Hi everybody! It’s Maureen here and I have a tutorial for you today! It’s a little Make & Take that I designed for a past ScrapFest show, but since not many people got to make it, I thought some people might be interested in a tutorial for it. Since it was meant to be a M&T, it’s pretty simple, but you could easily fancy it up by adding more layers to the belly band or embellishments of your choice.

Materials needed:
Sturdy patterned paper or cardstock for box: 4 ½” x 9 ½”
PP or CS for belly band and insert: 1 ½” x 9, 3 7/16″ x 3 15/16″
White CS: 3 7/16″ x 2 5/16″ (for writing a note), 3 pieces 1 ½” x 3 7/16″ and to stamp bag images 2″ piece of ribbon

A Good Friend YNS stamp set

Score board
¾” circle punch
Adhesive (regular and foam)
Coloring medium of choice
Scissors
Pencil

Instructions:
1) Take piece for box and place short edge along top of scoring board.
Score at ½” and 4″. Turn piece and score at ½”, 4 ½”, 5″, 9 ½”. Cut on
all score marks on each long edge as shown in pen (8 in all):

2) Lightly mark center of one short edge of the piece. Using the ¾”
circle punch, punch a notch where you marked (shown above).

3) Adhere short flaps inside box and you should have this:

4) Take the insert piece and place 4″ side along top of scoring board.
Score at 1 ½”. Before folding, stamp “true friend” image inside the
smaller top area and color as desired. Now fold back and forth along
score line a couple times to make sure it bends easily.

5) Take piece of ribbon and lightly fold in half. Tape to back of bottom
edge of insert (in this picture and the one below, the insert is upside
down):

6) Write a note to the recipient and stick piece onto back of bottom of
insert. Take the 3 small white pieces and stick to the back of the top
of the insert. (These will help the insert lie flat even when the gift
card is underneath the bottom portion.)

7) Place adhesive on back of top portion ONLY and adhere inside box bottom.

8) Decorate bottom of insert as desired. (I stuck the 2 smaller bags
directly to the insert and then popped the big bag up on foam tape.)

9) Lift up insert flap and place gift card underneath. Surprise! 🙂

10) Take piece for the belly band and make light marks on the back and
score at the following: 2 ⅜”, 2 15/16″, 6 ½”, 7 1/16″. Before folding,
stamp the “good friend” sentiment in the middle section of the band and
color as desired.

11) Fold band around box and adhere it to itself (NOT to the box!),
making sure that the band isn’t too tight so it can slip on and off
easily.And your box is done! Yay!

FINAL NOTE: I know a lot of the insert measurements are in 16ths of an
inch – if it’s easier to think about it, they’re all based on the pieces
being slightly smaller than 3 ½” x 4″. So, you could always cut the
pieces the full size, and then just slice off a 16th of an inch wherever
necessary to make the pieces fit!

I hope you like my project and that you’ll give it a try! If you do,
please leave a comment so we can check it out!