Easter Shaker Boxes

I was thrilled when I saw the new template Papertrey Ink put out for these stacking shaker boxes. I LOVE shaker boxes! I love making 3D projects from paper, but I especially love projects that are not only decorative but useful as well. These would look beautiful on a shelf as well as make a beautiful gift for someone.
The insides are just as pretty as the outside, I used Papertrey's Pretty Pastel patterned papers (wow, say that three times fast, LOL!) to line them.

Now, I have to say, these boxes are NOT the simplest things to make. My first set is far from perfect. I'm hoping the more I make them, the better they'll turn out. There is a lot of cutting by hand, I couldn't really use a trimmer, and no Scor Pal for scoring easy lines. I cut most of it with a ruler and Exacto knife. Not exactly hard, but definitely time consuming. I would say the hardest part for me was making sure the liner for the sides of the box was lined up evenly with the top edge. I seemed to have the most trouble with that.
One word of advice for those of you that haven't tried these yet, and want to; READ Nichole's directions very carefully and follow them in the order she does them. There is a reason you're supposed to make the bottom first, then the top.

I wanted a pretty pastel flower to match the Aqua Mist cardstock and ribbon for the smallest box, so I went about making my own. I've been seeing these crinkly, tissue paper flowers a lot lately, which seemed perfect for my project, so I went about making my own. I assumed they were made using a scallop circle punch, or die and it was pretty easy to figure out from there. I actually used a coffee filter, instead of colored tissue, so I could watercolor it with my Twinkling H2O's. I used my scalloped circle Nesties to cut three sizes from the coffee filter, then simply painted them with a little bit of Twinks. After they dried , I crinkled them up then opened them up again, smoothing them a bit. I glued the layers together, added some pearls for the center, and that's all there is to it. Pretty, huh?

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