good morning! welcome to day four of the papertrey ink december countdown to new stamps and another look at my new pieces of confetti set, perfect match. today, i have a couple more matchbox ideas. this time, i used blank pre-made matchboxes from my bottomless studio. i've had mine forever, but i did find some on amazon, both with matches and without. they're slightly smaller than the boxes i made myself, and since they're made from cardboard, they're a little sturdier as well - perfect for the "interactive" magic i had up my sleeve today...
first up, c'mon baby light my fire! pretty simple from the outside - a match striking up a spark.
pull the ribbon, which i added to be sure the recipient opens it correctly...
and the fire pops up - happy valentine's day!
the trick for this little pop-up is a spring stolen from an ink pen - hot glued to the back of the flame and into the bottom of the box. it bends when closed and springs up when you slide the box open. voila!
next: hey there, hot stuff! you light up my life!
i wanted the flame to appear from above, so this time i added a pull ribbon to the top of the drawer to direct the recipient.
i still wanted a little action, so i decided on an action wobble. there's a little bounce when it opens and you can nudge it to wobble it more. there's even enough room on this one to add small candies if you want - i'm thinking red hots would be fun!
these little boxes would be great as stand-alone valentines with their elements of surprise or as tags on a hot gift. either way, they're super fun - little boxes of big love! tomorrow i promise to move on to something else, although figuring out these little matchboxes is kind of addictive! as always, check out the papertrey ink blog for more countdown links and new product info and swing back by here tomorrow - one countdown day to go!
happy stamping!
:) lexi
