Storage Box

Materials:

Basic Box:

1@ 30x11cm card (base)

2@ 30x20cm card (front & back)

2@ 10.6x20cm card (sides)

Outer Shell:

2@ 32x12cm card (base and lid)

1@ 32x20cm card (back)

Interior:

2@ 29x19cm card (front and back)

2@ 10.2x19cm card (sides)

1@ 28x10.4cm card (base)

1@ 30x11cm card (inside lid)

Parcel/Masking Tape

Fabric

Glue

Ribbon 25cm
Flanged Braiding
Tassel to match
Pegs

Step 1

Tape sides and base to form your basic box shape. I've taped both inside and outside for added strength.

Step 2

Cut your chosen fabric and glue it to 3 sides of your box, leaving the back free (as you can see, I forgot this part, hence the glue on the back lol)

Step 3

Take your outer shell pieces of card now, and glue them onto the fabric with 7mm of clear fabric between each piece to allow for folding around the box. Hold with pegs until dry.

This will form the base, back and lid.

Step 4

Take a piece of fabric, around 5 cm x 28cm and glue half of it to the inside back of your box to form a 'hinge'. Then with your ribbon, glue one end of it to the inside of one of the side walls to create another hinge.

Cover all the lining pieces, glue and slot them into place, sandwiching the ribbon and the fabric hinge.

Hold with pegs until dry

Step 5

Glue on the base and back, and glue the top edge of the fabric hinge to the 'lid'

Step 6

Lay the last piece of covered card over the inside of the lid to hide the messy edges, sandwiching the other end of the ribbon to complete the hinge

Hold everything together with pegs until completely dry.

Storage Box

*Note Add the flanged braiding and tassel before glueing the inside lid (Step 6)*

And there you have it. Personally, I'm going to pop some dividers within stating the months of the year, and store greetings cards in it.

By changing the dimensions, you can make anything from small gift boxes to a huge box to store all your lovely stash.