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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Box and card gift sets (Meg's Garden/Helmar)

I created these pretty little kirigami boxes and cards using the new 12x12 Spring Paisley collection from Meg's Garden and from some help using Helmar's Acid Free glue. There are so many uses for this glue but I decided to use it in a less traditional way and it really worked great! 


I have so much Green Tara product left over from my year DT term that I heavily embellished this project with their products. Meg's Garden also carries many Green Tara items so check out the store! Here is a close-up of of one of the gift sets that I played up the peach and cream in the pretty paper.

Here is a close-up of where I brought out the darker red and pink in the Spring Paisley paper for the second gift set. Loads of Helmar Acid-Free holding this project together!
  
The great thing about kirigami boxes is that they are just as pretty on the inside. Since they are folded, it means they are sturdy too due to several paper layers too. My tutorial on how to create these boxes can be found archived on this blog HERE. These boxes are about 4 inches square once you fold down 12x12 paper (but can be made smaller).

BTW - check out this awesome article by Craft Test Dummies about ways to use Helmar's Remover cleaner to SAVE your crafting tools and money! All Helmar products can be purchased directly from http://helmarusa.com or http://helmar.com.au if you do not have a local shop that carries the products.

6 comments:

Lizzyc said...

These are soo pretty.. will make wonderful gifts!

Sandie said...

Gorgeous boxes Vicky, love the papers, flowers, and of course can't go without my Helmar! Hope you're enjoying your weekend...

Eila Sandberg said...

Oooh Vicky these are sooo pretty! absolutely beautiful gift boxes. Everything looks so delish, they are gifts in themselves! xoxo

Adriana B said...

Great gift package ideas :)

Di Garling said...

Gorgeous as always Vicky. Di xo

Ella Swan said...

Totally love these boxes Vicky!! They look fantastic!!