Matchbox XL die Archives - Inkspired Treasures

Isn't this CUTE!!! I've been wanting to make one of these, so decided that I'd have my third annual Last Minute Gift Ideas class make them last week! They had so much fun…and they liked what was inside, too! Ghirardelli Peppermint Chocolate! Woohoo! Yummy!

Christmas Cocoa Dresser

This is just three of the Stampin' Up! Matchbox XL Bigz Die boxes and sleeves adhered together on top of each other. I added some Fire Round Rhinestone Brads to the fronts as drawer "pulls". Wrapped the wonderful, flocked Christmas Cocoa Specialty Paper around everything and secured underneath. Then used the reverse side of the Real Red Polka Dot Ribbon as a pretty knot bow and tied on the tag Make Merry from Grateful Greetings. I stamped it in Soft Suede on Whisper White, punched it with the Small Tag punch and layered it on the larger Tag Punch. Added a small Fire Rhinestone brad in the snowflake on the tag for some extra sparkle! Fun, fun, fun!

Inside each drawer is a yummy package of Ghirardelli Peppermint Chocolate. I love how the packaging coordinated with the box!

I get to pick my son and his fiance up from the airport in a couple hours…I think the wind will push them here! It is sunny now, though…so hope they have a good flight. Have a great week!

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Thanks for all the nice comments on my Matchbox XL Die Birdhouse from the Tour de Freaks Blog Hop last week! I’m so glad you liked it!

Here is another one that I made a few months ago. It does use To The Nines Specialty Designer Paper…heavier weight paper is PERFECT for using with the Matchbox XL die! Can you see the little momma bird holding a worm for the little chick in the nest? The inside bird and branch are images from Cheep Talk stamp set, the outside bird and leaves are the Birds & Blooms and Little Leaves Sizzlet dies.

I made up a little picture tutorial, so you can see how I just added one extra piece to the basic Matchbox XL die to form the roof of the birdhouse. Here is the outside sleeve. I just punched the shapes before I put it together. This one I used two 1" circles. The one above I used 1 1/4 circle and added a Scallop Circle Ring around it.

This is the template I used for the roof. You can see I wrote the measurements on it. (From top to bottom is 4", base is 1 7/8" wide, roof folds are 3/4" and point to point roof is 4") Score on the dotted lines and cut the small slit on the left roof line.

Next you can see where I folded in on the score lines and overlapped the cut piece on top of the other roof line (the tab should go UNDER to be hidden and secured…I am just showing how to overlap the pieces here.) Before you secure, you can add a knotted piece of ribbon loop.

This is the view from the front once the roof tab is adhered.

This shows how I adhered the roof to the back of the bottom box portion of the Matchbox XL die.

This next picture shows the finished back and how the Matchbox sleeve fits over the Matchbox bottom with the roof tucked inside.

I hope that gives you a visual of how the pieces of the Matchbox XL die with roof are attached! Feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Enjoy the new week! It is back to school for a lot of kids.