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  • Valentine's Day is coming up, and hopefully you'll

  • be getting a lot of love letters.

  • But you want to keep those love letters in a keepsake box,

  • because those are good memories and important memories to cherish forever.

  • So I'm gonna show you guys how to make a Duck Tape card

  • box using just a cylinder cardboard box you can get at the craft store.

  • And I'm gonna make it kind of look like a wood stump

  • by adding a little extra limb here, and I'm

  • going to use the toilet paper roll to do that.

  • So first, I'm going to cover the base of the box.

  • This is a pretty simple process, just use your primary color

  • or print that you've chosen.

  • I'm going to use the camo skull print and cover the box.

  • Great.

  • So you're just gonna continue around and cover at the sides and the bottom,

  • and it will look something like this.

  • So now I'm gonna move on to the top, and I

  • want to create a little slit here so that I

  • can put all those love letters inside.

  • So I'm gonna do that by using my craft knife to just cut a rectangle opening.

  • OK.

  • So now I'm gonna cover the top of the box with my accent color

  • which is this neon green, and I'm just going

  • to first line the edges of this little opening.

  • So I'm just gonna lay this down here.

  • And then I'm just going to cut a little diagonal line here

  • in the corner which will just make it easier to fold in around the edges.

  • And I'm just going to continue covering the top with my neon green.

  • Great.

  • So now that I have the top covered, I'm just

  • gonna cut off the excess around the edge,

  • using my craft knife to just trim it.

  • I'm just going to remove this excess and cover the sides with my camo skull

  • print.

  • Line it up with the bottom edge of this box top,

  • and that will give you access here at the top.

  • And now you'll just take your scissors and cut slits,

  • and this will really help you to get a nice clean edge when

  • you fold this excess over onto the top of your lid.

  • And they're even because I lined it up with the bottom so everything

  • will look nice and finished.

  • So just continue and finish the rest of your lid, and it will look like this.

  • It's coming together.

  • And now I want to add the embellishments.

  • So because I want this to look kind of like a wood stump,

  • I'm going to use this toilet paper roll and I'm just

  • gonna cut about two inches of it.

  • I'm going to cover the top with my accent color.

  • So this neon green, I'm just going to cut a square and lay it over the top.

  • And then I'm just gonna fold down the corners.

  • OK.

  • I'm going to cover the surrounding edge with my camo skull print.

  • So I'm just gonna line up the edge with the top edge

  • and cut in some more slits along this excess here.

  • And these are going to be what will attach

  • this piece to the base of your box.

  • So just sort of splaying out these pieces, and there we go.

  • And you can see how those tabs really help attach this nice and securely

  • down.

  • So that looks perfect.

  • So now that I'm done with this, I want to add another embellishment

  • to the front, so I'm going to use this template that I cut out.

  • It's just a heart with an arrow.

  • And I'm gonna use that on the back of my Duck Tape sheet.

  • I'm going to outline it with my marker.

  • I'm choosing to do a heart accent, but of course, you

  • could do any kind of embellishment you want.

  • And then you just want to cut it out, following the line.

  • That will look something like this.

  • Love it.

  • So that looks pretty cute.

  • I'm going to add even more because I can't help myself.

  • So I precut using just a letter stencil-- the first letter of my name

  • and the first letter of my boyfriend's name, Joey, plus a plus sign

  • because I'm so in love.

  • OK.

  • I'm really getting cheesy.

  • Super cute.

  • Super cute.

  • But I'm gonna add one more element.

  • So I'm going to use my permanent marker, and I'm just

  • going to create a little spiral here on the side and a spiral at the top

  • 'cause it's supposed to be a tree stump.

  • There are the lines of my tree, you know, showing the age.

  • All right.

  • It's complete.

  • This is the color combo that I chose, but you

  • could go more traditional with it and do a brown with beige accent.

  • You can come up with their own color combos.

  • And I hope you guys get a ton of love letters.

  • I love you.

  • [SOUND KISSING] Kisses.

  • Thanks for watching.

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