Decorated {Cookie} Box for Man Gift - Recycle and Re-Use

Recently, while we were on vacation my father-in-law stopped by every morning and night to ensure our critters were fed and taken good care of.  {We have 2 dogs and 2 fair show pigs so that’s why you’ll see these animals on the box below.}  As a little token of appreciation we baked him up some yummy cookies.  Once the cookies were baked.....I had to decide how to give them to him.  Such fun decisions! ☺

I thought about many different ways we could dress them up .... like put them in a bag, on a plate or platter and then I came up with this idea of decorating a box and put the baked cookies inside.  The cookies are a variety of Ready to Bake frozen cookie dough that I purchased from my son as a fundraiser through school.  The athletic department was selling cookie dough to raise money for their athletic program.  

Simple and easy -- definitely my way of baking cookies, just take them out of the freezer and put them on a cookie sheet and bake for 15 mins.  :)

This project is more about how I decorated the box top (that I put the baked cookies in).  The box is actually one from the frozen cookie dough.  These cardboard boxes are sturdy and such a shame to waste.  They already have the brown striped design on the sides so I played along with what was already there and just had to cover the top and front side with scrapbook paper.  

Yummy goodies inside!

Supplies to make top of box:

• Scrapbook paper - “DCWV Guy Stack”
• cardstock (white, black, gray, ivory)
• corner punch - “String Lace” by Martha Stewart
• die cuts - “Animal Kingdom” by Cricut (pigs page 83 & 84  and dog page 128)
• embossing folder on dogs - “Herringbone” by Cuttlebug
• distress Ink - “Tea Dye” Distress Ink (background and inking on sides)
• red ink - “Riding Hood Red” by Stampin’ Up
• brown Ink - “Texas Chocolate” by My Pink Stamper (font)
• font stamps - “Font-abulous” by My Pink Stamper 
• background stamp - “Splatter” by Hampton Art
• “Fringe scissors “- Martha Stewart (for grass)
• white gel pen (for doodling animals) and brown marker for doodling (around edges of white cardstock), black 0.3 Copic multi-liner (for doodling around dogs)
• brown ric rack
• Sisal Twine (looks similar to hay bale twine)
• red buttons

Since the edges of the box had these adorable brown stripes I just measured the scrapbook paper for the top and front side.  I used the brown ink to ink around edges of box {this helps hide any missed spots or to distress the entire box blending all of the colors together.}

Here is a closer look….

Have a great day everyone!  

♥ Tracy


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