Heart boxes for Valentine's

I have made several little treat boxes for Valentine's Day. Above are some fry shaped boxes. I also made several little heart topped folded boxes.

Some of the boxes have an open heart at the top of the handle.

Others have a open window on the side.

Then I made a different style of fry box. I could not decide which style I liked best so I just included both in the cut files. 

If you would like the cut files to make your own heart topped boxes,
you can purchase the files at my Etsy shop.

Heart topped treat boxes

Heart topped fry boxes 

Small Heart Boxes

Well, you may remember the heart boxes that I made last year? I designed a different version this year. I kept looking at my most recent card and came up with a color scheme for one of these little hearts

Here is a shot with the card and the box together so you can see how I patterned the box after the heart on the card.

I used blue card stock and embossed it. The I rubbed Walnut Stain Distress ink over the raised areas. I just love this look. :)

This particular box is approximately 3 1/2 by 3 inches. Perfect size for a sweet little treat!. 

I could not stop with just 1. I had to make more. In fact, I plan to make several for a project I am working on. They would probably be great to make for a class or friends too. 

Here is a picture where you can peak into the inside.

I added a multi-layered flower on top.

Here is a different color combo I made using some My Mind's Eye 6 by 6 paper; Fiddlesticks.

I will have a the cut files available in my Etsy shop.

I have some cool ideas for more of these little boxes, so stay tuned. :)

Oh! In case you missed last year's boxes, here is a picture and links to the posts and video.

 

 

Heart Shaped Box                 Video for Heart Shaped Box

Inking embossed paper

Hey there! I have one last heart shaped box to show. (Hope you are not tired of them yet)
This is the one I made in the video on my last post.

The matching card is in front and the box lid is behind it. The bottom of the box is peeking through in the very back.


I made a video about how I decorated the boxes. The assembly video ran so long that I did not include it.

While I had everything out, I went ahead and did a short video on how to ink the embossed area like I did on this card.

I am entering this box in the Decorate to Celebrate -  Valentine challenge (Thanks Rhonda:)

Video for Heart Shaped Box

Well my crafty friends, I intended to make this video several days ago. Well, actually, I did make a video several days ago...just not a very good one. After many attempts, several hours of reworking the cut files, and 4 boxes later...I present to you a video tutorial of how to make my heart shaped box. It still has some mistakes, but at this point whatever happened in this version got left in. There is a really good blooper at the very beginning :)


There are 2 parts


Video 1

Video 2

Here are some close up pictures


This is the box with the card.

This was cut from cream colored cardstock and inked with Fired Brick distress ink.

 I did a video on how to ink the embossed area but it will have to be edited.


I don't have any pictures of the red, black and white box yet. They will be coming soon :)


Cut files and templates will be on my Etsy shop along with these finished boxes.