Happy National Watermelon Day!

WoW! I haven't been on my blog at all this year...yikes! Well, today I hope to make it up to you with this adorable (and easy) Watermelon Box...because it's National Watermelon Day! Come make one with me and get the kids involved!

**I receive products from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® for use in my projects. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience and by doing so I can share what I personally love to use.**

Box Base

Trim a piece of 6.5 x 5.25-inch dark green cardstock. On the longer side (6.5-inch) facing up on the scoreboard, score at 2.25, 3, 5.25, and 6-inch. Then flip to the 5.25-inch side and score at 0.75, 1.5, 3.75, and 4.5-inch. Burnish all the score lines.

With the 6.5-inch side up, cut all the vertical score lines where they intersect with the second score line. From left to right, cut off the two narrow stacking rectangle shapes, one square, two large rectangles, and one square. Mieter the cut edges. See the picture below to get the final results from the cuts.

Embellish the Box Front

Cut a piece of 2 x 2 1/8-inch dark red cardstock to create the box front panel. Then cut cream and light green cardstock strips - it doesn't matter the length as long as the width is 2 inches. These two colors will be used as melon rinds.

For interest, I angle-cut the rinds and used the box front panel as a guide to trim. Using the E-Z Dots® Repositionable Dispenser was a good choice as I had to position the piece a few times until I got my desired look.

Assemble the Box

Assemble the box with the Crafty Power Tape (aka tear tape). The 1/4-inch wide tape is aligned along one side of the slightly larger liner. So I can perfectly place two pieces of tape on the side tab. Because the tape was offset, it helped to easily remove the liner. LOVE!!! Adhere the ends together.

Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with 3D Foam Garden Shapes

Using the raindrop shapes from the 3D Foam Garden Shapes as watermelon seeds, I randomly placed them, leaving room for the sentiment strip. Once my desired design was created, I adhered the sentiment with the E-Z Runner® Micro Strips Dispenser to the box front - great for narrow strips!

Remove the liners from the "seeds" and place a small piece of black foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Nature Colors over the adhesive. Make sure to face the foil color to you, rub gently to transfer the color, and peel off. EASY!!

I hope you enjoyed my Watermelon Box tutorial. It's so easy...change out the paper and create another theme design. LMK what you think - comment below! Oh, btw I have a P.S. note that you should take a look at too...it's after my Pinterest image ;) 

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Watermelon Day!
MargieH

Creative Time: 25 mins
Skill Level: Beginner

Supplies: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: the E-Z Dots® Repositionable Dispenser, E-Z Runner® Micro Strips Dispenser, 3D Foam Garden Shapes, Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Nature Colors, and Crafty Power Tape (tear tape)

Other: Craft Die and Stamps: Hero Arts; Scoreboard; Cream, Dark Red + Green, Light Green Cardstock

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P.S. I have another Watermelon project, Watermelon Card Duo, on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Blog too! If you have time, I would love for you to visit and see another photo tutorial on this...