ) and he happily went to work this morning armed with the presents. Hope his colleagues like their gifts.☺
File used:
Christmas Paper Quilt Cut Its (SVG included).
Ah, just in the nick of time! Isn't it great when designs just come together like you planned it all along? That is wonderfully flecked vellum - thanks for showing us!
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