Thank you and a sword design card box

When I first put up a printables page, it was in my mother's memory. She always encouraged me to make the most of my artistic skills and it was the sort of thing she would have loved. My children at the time were 7 and 2 and I designed some of my original printables with them in mind. Now they are 18 and 14 (their birthdays are 7 months apart if the math seems off.)
I never expected to see my printables page become more popular than my beadwork pages, it still surprises me that people like my boxes. Back then, most of the pages offered very cute clip art on boxes or were Victorian themed. My designs didn't really fit any category easily and even from the beginning I wanted to use my own art.
Thank you all for the support. To people who have just discovered my boxes to the people who have been following from the beginning. The comments and emails through the years have been heartwarming and encouraging. I tend to be very self-conscious and shy about showing off things I make, the last 11 years have helped out a lot with that and I've made some wonderful friends over that time. Thank you all so much. 
My son was into fantasy. A love of his that never quit. Harry Potter, Tolkien, his favorite books, games, movies and activities follow that love of fantasy. So one of the very first boxes I ever posted was a sword design.
Over the next couple of days I'll be using themes from those original boxes and making new boxes and posting them here. This first one is a template I made a couple years ago for my children's trading card games since both of them have lots more cards than they have boxes. It was supposed to be a stop gap until we picked up new boxes for them, but both of them loved their boxes so much they covered them with clear packing tape and still use them for the decks they play most. This one has a sword on it that's similar in a lot of ways to the original box I posted over a decade ago.
100 ppi, click on image for the full sized version.

Dragonscale Desk Set

Well, part of a desk set anyway. A pencil case and a little box to keep little things in.
For this, it's really important to score all folds and pre-fold before assembling. Glue in the first 4 triangle tabs, then glue the last triangle tab and the long side at the same time. I used a chopstick hold the bottom tabs in place while they set and to smooth the long tab. The bottom of the hexagon tube holds 7 pencils fairly snuggly and the top fits a bit loosely so it comes off and on easily. If you want to make it last a bit longer, there is enough ease in the top to be able to cover both pieces with packing tape to make it longer lasting.
I designed it mostly with kids in mind, but my daughter said "Grownups would like it too, but maybe in black, that would be sleek!" and after I *cringed* at the idea of printing out a lot of black, I said "How about if I just provide the template and people can use whatever kind of cardstock they want?" E said "That's a good idea." So the template for the pencil case is included.
As usual, click on the images for the full sized versions. Print all images at 100 dpi. My model isn't true to color because I'm trying to run my ink out, so it came out a little bluer than yours will. Unless of course, you're running out of ink too!
For lots more printable boxes, check out my homepage here.

Dragonscale Box

My teens like fantasy things best. Not exactly surprising given they grew up on Harry Potter and Tolkien. My daughter carries around her glittered fairy wand on a regular basis (or did until she got a Sonic Screwdriver for her birthday) and my son always has a dice bag and some magic cards on him.
I've been making printable boxes for them since they were little for little gifts and a lot of them have a fantasy feel to them. Today I wanted to try a dragonscale effect. Click on the images to see them full size.
The shadow is just for fun, it's my daughter's shadow one day we were out walking. Mike's arm is what's making the "wing" effect off her back.