Mother's Day Coaster Box

I finished this a few weeks ago as an assignment for Lizzie Anne Designs. It was a fun little box to put together & went fairly quickly too. Yes, I did manage to get my Mother's Day packages in the mail yesterday to my mother-in-law and my step-mother. My mom has been gone a few years now, so I feel blessed to have other special mothers in my life.

Here are the instructions for the coaster box:

• Paint all of the edges of coaster box and 4 coasters with acrylic paint. Make sure you cover both sides of the coaster. Set aside to dry.
• Using 2 or 3 pieces of coordinating pattern paper, measure and cut paper to cover the coaster box. Attach the pattern paper using adhesive from a Xyron machine or Modge Podge.
• On the lid of the coaster box, use an eyelet hole punch and a hammer to punch 2 holes in the center. Thread a ribbon from top to bottom and tie a knot on the bottom. Make sure you leave a loop on top for the handle.
• Using a rectangle die, cut out a scallop rectangle (approx. 2 3/4" x 3 3/4") in white cardstock and ink the edges with coordinating pink ink.
• Using the Blissful Blossoms stamp set, stamp the flower stem in green ink, the butterfly in orange and the Wonderful Mother Simply Singles stamp in pink ink.
• Use coordinating chalk to add more color to the stamped images and attach the rectangle to the front of the coaster box.
• Using a separate sheet of white cardstock, stamp another orange butterfly and a flower in pink. Again, use chalk to fill in color and then cut them out.
• Attach the flower with a Pop-Up Glue Dot or a foam dot. Add a coordinating button and a knotted piece of ribbon to the center of the flower.
• For the butterfly, carefully fold the image in the center and attach it over the stamped butterfly with a glue dot.
• For the Coasters: Pick out 4 coordinating pieces of textured cardstock and cut out a 2 1/2" scalloped square from each color.
• Attach each square to one coaster.
• Add a 2 1/4" square picture to three of the coasters.
• On white cardstock, stamp an image from the Blissful Blossoms stamp set for each coaster (flowers, leaves, bee, butterfly, etc). Stamp them in different colors and then add chalk to fill in more color and a touch of glitter.
• Cut out each image and attach it to the coaster.
• On the top coaster, stamp a sentiment using the Olivia Alphabet.
• Attach the coasters with a ribbon and/or the beaded chain.
• Pop the coasters inside the box & you have the perfect gift for Mom or Grandma.
  

Supplies Used: Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs ~ Blissful Blossoms, Wonderful Mother, Olivia Alphabet; Cardstock & Pattern Paper ~ KI Memories; Ink ~ Stampin' Up!; Chalks ~ Stampin' Up!Button ~ Doodlebug; Ribbon ~ May Arts; Coaster Box with scalloped coasters ~ Maya Road; Scallop Dies ~ Nestabilities by Spellbinders; Other ~ Acrylic Paint