Creative crafts with gigi

Good morning everyone,  I decided to make a little gift box to put the coasters in for Christmas, after deciding how many coaster people would be having, I set about working out the measurements.  For this project I have used greyboard as it will hold the weight of the coasters and not crush in the meantime like a normal plain card box would.  I have decorated the boxes using Christmas paper and am toying with the idea of adding ribbon too.  So the measurements I have used for 6 10x10 coasters are:  For the base: 11x11cm (1) and 11x3cm (4) for the sides.  For the lid: 11.6cmx11.6cm (1) and 11.6x3.4cm (4) for the sides  Using red and green card, but you can use any colour you like I set the base and two sides down on some paper, leaning about 1/8 of an inch gap between the base and the sides. Folding over the edges and cutting the corners I then proceeded to glue the edges over onto the greyboard.  With the remaining two sides for the base, you wil...

 Given the hardship we have all faced this year, I knew Christmas won’t be what it normally is. So I decided to make as many presents for family and friends as I could this year, just to show the love.  I’m a big fan of positivity papercraft on YouTube and I came across her video for homemade coasters and decided to have a go. Surprisingly they were very easy to do as I had most stuff in my stock already (minus Christmas napkins and coasters, but nothing Amazon couldn’t solve).  The thing I love most about homemade gifts is that you can really personalise them, meaning everyone’s experience of the gift will be different.  So yesterday I sat in my craft room, gathered my supplies and had a go based off Ann’s video and I think they have turned out very well.  I have used super gloss mod podge to seal the coasters which will make them waterproof once fully cured which can take 4 weeks, so good job I’ve started now. Once the napkin was damp and on the coaster, I gen...