A Card With A Drawer

It was another fun crop over at the Card Swaps forum on the CardMaker's site. As usual I did not get to complete near as many of the challenges that I would have liked to but it is a busy month this month here in this household. Not too much time for card making going on. I did host one of the challenges though and thought I would share it with all my blogging friends.

My challenge was to create a 3x3 card that has its own drawer attached. Perfect for holding little treasures for gift giving!


Here are the simple instructions for making one of your own:

Supplies Needed:

12 x 12 piece of cardstock for the base and drawer

scoring tool of some sort

a strong adhesive

paper trimmer

Printed paper, additional cardstock (optional), and embellishments of your choice to decorate your card / drawer.

Instructions:

From your 12x12 piece of cardstock cut one piece at 3" x 12" (base) and another piece at 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" for the drawer.

Score the 3" x 12" piece at: 3", 4 1/4", 7 1/4", 8 1/2" and 11 1/2". The 0.5 piece at the end is the part of the base where you will apply a strong adhesive when assembling your card / drawer.

Score the 5 1/4" square piece at 1 1/8" on each side. Please note: Scoring at 1 1/8" will give you a tight fit with your drawer. If you like a looser fitting drawer you can score this piece at 1 3/16" on each side and your drawer will still fit but will be a tad looser. Following the picture below, cut on the solid lines on your drawer piece. Be sure to only cut up to the score line. This creates your tabs for folding in to create your box.

I find the tabs are easier to fold in if you cut a small triangle piece out on all four of your tabs on your drawer as pictured below.

To Assemble:

Now you are ready to assemble your card / drawer. I like to decorate mine first before I assemble it as pictured below but you can do it any way you like. Fold along all your score lines and use a bone folder to get a sharp crease. For the base you will apply adhesive to the 0.5" tab at the end. You will bring that tab around and adhere to the 3" score line from the other end. You can see by the picture below just where the tab should be glued. That's all there is to creating the card base! For the drawer you will use a strong adhesive on the four tabs. Fold them in creating your drawer. Your card with a drawer is now ready to decorate if you did not do so before assembling.

You can decorate your card / drawer however you like. I have a place inside the card to write a short note. I used ribbon to make a simple drawer pull. Handmade my flower, added a stick pin and tag to decorate the top and it is ready to put some treasures in to give to someone!

This is such a simple and easy project to make! I think you would be surprised at how easy and quick it makes up. I hope you will give it a try. I also would like to note that although I wrote these instructions, I am not the creator of the original design. I originally found it on another site but unfortunately that posting has since been deleted and I can no longer share that link with you.

The next crop will be in November. Watch my posts for the date as we get closer to November and I hope you will join us for fun and inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by!