New Size Gift in a card

So as I said in my last post I was going to work on re-sizing this card to fit those mini liquor bottles.  I though if I was to make a guy card they would much prefer the liquor over the wine but the original card and box was way too big for those teeny tiny bottles.  So lets get started.

To start with you need 2 pieces of heavy weight card stock.  1 piece 5" x 10" scored at 4.25" and 1 piece 8" x 6.5" scored at 1.5"'  3"'  4.5"  and 6" rotate and score at 1.5 on both ends.  Cut for the top and bottom flaps. Just a little FYI...do not pay attention of nbrs on the picture below.  Those are all just my little notes and not the final nbrs.

Fold all the score lines on both pieces.  For box glue flap (in pic it's the flap on the left of the right piece of card stock) to form a box.  Glue flaps for bottom of the box but do not glue top flaps.  Put aside.
For card (cardstock on left in pic) fold your score mark .  When the card is closed you will have an extra wide back of the card.  Now decorate the front with layers. We all know how to layer so I won't go into that.  Embellish anyway you want.  Then for the box use a complimentary designer paper and decorate 3 of the sides.  Making sure the section which had the seam be the back.

I used papers from a 6x6 pad called Romance Novel by Prima.  This is how it looks before embellishments and before box is adhered.  I think I'm going for a "Tim Holtz" type of card here which will hold a small liquor bottle.  Just realized this size would also work for a small nail polish bottle and file too.  Hmmmmmm????  Maybe even 2 tubes of Chap Stik or bubble bath.  Or what about a favorite spice?  Endless ideas.
Now time to attach box to the card.  Definitely use a strong wet glue and put quite a bit on the back side of the box.  Line the box up to the edge of the inside back part of the card.  Glue a 12" piece of twine to the back of a brad with hot glue.  Attach the brad to the top flap of the box.

Attach another brad to the front side of the box about 1.5 - 2" down making sure it is not tightly adhered so you can wrap the twine from top brad to front brad.

That's it unless you want little extra dodads on the card.  Cute cute cute.  Picture shows the size difference of the bottles from this card to the previous.  Total card size is 5.75 x 5

So until next time...................
HAPPY CARDING!