I made these pretty little baskets for some of my Club Members (Hostesses and first to place their orders in July) and included them with their July Club Orders. I learned how to make these fun baskets at Convention during a Main Stage presentation. Enjoy!
Supplies
- Borderlines, page 148, Clear - $16.95, Wood - $22.95
- Petite Pairs, page 164, Clear - $20.95, Wood - $28.95
- Melon Mambo 8-1/2" x 11" Card Stock, page 177, $6.95
- Pretty in Pink 12" x 12" Smooth Card Stock, page 178, $5.95
- Chocolate Chip 12" x 12" Smooth Card Stock, page 180, $5.95
- Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad, page 177, $5.95
- Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker, page 177, $3.50
- Flirtatious Specialty Designer Series Paper, page 183, $12.95
- Early Espresso/White Baker's Twine, page 194, $2.95
- Pretty in Pink 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon, page 195, $7.95
- Subtles Designer Buttons, page 197, $8.95
- SNAIL Adhesive, page 206, $6.95
- Stampin' Dimensionals, page 206, $3.95
- Sticky Strip, page 206, $6.95
- Crimper, page 207, $19.95
- Craft Scissors, page 208, $29.95
- Paper Cutter, page 208, $24.95
- Doily Triple Layer Punch, pages 210-211, $23.95
- 2-1/2" Circle Punch, page 212, $16.95
- 1/2" Circle Punch, page 212, $5.95
- Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (includes Multipurpose Platform and Standard Cutting Pads), page 215, $99.95
- Extended Premium Crease Pad, page 215, $19.95
- Extended Cutting Pads, page 215, $19.95
- Fancy Favor Bigz XL Die, page 221, $39.95
Directions
1) Cut a piece of Chocolate Chip Card Stock to 5 3/4 x 12".
2) Build a sandwich of one Extended Cutting Pad, Die with card stock positioned on top, and Extended Premium Crease Pad. Run through the Big Shot.
3) Cut the edging off the top of the cut out box. Don't cut off too much, just enough to cut off the fancy edging.
4) Place your cut out box into the Paper Cutter and carefully cut down to just a little above the score line marking the bottom edge of the box (indicated by the turquoise arrow in the picture below). Do NOT cut into the flaps that make the bottom of the box. Repeat all the way across the box until you have an even number of strips. I found it worked best to cut along the fold lines first (indicated by the red arrows in the picture below) and then cut between them so that I wouldn't have too skinny of pieces along the folded edges of the boxes. You don't need to cut the final flap on the end into strips as it will be hidden inside the box.
5) Cut two strips of Pretty in Pink Card Stock to 1/2 x 12".
6) Cut two strips of Pretty in Pink Card Stock to 5/8 x 12".
7) Alternately weave the strips of pink card stock into the strips of box. Alternate the size of the pink strip you are using. Push each strip down as far as you can as you finish weaving it, so that you have a nice tight weave. When you are done, you should have somthing like this:
8) Use a little bit of SNAIL along the back of the box strips along the top weave to tack them into place.
9) Use a little bit of SNAIL along the ends of all pink strips to tack them into place. Trim the ends off the pink strips if necessary.
10) Fold your box along the score lines.
11) Use Sticky Strip on the end flap to adhere the sides of the box together.
12) Fold the bottom flaps into place and use a tiny bit of Sticky Strip on one of the pointy flaps to hold the bottom in place.
13) Cut a strip of Pretty in Pink Card Stock to 1/2 x 7 1/2".
14) Stamp the doily patterned line image from the Borderlines Set in Melon Mambo Ink in the center of the pink strip.
15) Cut a strip of Chocolate Chip Card Stock to 3/4 x 7 1/2".
16) Adhere the stamped pink strip to the chocolate strip.
17) Put a small piece of Sticky Strip on both ends of the handle strip.
18) Adhere one end of the handle to the inside of the basket near the middle.
19) Adhere the other end of the handle to the other side of the basket on the inside.
20) Put Sticky Strip pieces along the top edge of all four sides of the basket.
21) Working with one side of the basket at a time, remove the protective backing from the Sticky Strip and adhere the Scallop Dots Ribbon in place. Start the ribbon at the base of one of the handles on what you want to be the front of your box. This way, the ends will be hidden by the final embellishments. The ribbon helps to hold the basket together and hides the loose ends of the box strips.
22) Punch a 2-1/2" Circle from a scrap of Pretty in Pink Card Stock.
23) Carefully cut one of the laser-cut doily images from the piece of Melon Mambo laser-cut Flirtatious Specialty Designer Series Paper.
24) Put a small amount of SNAIL on the back of the laser-cut doily in the center and attach it to the center of the pink circle.
25) Punch a small doily from a scrap of Pretty in Pink Card Stock using the Doily Triple Layer Punch.
26) Ink up just the words "for you" from the sentiment in the Petite Pairs Set using the Melon Mambo Marker brush tip.
27) Stamp the sentiment on a scrap of Pretty in Pink Card Stock.
28) Punch the sentiment out using the 1/2" Circle Punch.
29) Use the edge of the brush tip on the Marker to carefully outline the edges of the circle sentiment.
30) Adhere the sentiment circle to the center of the small doily punch out.
31) Thread a piece of Baker's Twine through one of the holes in the small doily punch out and then through the holes of a large marbled Pretty in Pink Button.
32) Put a Stampin' Dimensional on the back of the button to hold the Baker's Twine in place and then adhere the button to the center of the large, laser-cut doily.
33) Tie the rest of the Twine in a bow on the front of the button and trim the ends.
34) Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the doilies to the front of the basket. Be careful to place the Dimensionals so that they won't show above the top of the basket.
35) Make crinkled filler paper by running long strips of Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo Card Stock through the Crimper several times. Then, cut the strips into thinner strips with the Paper Cutter. Grab a handful and crinkle them together until you get the look you want.
Tips
You will want to use a Crease Pad when cutting with dies that also score for best results.
You may need to use a shim (a thin piece of cardboard or card stock) on top of your sandwich for best results. Each Big Shot and die is slightly different, so test yours first and determine the best sandwich for you. Pieces of cardboard included with our Designer Series Paper packs work great for shims.
Don't worry about making the strips cut into the box the same width. Just randomly cut so that you end up with an even number.
Don't worry about the triangle score marks on the two short sides of the box. Just cut through them in the same way as the rest of the box. You aren't going to be pinching the sides of this box in, so you don't really need these score lines.
If you prefer, you can use Textured Card Stock to make your basket. It adds a little more texture making it look more like a basket!
I found it easier to stamp my Borderlines image as if it was a background stamp. So, I inked up the stamp and laid it down in front of me with the inked rubber face up. I then carefully laid my strip of card stock on top of the inked images and gently rubbed on the back side of the card stock.
You can leave your basket empty or fill it with whatever treats you want.
