Toy’s Haven

GOOD morning!!!!

Yahoo!!  I slept like a baby last night!   I did not get up until nearly 7am… just in time to take my son to school.   Good thing, too, cuz it snowed a bit last night and making him walk the 2 + miles to school would have been rather cruel.

Ok, so I got him off to school and first thing I did (after getting a cup of coffee!) was  check the challenge for today.   The challenge is to make this origami box (and optional lid)… Well, I love origami.   No problem, right?  Wrong!   First, I could not decipher the instructions… it seemed to me that they missed a few steps as I had to do much more folding that was shown in the steps.   But, now that I know, it really is a no-brainer box.    I only have one thing to say…. I could have made the same box with less paper much easier! LOL… and I probably will :).   I do like the lid.   The box, in all, is very nice.. sturdy and handy size, but I think I will make another a little smaller for all the little things I have laying on my desk.    Oh, and I also have a problem with my lid… my design flaw, likely.  It will not stay tightly down.    I may have to reinvent that wheel.

Ok, so for the box:

and another angle…..

You can find the instructions for this box by following this link….. I won’t repeat them here unless I change something (which is likely!):
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12685641&postcount=1

My deets:

Stamps:  Dreams du Jour, Baroque Motifs

Colors:  Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Kiwi Kiss, GP White, Making Memories dps

Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Brilliance Graphite Black, copics, white gel pen

Accessories: candy dots, ribbon, curved rectangle nesties, dimensionals. sticky tape, scoring blade, chipboard (back to a paperpack)

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~Wild Rose Gift/Card Box~

Ok, so I have been working on this little box, based on a project I had seen while blurfing the other day (blurfing: blog surfing).   I cannot remember the blog I was on and for the life of me cannot find it, so If you know, please let ME know….but the box is so different  than what I saw, I am not hesitating to post.   Let’s just say I was ‘inspired’.

What we have here could be used as  gift box or a card box as it holds about 6 of my chunky cards and envelopes.   It is a basic box bottom (like I always make!), with an acetate lit (that fits down inside the box (like the old Christmas card boxes).   Then I made a topper so I could decorate it… but you could also just make a belly band.    Anywho, here are some pics…. if you REALLY want me to do a tute, just hollah and I will get around to it in a day or so.

Here we have it ‘empty’…..

And here with cards inside:

Deets:

Stamps:  Wild Rose DD, God’s Way

Colors:  Basic Black, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink, Kiwi Kiss, GP White, Basic Grey dp, Acetate

Ink:  Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Purely Pomegranate, Brilliance Graphite Black

Accessories: silver 1/2 pearls, ribbon, silver cord, MS butterfly punch,  scalloped circle punches, round tab punch, large oval punch, sticky tape, scoring blade, bone folder

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~Mini File Cabinet~

I’m just going to leave you with this……..

I made this in my head last night…… then just whipped it together right now.  It is not only cute (imho!), but functional as well!   Lemme know what you think?    Do I write a tute?   You make the call!

TFL!~ and have a blessed day!