Easy Paper Basket Tutorial

Bottle Shaped Bookmarks and Cards

Hi friends...sharing a basket of bottles!!! Made using gorgeous bottle shaped dies from Crealies.

Bottle Shaped Bookmarks and Cards

I used the same die set to make a Bottle Shaker Card earlier.The bottles are really huge and are big enough to be used as bookmarks or flashcards.

Bottle Shaped Bookmarks and Cards

I made a dozen or so bottles and made a cute basket to hold them.This basket is  pretty easy to make and  perfect if you have to whip up something handmade to hold a special  gift .You can easily vary the design and the measurements to fit the size of your gift.
Here is a quick Tutorial on how to make it:

Easy Basket Tutorial 

Materials

Sturdy Card stock

Pattern paper to decorate- optional
Single Hole Punch and  2 Brads - optional as you can always use glue instead

Basket Tutorial 

Take an 8 x 6 ½ inch card and score on the 8 inch side at 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 inches. Turn and on the 6 ½ inch side score at 2½ and 4 inches.Cut on the red lines as shown in the picture above and fold along the scorelines.

Basket Tutorial 

Decorate the rectangles using pattern paper if you wish

Basket Tutorial 

Punch holes as shown above on all six 1 inch rectangles.For a neater finish,  round the outer corners of the inner four 1 inch rectangles as shown in the picture above.

Basket Tutorial 

Bring the two innermost 1 inch rectangles towards the center and using their holes as a guide, punch a hole in the central large rectangle.Bring all the other rectangles towards the center and thread a brad through their holes

and secure. Do this on the other side also and your basket is ready!

Handmade basket

My 12 year old daughter is learning about elements and compounds in Chemistry and is using the Bottle shaped cards as flashcards to help her learn chemical names.

Bottle Shaped Bookmarks and Cards

The lacy flowers on the basket were made using foamiran and Crealies dies.The leafy vine is a ribbon.

I hope you liked this project idea.

Supplies : Dies :  All from Crealies and here is the list with link to the Crealies website:Crealies Dies:Cardzz No.09,Crea-Nest-Lies XXL no.76  ,Text Dies no. 14,Partz No.31,Set of 3 no.41,Duo Dies no.39,Duo Dies no.41,Duo Dies No.51

Other Supplies : from Crafters Corner : Papers : K and Company Susan Winget Spring Blossom

Flowers made using Foamiran. Coloring Media : Artists Soft Pastels