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Making A Chocolate Bar Box

October 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Yesterday if you were watching the Paper Pumpkin Facebook Live event you’ll have seen lots of alternate ideas for the September kit “Bone Appetit”. Since the beginning of the year I’ve been honoured to design and create alternate samples for these monthly events. Some months are easy, some less so, but I’ve always tried to rise to the challenge. I’m not hugely into Halloween so I decided to use the September Bone Appetit kit to create alternate treat projects with a Harry Potter theme. One project was a chocolate bar box for a 43g Hershey Bar.

For today’s project I have created another chocolate bar box, but this time as a Christmas treat.

Handmade box for a Hershey's chocolate bar decorated using a holly image and "Merry Christmas" sentiment from the Christmas Gleaming and Snowman Season Stamp Sets from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

MAKING THE CHOCOLATE BAR BOX

Before I could do anything I needed to make the chocolate bar box. Today I started with a 5-1/4″ x 7-1/2″ piece of Shaded Spruce Card.

Then instead of trying to write the instructions, I filmed this short video.

As a reminder here are the scoring measurements:

  • With the short side at the top score at 1/2″, 2-1/2″, 3″ and 5″
  • With the long side at the top score at 1/2″, 1″, 6-1/2″ and 7″
Diagram to create a fold-flat box for a 43g Hershey chocolate bar (accompanies YouTube video). #papercraftwithme

MERRY CHRISTMAS

To decorate the assembled box I first used Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) to attach a 1-7/8″ x 5-3/8″ piece of Whisper White Card. Then on top of that I glued a 1-3/4″ x 5-1/4″ piece from the Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper pack.

Next came the “Merry Christmas” sentiment from the Snowman Season Stamp Set. This was stamped onto 7/8″ x 3-3/4″ piece of Whisper White Card using Shaded Spruce ink. Then I added that to the front of the box with more liquid glue.

HOLLY EMBELLISHMENT

Of all the holly images currently available from Stampin’ Up!, my favourite is in the Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set.

Close up of handmade box for a Hershey's chocolate bar decorated using a holly image and "Merry Christmas" sentiment from the Christmas Gleaming and Snowman Season Stamp Sets from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

I began by stamping the image onto Whisper White Card with Shaded Spruce ink. Then using the light and dark Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers I coloured in the leaves.

For the holly berries I first coloured them completely using a light Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends marker. Then I went over the berries using the light and dark Real Red Stampin’ Blends.

With the colouring complete I cut out the holly image using my Paper Snips. Then once I’d fixed the holly to the box front with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals my chocolate bar box was complete.

These boxes are so easy to make and once I glue the side flap into place I simply store them flat until I need them. They really make a basic chocolate bar into a special treat don’t you think?

And in case you missed the Facebook Live yesterday on the official Paper Pumpkin Facebook page, here’s my Harry Potter chocolate bar “In case of Dementor attack”.

Chocolate bar box with a Harry Potter theme "In case of Dementor attack" created using the Make A Difference Stamp Set and pieces from the September 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit "Bone Appetit" #papercraftwithme

PRODUCT LIST

UPDATE 2020: Sadly the following products have retired and are no longer available from Stampin’ Up!

  • Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper
  • 1/2″ Circle Punch
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Shaded Spruce 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper
Let It Snow Specialty Designer Series Paper
Snowman Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (En)
Snowman Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (En)
Christmas Gleaming Cling Stamp Set (En)
Christmas Gleaming Cling Stamp Set (En)
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad
Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad
Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack
1/2" (1.3 Cm) Circle Punch
1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Circle Punch
Detailed Trio Punch
Detailed Trio Punch
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Dimensionals

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