LOTS of Boxes!

This week Lindsay challenged her DT to find ways to package up Christmas/Holiday gifts. I fell in love with her Pretty Packaging Printable Templates that can be found HERE. She also has SVG Files for those who create with Cricut and SCAL and like programs!

I will warn you - this is going to be a long post! I have LOTS of pics! Specifically this Gift Card Holder/Gift Box that I used this week! Check out all the little gifts I could fit in it...

Here's the back of one I did. I used Chipboard stickers and Stickles for texture and sparkle!

Here is one I stuffed with Loose Leaf Tea! I used Martha Stewart Two Sided Holiday Paper.

If you are anything like me I like to trick people! in the past I have switched boxes on people to make them think they are getting one thing and they end up getting something totally different! For example...maybe take an old cereal or noodle box and fill it with something they wouldn't expect in a million years! Now that I am into paper crafting - this is even more fun! I noticed that my XM Roadie would fit in this box perfectly - so that's just one more packaging idea I have for you today!

Here is another pic of one of the fronts I did.

And the back again!

And these are awesome for smaller gifts as well! When I first started making these I was thinking Gift Card - but I haven't actually purchased my gift cards YET! Ooops! If you are using this template for gift cards you can also make it flat, too!

Here's another pic of the gum pack.

And so you can see the flap a little better!

And lookie here!!! What is this!? A TAPE!? Who listens to tapes anymore!? Well, I have two ideas here! One being 80s party or Retro Themed Gifts...think MIX TAPE! The other being...my parents...when recordable tapes first came about my father was in the military and dating my mother (during Vietnam). My mother, her mom, and his parents used to sit around the kitchen table and play cards and TAPE themselves having daily conversations, having fun, and, well, drinking, and then send the tapes to my Dad overseas! I thought this was not only a great gift idea for soldiers or students away at college but also for my parents to put those old tape in and label them for keepsakes even 35+ years later!

Here's a pic of the tape inside the package, too!

I just used this one template for today's project BUT...there are many that come in this set! Check 'em out! They are awesome and easy!

AND...If you missed the sale at Mygrafico.com last week, Lindsay is having a 25% off sale on everything in her mygrafico store through Saturday. Check out all the fun cutting files & templates in her store.

Don't forget to check out my sidebar to visit the rest of the LSS DT and swing by Lindsay's Blog for her freebie!!!

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Loose Leaf Tea Gift Box

Many of you know I LOVE tea! So much so that I drink between 8 and 15 cups a day! YES...you read that right! Between 8 and 15! I also write about tea - I write reviews! Check out the SororiTEA Sisters Website - sometimes we give stuff away too - so visit often! So...because I have so much tea in my posession I decided to give some away to family and friends this holiday season, too! Over the past summer I found a huge bulk of funky gift boxes that I bought for super cheap! I decided to decorate a few of them to put this tea in. This week for the LSS DT we were to create something that held food or a wrapping or covering for food. I thought I would do this! It's not my best work but I am going to do a few more!
I used Lindsay's Holiday Digi Paper here on top of Martha Stewart Paper. I used a punch and some gems, too!

Make sure you stop by the Lindsay's Stamps Stuff shop on mygrafico.com. Lindsay has been adding fabulous sets (digital stamps, digital paper, clip art, SVG files) like crazy. Remember that the clip art sets are wonderful for quick cards. Mygrafico is having a one-day only sale today. Everything is 40% off!