Autumn Matchbox Tutorial

Hi and welcome! I have really enjoyed autumn this year. The weather has been beautiful with sunny days and almost no rain at all. Beauty wherever you look, although the leaves have now fallen and we are waiting for the first snow. Today, I have an autumn matchbox tutorial to share, using some new products by Sizzix. 

The matchbox was made with the new Matchbox Box Thinlits Plus set, and it measures 3.6 x2.5 in. To create the leaves and branches, I used a wonderful new surface called Paper Leather Sheets. It is made from a latex saturated flat base to simulate the look and feel of real leather and feels great to the touch. It is very durable and takes ink beautifully and has a really nice malleable texture. I love to try out new surfaces, and I'll be using the leather sheets a lot in the future, especially the white ones. 

Start by die cutting the two pieces that make up the matchbox, from watercolour paper or another sturdy paper. Use this sandwich: Big Shot Plus Platform, Adapter A, Cutting Pad, die facing up, paper, second Cutting Pad.

Here you can see the pieces for the drawer (to the right) and the box (to the left). The set also contains a bunch of other dies that can be used to decorate and dress up the box, as well as for other projects. There are nine dies in total.

Die cut one of the patterned rectangles from the matchbox set - there are three different patterns. I die cut it from brown leather paper.

I also die cut lots of leaves with Tim Holtz Fall Foliage set. All of them were die cut from white leather paper, except for the branches which were die cut from brown leather paper.

I also die cut a Tattered Pinecone and some Tiny Tattered Florals shapes. It is a good idea to use the Sizzix Precision Base Plate with the latter, since they are so detailed.

Smear Distress Inks on a craft sheet. I used Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, Wilted Violet and Peeled Paint. Dip the leaves into the ink. The leather papers take ink beautifully and can handle a lot of treatment.

Here are some of my finished leaves and flowers. They turned out exactly as I was hoping they would. The branches were inked with Ground Espresso.

When dry, I stamped the flowers and leaves with a script stamp. This script stamp comes from a Halloween set, but it works for anything. It is a favourite of mine.

Smear Antique Linen, Pumice Stone and Frayed Burlap on a craft sheet, mist with water and press the box papers into the ink. As you can see here, the die both cuts and scores the paper, which makes it easy to assemble the boxes.

Stamp a sentiment one each side and ink the edges. Fold up the drawer.

Use a strong adhesive to assemble the box. Glue the patterned piece on top and then layer on leaves, flowers and finally, branches.

I tied a button to the drawer, both functional and pretty at the same time.

The leather paper worked wonderfully for the flowers and it has a really nice feel to it. I am not sure how to describe it, a bit like very thick coffee filters, or thick, soft and malleable watercolour paper.

I coloured the flowers on both sides, but left a few small areas of white, as highlights. The larger rose, is made from the Tattered Pinecone die, the other flowers from the Tiny Tattered Florals set. To see how to assemble the Tiny Tattered Florals, check out this video of mine.

I used two Chit Chat stickers as my sentiment.

At the top corner, I placed the two smaller roses.

This could be used for a small gift, such as jewellery, or maybe for a gift card, or some sweets.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Sizzix Thinlits Plus Die Set 9PK - Box, Matchbox	Sizzix Thinlits Fall Foliage	Tim Holtz Sizzix FALL FOLIAGE Thinlits	Tim Holtz Sizzix TATTERED PINECONE	Sizzix Bigz Tattered Pinecone
Sizzix Tiny Tattered Florals Thinlits Die Set 15PK w/Quilling Tool	Tim Holtz Sizzix TINY TATTERED FLORALS	Sizzix Paper Leather Sheets - 8 1/2" x 11" Assorted Basics	Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS ASSORTED BASICS 8.5x11	Sizzix PAPER LEATHER SHEETS WHITE 8.5x11
Canson MONTVAL SPIRAL WATERCOLOR 9x12	Tim Holtz APOTHECARY	Tim Holtz SIMPLE SAYINGS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink SPICED MARMALADE	Tim Holtz Distress Ink FIRED BRICK
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PEELED PAINT	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK BARN DOOR	Tim Holtz Distress Ink WILTED VIOLET	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD FRAYED BURLAP	Tim Holtz Distress Ink FOSSILIZED AMBER
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD ANTIQUE LINEN	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PUMICE STONE	Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz Idea-ology CHITCHAT STICKERS	Tim Holtz SEASONAL CHITCHAT
Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Sizzix BIG SHOT PLUS MACHINE
Sizzix Big Shot Plus	Big Shot Machine	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix PRECISION BASE PLATE	Sizzix Accessory - Precision Base Plate for Intricate Thinlits Dies
Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger

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