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Friday, November 27, 2009

Star and Moon Gift Box


Another one of the first boxes I made was a star and moon design for my very good friend Melissa who loves all things celestial. I re-drew the original when I re-drew a whole bunch of my original boxes a couple years ago. You can find that here. The original is just a regular gift box. I was doing a lot with digital stained glass effects at that point until I finally found a method for doing it that I was really happy with.
The template I made for this version is the same one I used for the pink dotty argyle box that I made for putting soap balls in as a gift. It's one of my favorites of the templates I made this year. The lid is very fitted, and scoring and pre-folding are absolutely essential to get this one to turn out right. This one uses a flower as the star which was inspired by a pair of vintage costume earrings I have.
Click on the images for the full sized versions. It takes 2 sheets of cardstock. Print both images at 100 dpi.
 

6 comments:

  1. OMGSH this is stunning! TY for sharing.

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  2. What a nice box, thanks for sharing :)

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  3. Wow, that is SO pretty! Thanks so much for this!

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  4. I'm having trouble printing so that the top fits the bottom. Any suggestions? I've scored and folded correctly. Thanks

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    1. They have to be printed at the same DPI settings. Usually if there is a problem it's because they are being printed "fit to page". Hope that helps!

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