20 White Boxes and my scrap pile

Good Morning Stampers!

 Are we ready for Monday to begin?

Today I am sharing a new project with you.

Last year at one of the craft fairs I was a vendor at, a woman was giving away these white plain jewelry boxes from her booth. She had gotten them free. I took about 20 of them (and that did not make a dent in the amount she had there) and thought someday they could come in handy for a paper crafting project. 

I know I have been saying this over and over, but I have been determined NOT to use any more new designer paper until I use up those big pieces in my scrap pile. For this entire project, I am happy to say I followed my rule!

 FROM MY SCRAP PILE

I cut 4 strips that were 7x2 and 4 strips that were 7x1

With my glue runner, I adhered the designer paper to each side of the box -

inside and out, top and bottom

  

I did this over and over until I worked through all 20 boxes.

Here are some of them. Look how much great paper

I did not have to toss away.

I think the most time I spent on this project was actually on

finding pieces big enough to cover the boxes.

I thought these little boxes would be great "quickie" gifts.

My kids are always coming home needing a little

something for so and so, or a teacher, or whatever.

Right now the boxes are empty. But I did start making a few tags for them,

based on the DP I had used on each different box.

The blue tag shown above is stamped with a

stamp from "Hip Hip Hooray.

Inside of the one I am sharing today are Hershey Nuggets.

I found ribbon to match the DP then wrapped each one with it.

I also covered it with clear craft plastic, for looks.

I thought these would be perfect for my FIL who is doing

a ton of mission work this year. He will be traveling all over the country

helping rebuild homes for those that need it the most. He leaves on Saturday.

Here is a close up of the tag.

The stamp sentiment on this one is from "Time for Prayer".

I also used a graphic from that set as well,

which makes a cute little border don't you think?

I hope you enjoyed my stamp project today!