Mini vintage Matchbox

Hi everyone!

Myry again and this time I gonna show how to make an super mini intage box with the Matchbox Sized Faux Book Box! 

The first thing to do is assemble the box without the lid.

Glue the piece that was left behind. This will be the point of union with the lid.

And now I'm going to show you a way to cover the box that I encourage you not to repeat, believe me!

Glue the "back" of the box to the paper and the lid, leaving a few millimeters between them...

And start folding the paper around the box as if you're wrapping a gift.

Make a fold to cover the "stair"...

and cut the leftover paper as you glue in place.

The lid has rounded tips so flatten the paper to round the tips very carefully.

You can cover the entire outside of the box with a sheet piece of paper.

This was the most complicated idea I could come up with! It's easier to cut pieces of paper and glue them in place just like I did the inside.

To hide all imperfections use brown distress ink or paint, especially try to stain the edges.

To strengthen the union of the box and the lid I'll use a lace trim, both outside and inside.

And a piece of lace glued to the base will be what I use to close the box.

And now to decorate with the embellishments!

I made a small pocket with lace and a flower die-cut.

And so it looks finished. II'm going to use it to keep a mini junk journal, how cute!!

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts items used:

Matchbox Sized Faux Book Box

Other items used:

1 sheet of 15x15cm scrapbook paper

Distress ink or acrylic paint

Glue, cutter and scissors

Embellishments like lace trim, small flowers, pearls...

Celestial Matchbook Faux Book Box

A dreamy little faux book box for you today.

For this project I took a Matchbox Sized Faux Book Box, and embellished it with stash scraps from the ALCHEMY and COSMOS papers from Stamperia

Working on small projects like this are a wonderful way to use up little leftover bits. It's also a fun exercise to use up stash bits that share a theme. I love stars and moons and all things celestial, so it was nice to collect those little bits and create something new.

Inside I added brass stars, a vial of starry tinsel, and loads of moony imagery all smooshed up together.

I don't have a full tutorial for this project, but I can offer a few tips to help you along.

• try using hockey tape to hinge the lid of the Matchbox Sized Faux Book Box This fabric tape works really, really well for books and bendy foldy parts in mixed media projects

• avoid adding too many embellishments to the inside of the spine, it will impede closing the box

• glue a length of ribbon to the front and back of the cover before covering with paper. It's a super simple closure for your book box.

Perhaps the most important tip I can offer is this: make something that celebrates YOUR interests. While I'm mad for stars and magic and moons, don't shy away from making something that honors your love of unicorns, or gardening, or jelly beans! Explore whatever tugs at your heart, no matter how kooky it might be.

All that said, here are the supplies used in this particular piece:

Matchbox Sized Faux Book Box
Cloth hockey tape
Ribbon
ALCHEMY and COSMOS Stamperia papers
Glue
Glass vial
Artifact Labels
Idea-ology - Tim Holtz - Story Stick
Tinsel stars
Glitter
Stamp pad