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DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Time for another fab DT Thursday tutorial from Sandiebella!

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!Santa Candy Dispenser

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Supplies:

Santa has a Prezzie rubber stamp and coordinating CUT IT OUT die.
White Card
Christmas themed papers
Circle dies/punches
Brad
Score board and bone folder
Embellishments of choice.

How to: 

Cut a piece of white card measuring 10.5″ x 5″.
Score on the long side at 2.5″, 5″, 7.5″ and 10″

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Flip the card 90 degrees and score at 1″

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Cut away the corner where the 1″ scoreline meets the 10″ perpendicular scoreline.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

With the 1/2″ section on the right, measure on the second 2.5″ section, from the bottom up to 1.5″ and mark with a pencil. Cut from the bottom up to the 1.5″ pencil marks.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Add a second pencil mark at 1.25″

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Using a craft knife or trimmer, cut across on the 1.25″ and remove the piece.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Cut the bottom 1/2″ sections up to where it meets the scoreline. Taper the edges of all the 1/2″ sections except the one on left. Set the whole thing aside.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Next, cut a piece of white card measuring 4 9/16″ x 4 9/16″ and score at 0.5″ and 1″ on all four sides.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Cut away the 3 outer squares on each corner and make a tab from the last one, tapering the edges.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Apply double sided tape to the outside of the tabs, and the inside of the outer sections.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Adhere the small tabs to the adjacent side, on the inside and then fold down the longer tabs. Burnish with a bone folder.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Cut white card: 

Box Lid:
One piece  2.3/8 x 2.3/8″
Four pieces 3/8″ x 2 3/8″
Box:
Three pieces 4 3/8″ x 2 3/8″
One piece 3 5/8″ x 2 3/8″
Drawer:
One piece 7/8″ x 2 3/8″
Cut patterned paper:
Box Lid:
One piece  2.25 x 2.25″
Four pieces 0.25″ x 2.25″
Box:
Three pieces 4.25″ x 2.25″
One piece 3.5″ x 2.25″
Drawer:
One piece 0.75″ x 2.25″
Adhere the lid pieces together and adhere them to the top and sides. Set the lid aside.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Cut a piece of white card measuring 4.75 x 3.5″

Score on the 4.75″ side at 1 1/8″ and 3 5/8″

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Turn the card 90 degrees and score at 1″

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Cut away the 2 outer bottom pieces, leaving a T shape.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Score the outer piece diagonally, from the top at the scoreline to the outer edge, on both sides.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Using a scissors, snip away a piece of the corners

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Turn the card over and apply some wet glue to the tabs.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Fold inwards and burnish well.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Use a scissors to trim away any uneven bits.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Fold in both sides and burnish well.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Now take the rest of the white card and patterned paper cut earlier and adhere the paper to it’s matching white card.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Adhere all the panels to the box

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Stick the drawer pieces onto the drawer front.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Apply double sided tape to the 1/2″ tab.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Turn it over so that the inside is facing upwards. Fold both sides inwards to adhere the 1/2″ tab to the inside of the end panel.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Apply double sided tape to the 1/2″ sections at the bottom of the box.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Fold in the tab that you didn’t taper and then adhere the side tabs to it.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Slide each side of the drawer into place.

The 1/4″ slits on each side will hold the drawer closed.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Close in the drawer fully, and fold rest over the bottom of the box.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Now place the lid on the box to make sure everything fits.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Add a brad  to make a drawer knob.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Stamp Santa has a Prezzie onto some white card and colour using your desired medium.

Cut out using the coordinating CUT IT OUT Die and adhere to a white circle using 3D foam dots.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Adhere Santa to the front of the box.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Stamp the sentiment and cut out using a circle die/punch. Cut a larger circle from patterned paper and adhere them together. Stick them to the lid of the box using 3D foam tape/dots.

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Fill with candy and open the drawer to dispense it 🙂

Stamping Bella DT Thursday: Create a Santa Candy Dispenser with Sandiebella!

Over To You!

If you try out the techniques shown in any of the posts with your Stamping Bella stamps, be sure to share! We would love to see the results and hear how you feel about them. Show off your creations in the comments below and even better, share your own favourite tips with us. Let’s talk stamping!

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Until next time, HAPPY STAMPING!

MWAH

Elaineabella

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6 comments

  1. This is so adorable! It looks very complicated to me and I don’t have some of those tools but wow, you guys are so creative! I love what everyone does!

  2. I can’t wait to try this. So cute. The grandkids will love it, I’m sure. Thanks so much for these Thursday creative posts.

  3. Thank you Sandy for these wonderful projects! This is going to make such a wonderful gift. You inspire me every week!!

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