Gift Box with Bow

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Designer: Valerie Salmon

Difficulty rating

• Required supplies:
• Adhesive Foam Set
• Corkscrew Paper Edgers
• Clouds Paper Edgers
• 12" Portable Paper Trimmer
• Cloud 9 Design: 12-72899 Chocolate Chalet 12x12 Sparkle Cardstock ‘Sparkle Chocolate Parfait’
• Cloud 9 Design: 12-73146 Chocolate Chalet 12x12 2-sided ‘Chocolate Supreme’
• Cloud 9 Design: 12-72886 Chocolate Chalet 12x12 2-sided ‘Razzberry Heaven’
• Cloud 9 Design: 12-72896 Chocolate Chalet 12x12 Sparkle Cardstock ‘Sparkle Razzberry Celebration’
• Cloud 9 Design: 12-72925 Chocolate Chalet Chipboard Stickers
• 3x3x3 Paper Mache Box

Instructions (Print version)

Cover the paper mache box with the following patterned papers:

Base – Sparkle Chocolate Parfait

Top of Lid – Chocolate Supreme Stripe

Sides of Lid – Razzberry Heaven

Trim a 1 1/4” x 12” strip of the green side of Chocolate Supreme paper.  Edge both sides of the strip with Clouds paper edger, then wrap around the entire box.

Trim a 3/4” x 12” of the Sparkle Razzberry Celebration paper.  Edge both sides of the stripe with Corkscrew paper edger, then wrap over the green Chocolate Supreme paper box band.

For the top bow, trim strips as follows:

Green side of Chocolate Supreme paper: 3 1/4” x 5”; edge one side with Clouds paper edger

Razzberry Heaven:  1/2” x 5”; edge one side with Corkscrew paper edger.  Layer over the green strip above.

Chocolate Supreme Stripe: 1/2” x 5”; edge one side with Corkscrew paper edge

Loop all strips from the step above and cluster together as shown.  Adhere to top of the box.

Add chipboard flowers in the center of the bow.