Welcome to this week’s edition of CEOAfrica creativity platform.  It is definitely going to be an interesting and exquisite creative idea for the week.

We are going to look at a smart, less expensive ways of creating cardboard jewellery boxes.

These jewellery boxes are durable and could be used to safeguard valuable jewellery, display jewellery for business purposes or to package gift to your loved ones.
The well packaged cardboard jewellery box showcases rings, earrings, pendants, bracelets, bangles, tie, watches and necklaces, among others, and the truth is that these boxes are multi-functional and look fantastic, especially in different colours.

So, lovers, why not spark your love life with this slight colourful idea by presenting gift to your lover with the creatively made cardboard jewellery box?  Perhaps, while doing that, don’t forget to include natural rope cord and heart shaped gift tag on the finished handmade jewellery box.

Now, let us go through the practical aspect of our creative idea.

These are what we need: Box with heat shape cut-out, white glittered paper, pink glittered paper, pink adhesive gems, glittery stickers, craft glue, pencil, and scissors. 
Note that your choice of material depends greatly on preference. So, you could involve your personal creative gesture in determining the material to use.

Step 1

• Trace and cut the cardboard

• Place the box on the cardboard’s side over the white paper, trace a line around the edge of the panel and repeat until you have four even squares. 
• Remove the lid and place it on the pink paper. 
• Trace each edge just as you did for the box. 
• Cut the panels out.

Step 2 - Make your lid

• To create the lid, remove the heart insert from the lid. 
• Using the heart insert as a template cut a piece of pink glitter paper the same size. 
• Glue the pink paper to inside of box lid so that the pink glitter paper is shown through the heart cut out. 
• Place the lid face down on wrong side of white glitter paper and trace around the edge and inside the heart. 
• Cut out the square and the heart and stick onto the outside of lid.

Step 3 - Glue it up

• Glue the white glitter paper squares to the outside of the box and the white glitter paper cut out to the top of the lid. 
• Glue the pink glitter paper rectangles to the edges of the lid. 
• Leave them to dry.

Step 4 - Go glam!

• Now you can decorate! Stick strips of clear bling to the edge of the lid; you can trim the strips to fit. 
• Cut sections of pink bling and stick to sides of box and top of lid. 
• Add stickers and gems then push down to make sure they are secure.

Goodluck and do not forget to share your own practical experience(s).