i'm glad to be of help guys. and, it's something that doesn't really take much hand dexterity (as compared to, say, drawing). in fact, zen-type designs like the one i posted some posts back, don't demand much effort.
with the other boxes i made - the ones with a hole in the centre, just follow the guide, but work with a "cover" piece with a preexisting hole. after covering everything with craft paper, the hole should still be there (you'll then glue another piece of illustration board - with a design - to cover the hole from the inside... i hope that made sense.
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another tip, for the "outside" face of the cover part of the box, try crumpling the craft paper finely before gluing it to the surface of the cover. and, when gluing, don't smoothen the wrinkles. it will give (hopefully) a rusticated look to the piece. use varnishing to strengthen it.
both the "holed box" and "wrinkled" techniques were used here:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/30681438/ - i covered the hole form the inside using another illustration board whose dimensions are identical to the cover's largest piece, and glued a cardboard cutout made to look like (hopefully) celtic knotwork.