Digi Choosday Project - Standing Gift Box Easel – Featuring Polkadoodles Bella Bear

This is part 2 of my “Make a Gift that Holds Chocolate” DT projects for Polkadoodles Digi Choosday — and it’s another cute and practical one!  If you missed the first, check out my Diagonal Lid Gift Box (it also holds chocolates, of course!).

For this one, I made a Standing Gift Box Easel that’s perfect for tucking in a hot chocolate packet and candy cane — or even mini notebooks and notepads if you’d like to use it beyond the holidays. It’s a lovely handmade gift that’s both adorable and functional!

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Materials Used

• CutterPillar Pro Paper Trimmer

• CutterPillar Crease Score Board

• Plain cardstock

• Pattern Paper: Polkadoodles Icy Winter Papers Set 2 - Theo Penguin

• Embellishment: Polkadoodles Beary Christmas Topper Sheet

• Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

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Instructions

1. Create the easel base:

   
   
   
   

   • Cut 2 pieces of plain cardstock to 4.25” x 11” (if using A4 paper, cut in half on the short side).

     
     
     
     

   • Score one piece at 0.5”, 1.5”, 2.5”, and 6 ¾”.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

   • Fold along the score lines, then glue the last 0.5” tab to the other side to form your easel base.

     
     
     
     

2. Make the pocket:

   • Take the second cardstock piece and trim it to 4.25” x 6 ¼”.

     
     
     
     

   • Score at 0.5” and 1” on both long sides (then flip).

   • Score at ¾” and 1 ¼” on the short side.

     
     
     

   • Cut the tabs as shown in the photo 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

   • Glue the flaps to form the pocket.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

3. Assemble the box:

   
   
   
   

   • Attach the pocket to the easel stand.

4. Add layers and pattern paper:

   
   
   
   

   • Cut solid cardstock: 2 pcs 4” x 4”, and 1 pc 4” x 2 ¾”.

   • Pattern paper: 2 pcs 3 ¾” x 3 ¾”, and 1 pc 3 ¾” x 2 ½”.

   • Adhere the patterned layers to your cardstock panels, then attach them to the easel base and pocket.

     
     
     
     

5. Decorate:

   • Add cute details! I used Bella the bear from Polkadoodles’ Beary Christmas Topper Sheet elements to finish it off.

     
     
     
     

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Fill your easel box with chocolates, hot cocoa packets, or little notepads — and you’ve got a handmade gift that’s as sweet as it looks! 

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Join the fun!

Come and play along with us at the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Challenge — it’s Anything Goes, and we’d love to see your crafty creations!

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