Covered Pillow Box Picture Tutorial with CTMH Holiday Trinkets and CTMH Holiday Creative Basics

I had a Creative Class the other night and the ladies in attendance each received this adorable pillow box filled with Close to my Heart presents for the holidays. The box itself is part of the present as it is completely reusable- gotta love that! I wonder who made it home before they opened their present....

Here is a quick picture tutorial for making a covered pillow box.

I bought a box of 50 pillow boxes in the Target Wedding aisle when they were on clearance (total score!).

2. Measure your pillow box. You will need a piece of paper a bit more than twice as wide (to go all the way around) and just a little longer than your box.

3. Cut your chosen paper to size.

4. Put adhesive on the FRONT of your box. Make sure you get right to the edges and then put it down in the middle of your paper.

5. Fold the sides of the paper up. Put adhesive on the back side of your box and then push the paper onto the box to adhere.

6. Cut the extra paper off the two ends of the box following along the curve.

7. Use a hole punch to cut out the divet in the end of the pillow box.

8. Fold your box ends in. The first time will be a little stiff as the paper has to fold along the boxes score line. I used a sponge dauber to add some ink to the cut edges to make them blend better.

9. Instead of buying fillers I take sheets of tissue paper, fold them up and cut them in .25" to .5" slices on my paper cutter. I fluff the pile and then use it to fill up the boxes.

10. Add a pretty ribbon around the box and tie in a bow at one end. Add some decoration to the front and you are ready to go!

Materials Used:

Paper: Holiday Creative Basics (retired but in the Clearance Sale - it comes with 8 yards of cranberry ribbon).

Stamps: Holiday Trinkets

Inks: Cranberry, Ponderosa Pine, Desert Sand

Other: Pillow Box (Target Wedding), Red Ribbon (Target), Gel Pens (Costco), Red tissue paper for filler

Gift #5 Holiday Gift Extravaganza 2009 - Holiday Planner with CTMH Holiday Creative Basics

Gift #5 for our Holiday Gift Extravaganza 2009!

This planner is sure to keep you on track for all your holiday activites. There are pockets for gift list for family, friends, shopping receipts as well as a to-do list. Just right for keeping all your lists organized AND sized to fit in your purse when spending the day shopping. Give it as an early gift to your Mom, sister or your teacher and they'll think you are the cat's meow!

Materials Used:
Paper: Holiday Creative Basics, Colonial White Cardstock
Inks: Ponderosa Pine, Cranberry, Desert Sand
Stamps: Holiday Trinkets, Holiday Jingle, December Stamp of the Month, Everyday Celebrations (special), Friendship Alphabet - large and small (special)
Other: Cranberry Grosgrain Ribbon, large eyelets, scallop square punch

Christmas Photo Wallet with CTMH Jingle, Holiday Trinkets, Just for the Holidays and New Fallen Snow

Gift #4 for the Holiday Gift Extravaganza 2009! These gift photo wallets were a huge hit at Father's Day so I've changed up the theme for our holidays and improved the design a bit. The best part of this project is that YOU can choose which side of the papers to use for either a his or hers project! These are perfectly sized for all those small wallet sized photos with plenty of space for jotting a few comments down for grandma, uncles or Dad.

Materials Used:
Paper: Jingle Level 2, Olive Cardstock, White Daisy Cardstock
Stamps: Holiday Trinkets, Just for the Holidays, New Fallen Snow
Inks: Olive, Tulip, Blush

CTMH Christmas Card with CTMH Holiday Trinkets, Holiday Commentary and Jingle Creative Basics

Very fun and simple card I made for an upcoming party with my friend Angela. I love the candy cane striped paper that comes with our Jingle Creative Basics!

Materials Used:
Stamps: Holiday Trinkets, Holiday Commentary
Paper: Jingle Creative Basics
Inks: Juniper, Blush, Tulip
Other: Juniper ribbon from the Jingle Creative Basics package