Other Mother Box

Step 18 Make the Inner Liner for the Box Top

For this step you will need the box top, some covering paper, pencil, ruler, glue stick and scrap paper.

Note: There is a strip of silver ribbon on my example here which is not a part of the original design. I ran out of my 3/4" ribbon and had to make a bow from the smaller silver ribbon. The bow looked silly without the extra stripe.

To cover up the nasty middle of the box, you'll need to cut out an inner liner. Place the box top on a piece of the leftover covering paper and trace around the edge. With your ruler, mark inside the line about 1/8th of an inch (Photo 2). Cut out this smaller hexagon with your ruler and craft knife (Photo 3). Check the fit of the liner. If it is too big, trim it to fit. Once it fits, place the liner on the scrap paper and glue all the way to the edges (Photo 4). Then pressed the glued side down to the inside of the box top (Photo 5).