This is a tutorial on how to put together the Cricut Make it Now project Chocolate Box. Cricut Design Space has Make it Now projects, these are projects that are already pre-sized and ready to cut. All you have to do is decide what materials you want to use and send it to the mat, they can also be customized where you can change the color to match what materials you are using. I love these projects it takes out the guess work of what size to use and makes it simple to get started when using a cricut explore machine. This Chocolate Box make it now project would make a very special and unique gift for someone special.
Items needed:
Cricut explore machine/design space
Cricut scoring tool
Xyron Creatopia and Xyron X
glue gun
ribbon in valentine’s theme
Cricut card stock in cream and red
Floral print card stock
Cricut glitter card stock
Cut cream, red, and floral card stock on card stock setting. Red glitter card stock, turn dial to custom and on screen click and scroll to glitter card stock to select. Insert scoring tool into machine, and load each mat with selected materials as follows: mat 1 cream, mats 2-4 red, mats 5-6 floral, and mat 7 red glitter card stock. Once all pieces are cut, set aside red card stock pieces these are the base of the box. Take glittered pieces and roll them through the Xyron along with larger floral circle piece, these two pieces along with the small hearts are for the top of the box. Rub over top of clear piece and remove, line up glittered for my valentine on top of floral piece of paper and press down to adhere, set aside glittered hearts. Take cream pieces and bend all tabs in at a 90 degree angle, turn floral piece with glittered for my valentine upside down. The cream pieces will create the side edge of the lid of the box. take one cream piece starting with the scalloped edge, put hot glue around the edge of the circle. Working quickly adhere and curve the piece of cream paper with tabs facing inside the circle, so that it sits right at the edge of the circle, it should look like one seamless piece from the outside. Continue curving and gluing until that piece of cream cardstock is adhered. When starting the second piece of cream cardstock glue the scalloped piece so that it overlaps until the two rounded pieces meet (this is important to insure the top and the bottom pieces can slide on top of one another when finished), repeat this process until finished. Turn lid upside down and adhere the smaller floral circle in the under side of the lid. Turn lid back over to adhere the hearts to the center of the lid. Fold one heart in half and while holding it in half, take a second heart and fold it in half then press the two heart halves together repeat the process until it looks like two hearts popped up, then using the glue gun adhere one side to the center of the box lid. Repeat the process of the base of the box with the red cardstock, then put top and the bottom together. Take ribbon and run it through Xyron x, rub then remove clear plastic. Remove one end and attach ribbon just under the edge of the lid where the top and side meet, then turn box until the ribbon slightly overlaps each end completing the box.