Christmas cakeboxes

I love finding ways to make the packaging of a gift as fun as the gift itself. Not only do the cake boxes make great small gift boxes but they can double as a holiday decoration once the gift is removed. Economical, eco-friendly and the recipient gets two gifts in one. How great is that?

PROJECT SUPPLIES

Digital supples - Cake Boxes by The Cutting Files, Razzle Dazzle Reindeer by Sherwood Studio, Snow Much Fun by Mari Koegelenberg

Paper – White and cream card stock

Snow flake and snowflake edge punch

Blue and brown ink, sponge

Green rhinestone, 1/4 inch hole punch, adhesive, dimensionals

Electronic cutter (optional)

TREE

Using either an electronic cutter (I used a Cricut) or scissors cut the bottom and the scalloped top of the cake box template out of white card stock. Assemble the bottom as directed. Punch holes in the top at each scallop.

Using paper from Razzle Dazzle Reindeer, a straight edge top was printed and cut out. Both the edges of the patterned paper and white card stock were sponged with blue ink. Both tops were assembled and adhered together with the blue printed box top over the white scalloped top.

Next, two inch wide strips of the same patterned paper were cut from Razzle Dazzle Reindeer.

The strips were sponged with blue ink and adhered around the box about 1/4 of an inch from the bottom.

Place the top of the box on to the bottom.

Print two of the green trees found in the element pack of Razzle Dazzle Reindeer.

Cut out layers as shown. Add about 1/4 inch to each side of the tree.

Score the tree layers using the points as a guide. Angle the score lines to a point at the center of the top. Also score along the edges in order to fold the white portion under.

Fold the scored lines as shown creating hills and valleys.

Adhere the bottom of the tree at the base of the front of the cake box.

Add the next layer using the print of the tree as a guide for placement.

Add the remaining layers finishing with the top placed not quite at the upper edge of the cake box.

Make the snowflake star by punching two snowflakes.

Sponge the edges with blue ink and adhere the two layers of the snowflake and rhinestone together.

Place at the top of the tree.

SNOWMAN

The cake box was assembled as above using papers and elements from Snow Much Fun. Cream card stock and brown were used with this project. A 3/4 inch wide strip of paper was punched with a snowflake edge punch and adhered to the base of the front of the cake box.