Monday, March 9, 2015

Girls Day Sakura Petal Boxes

Uh, oh! It's only March, and already I'm slipping behind on all my projects and blog posts...YIKES! I suppose part of the reason is that Valentines Day, Chinese New Year and Girls Day were all less than a week apart this year. That, and me not being able to come up with any creative ideas...I was especially stumped on what to do for Girls Day this year. Then I remembered some cute petal boxes I had seen a while back and recalled wanting to try them as sakura petal boxes. Searching online, I came across a few usable templates, but they were all four petal (square), six petal (hexagon) or eight petal (octogon) boxes. For a sakura, I needed a FIVE petal (pentagon) box. Desperate and running out of time, I finally came to the realization that I'd have to come up with my own template...UGH!
Tracing the template I found for a six petal box into MTC, I removed one of the panels to make it a five sided box, then created a pentagon shape for the box bottom. Ta-Da...it worked!
The individual petals of the sakura were also created in MTC by doing some pixel editing to separate the petals on a sakura image I had previously saved.
Various sized sakura and flower center punches were used to decorate the sides of the box...
and paper pieced kokeshi was created in MTC using a kokeshi head image found online and pairing it with the kokeshi body from Jin's (Under A Cherry Tree blog) freebie Kyoto Kuties cutting file.
Here's what the box looks like when it's open. I was able to finish ten of these just in the nick of time, and filled them with Japanese mochi candies.
Finished them off by bagging in cellophane...
And adding a fun topper.

Girls Day (March 3rd) isn't a major holiday but I always enjoy making a little something to share with friends. Brings back lots of warm memories of my daughter growing up and even of my own childhood.

15 comments:

Have A Scrap Happy Day said...

Wowie Eunice. These are SUPER cute. You are like a craft engineer to make your own template for the 5 petal treat boxes. Even the sakura DP for the package label is perfect. You amaze me by how you tie so many elements into your theme. Have a fun and crafty week.

Leanne said...

Whoa!! These are amazing!! It must have been so much putting these together after you figured out how to make the adjustments. These are gorgeous! Perfect for Girls Day or any special occasion for that matter. You're awesome!! Have a great day!!

Anonymous said...

would you mind sharing your template? I would love to make this for my co workers

eunice said...

Anonymous, will send you the cutting file via email if you email me. See link in the left margin.

eu-tua-pequena said...

I loved your work! Would you still have the cut file and make it available to me? My e-mail is: thenewmama@hotmail.com

It0311 said...

Hey! They are so pretty could you send me the templete please? My mail is : itzelsaenzolivares23@gmail.com

Luisa said...

Hola esta hermoso podrias enviarme a mi correo ylu19@hotmail.com

lifethroughniaseyes said...

Hey! These are so beautiful, could I get the template please? My email is niaparekh02@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

These are so super cute! Could I get the template as well? My email is kitikmeotgirl@gmail.com. Thank you for sharing 🥰

Kat momma of 6 said...

I have a graduation party coming up and these would be perfect thank you goodie boxes. Can I purchase the SVG from you? kat.webster@comcast.net

eunice said...

Katmomma of 6: use the link to my email by clicking on "view my profile" on sidebar to send me your email contact info so I can file send to you.

Anonymous said...

Olá você poderia fornecer o molde ? Seu trabalho ficou lindo! mick.miyuri@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Can you send me the file as well? flavoli@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Boa noite vc poderia me enviar o arquivo por favor @marciateixeira633@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Hello! This is soooooo cuter, could you send me the template please? My email is arapomares18@hotmail.com