Month: January 2024

Why not package your Valentine’s gift in a handcrafted trinket box this year?

Ideal for small presents, jewelry or chocolates. Design a box any shape, size or colour to help complement your pressie and Partner’s style!

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Created by Elaine Mellor

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You can grab a free box template online, such as at homemadegiftsmadeeasy.com

Construct your box using our Pearlescent A4 Card to add a beautiful shine to your creation. Alternatively opt for our Stardust A4 Card range and your gift box shall sparkle!

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Choose from our vibrant range of Paper & Card or opt for a classic Valentine’s red. Grab your Stix2 Hot Glue Gun to adhere your box together. Then complement your design with a biodegradable glitter, ribbon and Stix2 tag to finish your handcrafted gift box.

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Fancy a more intricate papercraft design?

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YouTube has a whole host of craft tutorials and walk throughs to help build your bespoke craft box.

One of the Stix2 favorites has got to be Craig Laird. Here he handmakes a Christmas gift box, but there’s no stopping you using his guide and adding putting your own Valentine’s twist!

We can not get enough of Christine’s YouTube Channel! – Subscribe Here

Christine provides honest, real-time reviews and usages on all sorts of craft products – including some of our very own Stix2 Anything collections! She does this all whilst providing fantastic art & craft demonstrations where she creates beautiful and varied projects on her YouTube Channel: @Chrissieannie.

Our Stix2 3D Hobby & Craft PVA Glue with Metal Nip, Stainless Steel Pearl Pins & Ultra Clear Double Sided Tape are all featured in her latest YouTube clip!

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Recently the very talented Christine turned her hand to Box Making. She provides an excellent break down of how to measure and assemble an artistic box to hold cards & envelopes for her dear friend Jenny.

Her walk through is fab! – as you can easily adapt her video to produce a box of whatever size you desire!

Perhaps the perfect crafting clip to help create your own box for storage, Birthday’s presents or Valentine’s Day gift wrapping.

Within her 31 minute video, Christine demonstrates two types of metrics to make construction super easy no matter where you are in the world!

Chris also provides details of a brilliant website called PNGWing, where you can download print designs FOR FREE! Watch her ‘How to Download Images from PINGWing’ video now.

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Here are 3 Paper Craft Experts to help inspire you this Valentine’s Day

Michelle Johnson

Michelle is one of our amazing Stix2 Demonstrators.

Versed in card making, crochet and many other art forms, I’d highly recommend following her on Instagram. You can catch Michelle at a Stix2 Event near you!

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Created by Michelle Johnson, Stix2 Demonstrator.

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Catherine Cohen

Author of the Crafti-Cat blog, Catherine often posts about her latest paper craft creations.

Created by Catherine Cohen, Crafti-Cat.

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Karen Letchworth

Created by Karen Letchworth, My Cup Runneth Over.

Head over to her blog for a run down of how to handcraft this heartfelt card.

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For more handmade Valentine’s Card ideas check out our ‘Only 5 weeks to go..’ blog.

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Surprise a loved one this Valentine’s Day with a elegant papercraft creation with a little help from Stix2Anything.

I’ve pulled together 3 classic Valentine’s Day craft ideas to show the beauty in sending crafty creations to those you love.

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