Thursday with Sandiebella: Oddball Hermes Travel Gift Box

Hi all,

Today I’m sharing how to make a one-sheet gift box using Oddball Hermes. Hermes is the Olympian deity known as the herald of the gods, and he is also regarded as the protector of travelers so the theme for today’s project is a travel gift box that can be filled with snacks, care items such as travel sized sun protection and lip balm, and even a gift card.

A good heavyweight double sided paper is essential to ensure the box is sturdy enough to support any sort of weighty gifts; however, the base can also be made with card and then decorated with designer paper for a more durable result.

Products needed:

Oddball Hermes rubber stamp

Encouragement Sentiments set

Heavy designer paper

Scoring board and bone folder

Adhesive

Selection of shaped Dies

How to:

Stamp Oddball Hermes onto blending card, colour and fussy cut around the outline. 

Cut a piece of double sided paper measuring 11.75″ x 7.5″. Score on the long side at 1.25″, 5.25″, 6.5″ and 10.25″, and on the short side at 1.25″ and 6.25″

Fold on all the score lines and crease well with a bone folder. 

Snip a wedge from each side of the centre 1.25″ tabs and the inner side of the four corner tabs. 

Fold the centre tabs inward and apply adhesive. Bring up one side of the box and adhere at a right angle. Repeat on both sides. 

Adhere the four corner tabs to the insides of the each end to form the box shape. 

Fold down the lid of the box to ensure it doesn’t catch. Trim where necessary

Cut some layers using dies. 

Stamp the sentiment from Encouragement Sentiments set onto one of the paper layers.  Adhere all the layers down and then adhere the Oddball Hermes using foam tape or dots. 

Fill the box with snacks and gift cards.