Hello! Courtney here today and I’m sharing a pillow box wrapped up with the Birthday Wishes Boy Collection and coordinating Designer Dies. You can find plain white pillow boxes to decorate at most local craft stores, or you can cut one from cardstock with an electronic die cut machine.
The first step is to trim the patterned paper strips that will be wrapped around the middle of the pillow box. When assembled my box measures 5” x 3 3/4” across the middle, so I trimmed the patterned paper strips to 3 1/2” x 8”, 3 3/4” x 8” and 4” x 8”.
Starting with the 4” x 8” patterned paper strip, adhere the strip to the center of the front of the pillow box. Flip over the box and use a bone folder to score the patterned paper along the edge of the box. Fold the ends of the paper strip around the box and adhere to the back of the box.
Repeat the pervious steps with the remaining two patterned paper strips. Now the box is ready to be decorated with die cuts.
Using the Birthday Boy Die, die cut the “Birthday Boy” sentiment from red and blue solid papers. Die cut words can be tricky to adhere with liquid adhesive or a tape runner, so before die cutting the sentiment apply a piece of adhesive sheet to the back of the paper.
Peel the liner from the back of the die cut words and apply them to the front of the pillow box. I placed mine towards the bottom of the box to leave room for other die cuts.
Using the Birthday Die Set die cut the party hat from patterned paper - I used a design from the Birthday Wishes Boy 6”x6” Paper Pad. The designs in the 6”x6” paper pad are scaled down and work well with smaller dies. Adhere the party hat die cut to the box above the sentiment and apply a few enamel dots for added interest.
Supplies:
BDB84004 Birthday Wishes “Boy Stripes”
BDB84007 Birthday Wishes “Boy Birthday Party”
BDG85005 Birthday Wishes “Girl Birthday Hats”
BDB84017 Birthday Wishes Boy “Blue/Red”
BDB84023 Birthday Wishes Boy 6”x6” Paper Pad
JJB80028 Jack & Jill: Jack Enamel Dots
BJBT78028 Bundle of Joy: A New Addition Boy Enamel Dots
BDB84032 Birthday Boy Die
BDG85030 Birthday Die Set
pillow box
bone folder
manual die cut machine
adhesive sheet
