For a friend’s birthday last month, I decorated a sturdy cardboard box with glitter (to put a necklace inside) and also made a card to go with it.

Her favorite color is purple, and she does like glitter, so the gift box was a simple thing. I ended up with plenty of glitter all over my desk and person, but I like how it turned out.

The card is done in the “quilted washi paper” style made popular by Hanko Designs, and is based on a pattern included in one of their kits.