Basket Tutorial

Hi everyone,

I've seen a bunch of these baskets lately, so I thought I'd share with you how super simple they are to make:

 
You need a square piece of paper…the bunny basket is done with a 9×9 piece of paper scored at 3 "

You can also use a 6×6 piece of paper scored at 2" or a 12×12 piece of paper scored at 4"

I will show you how to make the bunny basket shown:

-start with a 9×9 piece of printed paper (mine is from Shades of Spring in the Mini Catalog)  And score on all sides at 3"

The scoring forms 9 squares…on each corner box, score on the diagonal from the corner point to the center square as shown.  On the 6×6 size you can do it on your scor-pal, but on the larger sizes you need a ruler and a bone folder or stylus.

Once you've scored all the corner squares, fold on all the score lines.

Bring the folds together to form edge of box.

Using your poker, put a piece of ribbon or a strip of cardstock between the layers (so it is hidden) and punch a hold through all of the layers and add a brad.

Here is the side view of my bunny basket…I used the pretty in pink epoxy brads from the mini catalog and a 1"x 8 1/2" piece of pretty in pink cardstock.

The bunny is made with a 1 3/4" circle punch, Small and large oval punches, 2- 1/2" circle punches and a Soft Subtle brad.  I chalked the ears and cheeks with the pastels plus a touch of pink taffeta ribbon.  The black marker does the eyes and a scrap of white makes teeth…Super Cute!!!!

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!!