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Paper Mushroom Party Favor Gift Box - SVG File A friend of mine loves mushrooms and every time we go for a hike, we’re on the lookout for them along the trails.  So I made this box for her and put a gift card inside, along with some chocolates and a lip balm for super sunny days. Afterwards, she can use it to store paper clips and keep it to decorate her office desk. It was so fun to personalize the stem with a gnome, a door, a window and grass. The gnome is layered, so his beard and moustache really look dimensional! Of course, a single mushroom can get lonely, so I gave it a little friend. It's not big enough to put a gift card inside, but it's so sweet to see a mini-me on a desk, and it can hold items like paper clips. It's reduced 75% of the larger mushroom, but of course, when you have a cutter, you can ask it to make anything as small as you like. What's a gift without a heartfelt message? When they peek under the roof, they'll see your writing there. It's...

I now have matching place cards to go with my set of party favor gift boxes  I made years ago! The  animal gift boxes  were the first die cutting pattern I created in 2011. Has it been that long since I've been in love with my cutter? They're perfect for baby showers or birthday parties because it's so quick to assemble, using a minimal amount of material, yet giving maximum impact. Here's the back side of the place card. All 5 animals, Elephant, Lion, Giraffe, Duck, and Bear come in a set, available in my Etsy shop.

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you everyone, for participating and for your kind words about my work! The winners are announced at the bottom of this post. My nephew's 6th birthday is coming up and I just managed to finish up these gift boxes for his little guests. He had fun filling them up with treats and is looking forward to giving them out. I'm surprised how different they can look just by changing up the color of paper I'm using – of course the fruit topper takes the cake. The base and topper is cut from a single sheet of letter-size (8.5 x 11 inches) paper and can hold not only chocolates, but also a Cherry Chapstick. I've been working on this pattern since last November. The locking tab now seems so obvious. The frosting was originally straight, similar to the Christmas trees as shown in my Craftsy class . That project is actually what inspired this one - something made me to keep going with this and push it further. I love how the patterned paper spirals in...