Celebrate!

It’s nearly time for the big day, so our Design Team post theme this week is, appropriately, ‘Celebrate’.  Whilst it might be a bit late for crafting this project for Christmas Day, it’s a great little project if you’re having a celebration for New Year, or indeed anytime.

First, I made the base to hold the gift.  For my miniature, I needed a box 2¼” square and 1” deep so I cut a strip of thick black card 2¼” wide and 8½” long and scored it at 2¼”, 3¼”, 5½” and 6½”.  I cut a circle from the middle square for the bottle.

I reinforced all the fold lines before folding the box, adhering the 2” tab to the inside of the base.   The aperture was slightly too small for the bottle so I cut a series of tiny slits all the way around the edge to widen the opening but ensuring a snug fit.

Next, I cut two 2¼” strips of heat-resistant acetate.  It MUST be heat-resistant acetate, otherwise it will just melt, like this…

Each piece was scored at 2¼” and then very, very liberally dabbed with my anti-static powder tool.  Acetate has a lot of static so embossing powder will stick to it without much invitation! Using Versamark ink together with Best Birthday Ever and Let It Snow stamp sets, I stamped onto the acetate.  As the surface is slippery, you have to be careful to lift the stamp off vertically otherwise you could smudge the stamping.  White embossing powder was added and heat set.  My other tips for heat embossing on acetate are to ensure the heat gun is properly hot before starting, keep it moving and don’t put it too close to the acetate.

Next, I added some strips of double-sided tape to the square sections at the bottom of the acetate and adhered them to the bottom of the box.

I then put the top edges together (trim if they’re too long) and folded them over and then stapled them together.

the gift boxw was finished by attaching a bow to cover the staple.  I also added tag with Cheers (from Bring On The Beers).

I’ve used a miniature bottle of alcohol but you could use any little gift; a candle, nail polish, lipstick, bath bomb, chocolate etc.  Rather than the ‘Cheers’ tag, put your guests’ names on and use these as place holders on your dining table.

Merry Christmas!