weddingbox1Welcome to the Crate Paper Wedding Special!

You *must* have a look at their wedding pages, what these gals have done w/this theme is simply amazing…I envy their abilities to shoot their projects in like, perfect surroundings and all, and really go for the whole scene & feel and stuff. Nevertheless..

I’m gonna share how I folded these small yet very sturdy boxes here – they can be used for pretty much everything…create two (with one slightly smaller than the other), and you’ll have a box w/a lid…

To create the box, you need a square. 7x7” yields a 2,6” box, 8x8” yields a 2,8” box.

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Fold the square both ways – first one side, then reopen before folding the other side. Use a bonefolder to get crisp folds.

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Now you need to fold it diagonally. First one side, then reopen before folding it the other way.

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Now, open the paper. Fold all the corners into the middle/center, like pictured. (Do the last one not done in the image too)

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Letting the folds stay, fold the edge towards the middle. Do the same with the opposide edge. Burnish with the bonefolder.

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Now, open the edges you just folded into the middle all the way out. Let the ends stay flat.

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Fold the two other edges towards the middle.

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Now, open the two last folds upwards and grab the corners as shown in the picture..

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Wrap the flaps over like in the image, tuck and create a little box..

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Congratulations, you now have a little box! Feel free to add a square of doublesided tape/adhesive to the bottom of the flaps so they will stay put.

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For every one of these boxes I created them an individual tag reflecting the style of the box’s patterned paper, using lots of scraps (lots of scraps is good! Always makes me happy when I actually use even the tiniest bit!). Lovelove the Hambly Screenprints-transparencies used on two of the tags…sigh…the sheets are soon used up (the cream ones)…nrgh! They’ve lasted me a long time though, and I’ll definitely buy them when I see them again!

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I’ve used bits and pieces of both newer and older Crate-collections, and placed the boxes upon sheets of tulle, wrapped them up and tied them w/bakers twine. Some flowers from Prima snuck in on this one as well.

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Thanks for looking, and don’t miss the rest of the wedding fun over at Crate Paper – lasting all week long!

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There’s even challenges going on, just check out this post (and I believe it looks like more are coming).