It's candy time with a little bit of egg!

Easter is in two days. Here's a quick gift tag I made for my candy dispenser I'm giving to friends. I'll also show you how I packaged the dispenser for giving away!
If you haven't already, go to the Silhouette Online store, and purchase this design I made a few weeks ago:

I am making 3 tags, so I cut 3 of the plain eggs and 3 of the patterned eggs. I brushed an ink pad across the edges of the plain eggs to give them some character. (I used Versa Color in 183 Cement on white cardstock if you were wondering.)

I added the patterned eggs I cut earlier from my blue cardstock.

Then punched holes in them to make tags. I had intended to added circles to my eggs before I cut them so my Cameo could do the work, but forgot. So I just went old school and used a hole punch.

 Since these are for the candy dispensers, I made sure to mention to my friends to break the paper band off that holds the dispenser closed. 

So all I did to keep the candy dispenser closed was cut a strip off of my scraps from the box and formed it into a ring that fit around my box. I decorated the band with another strip of the accent paper. Easy peasy! 

Then I took the lid off my box, closed the dispenser bucket, and slid the band over... 

...filled it with candy, (one package of large Robin Eggs, minus 4 eggs, fills a dispenser perfectly)...

...and added my egg tag!

Have a happy Easter everyone!

ribbon wrapped box tutorial

The "Ribbon-wrapped box" is created from 4 shapes to give you the possibility of contrasting papers like I have done. I made my light blue shapes about 4 and quarter by 6 inches to give you an idea of the largest size you can fit on a 8.5x11 sheet when using only 1 sheet of each color.

The first step to assembly after you have all your shapes cut out is to use your favorite adhesive to connect the tabs of the dark blue to the sides of the light blue as shown.

 Repeat until you have this:

(Notice the the shapes with two slits alternate with the shapes that have one slit)

Adhere your last tab to the other end to create the box shape.

To close the bottom of the box, simple fold down the identical flaps as shown:

 Then fold the dark blue flaps down while tucking the tab inside the slit.

For the next step, I don't have a photo, so hopefully I can explain it. (finished photos at the bottom show this a little)

Feed your ribbon through the slits of the light blue tabs. You will want to make sure at this step that your ribbon is centered (equal length on each side.)

Then flip the box over. Wrap each side over the bottom. 

 Making them cross over each other as shown:

Pull tight and hold while flipping the box right-side up as shown below:

 Next feed your ribbon through the bottom slit of the dark blue. 

And then feed back the other way through the top slit on the same tab. Feeding through two slits is what keeps your bow on TOP of the box instead of under the flaps.  

 Repeat for the other side and you're ready to go. 

Milk Carton Party Favor or Neighbor Gift Box tutorial

This post may seem long, but really the steps are quite simple. I personally am a visual learner and so I use a lot of pictures. If you have any questions, you are welcome to leave a comment and I'll try to answer you as soon as I can.
These "Milk-carton" like boxes come in three different sizes. (Sm/M/Lg) This tutorial is the same for all three. 

After you have cut your box and removed it from your mat, the first step is to crease at all fold marks. 

Next, fold the top section pictured below towards the side that will be your outside.

You will be tucking that tab below the circles into the slit. I find it easiest to do this by bending it slightly as pictured below:

After you've slid the tab into the slot, it should look like this on the back (inside):

The purpose of the previous steps is to strengthen the area that you will be knotting the ribbon around and also to give contrast.

Next step is to glue the sides in a box shape as shown:

Once your sides are secure, fold the matching bottom flaps in:

And then secure the other two flaps together by placing the tabbed flap over the slotted flap and sliding the tab into the slot as shown:

The bottom should end up looking like this:

You box is now ready to fill with party favors, treats, or any kind of surpise!

After filling, thread your ribbon, twine, ric rac, string, etc. through the holes as shown and secure with knot or bow. 

And you're done!

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Exploding Box Tutorial

Here is a simple fun way to use the exploding box templates. For this demo, I used the scalloped exploding box to make a little album for a family member. 

I started off with the largest base piece and added photos and frames to the four outer squares on the side that will be on the inside of the box.

I then added photos and frames to the medium and small bases. After doing this, I applied adhesive to the middle of the underside of my medium and small bases and centered the medium over the large and the small over the medium.

I decided it needed a little more, so I added some die cuts to the other side of my bases as shown.

To close, simple fold up the sides and slide on the lid:

Endless possibilities for these boxes. Use embellishments of any kind. Even hide a gift in the middle! The funnest part about these boxes, is that when you pull of the lid, the EXPLODE! 

From this:

To this:

What can you come up with?