Kleenex Box Tutorial

Hi, I have had a few requests about how I made my Kleenex box which is part of the teachers desk set that was shown by Xyron on Facebook.  I made the pattern as I went along, luckily I did take some pictures of the process but I will include some drawings and measurements of the basic structure, all measurements are approximate.  I will attempt to explain it through the photos and diagrams that I drew in publisher and hopefully you will catch my drift!

Products Used

 

Xyron 9" Creative Station

Xyron 5" Creative Station

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 150 Create-a-Sticker

 Xyron Glue Stick

Xyron Wishblade

Doodlebug Paper Plus Kits

DCWV 'The Edumacation Stack'

May Arts Ribbon

Websters Pages Trim

Sillhouette Studio Pattern ( Mini Carrier)

Sillhouette Studio School Die Cuts

Crattime Flatback Buttons

Box making card

 

HOW THE KLEENEX BOX IS MADE

 

The structure of the Kleenex box is made from box making card that I drew the measurements on and cut with a craft knife. I used hot glue to hold everything together. Here are the pieces needed to make the base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK I hope that my diagrams have been clear enough to follow so far.  From here on in the fun starts with decorating.  Grab your Xyron Adhesives and lets get covering!.

 

To add a realistic effect and make the books looked stacked, I cut strips of paper and using the Xyron Mega Runner joined them together down the edge on the patterned side and then folded them back forming a seam.

 

I used the Xyron Glue Stick and rubbed adhesive around the protruding edges of the 'book' covers, place the glued seam of the joined pieces of paper along the edges of the 'book' covers and wrap the patterned paper around underneath the book cover edge and pressed down on the top.  This should give you one colour on top and the colour of the other book cover underneath.

 

I Put the final top piece of paper through the Xyron 9" Creative Station and applied, using a craft knife cut the paper over the 2" x 2" hole and fold back inside the box.

 

 

 The fake page effect is done by cutting out strips of paper coredinations beige cardstock and I distressed it with sand paper.

 

 

 I used a ruler and a brown gel pen and drew in broken lines very close to each other, apply Xyron Adhesive by running the strips through the Xyron 5" Creative Station and wrap around the box.

 

 

 

 

I diecut out the subject titles using the Xyron Wishblade.  The patterns were downloaded from Silhouette Studio.  I ran the pieces through the Xyron 1.5" create-a-sticker and applied to the spines of the books!.

 

 

To apply the ribbon around the books, run it through the Xyron 1.5" create-a-sticker and wrap around.

 

 

Finish by adding the ribbon bow and tag.

 

So there you have it, I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial and will come back to my blog again soon,  I'd love you to join my followers.  Don't forget to check out Xyron, Xyron Facebook and the Xyron Blog for inspirations, competitions and amazing products.

 

Sharon