cricut THIS!

Lets get right to it how to make one! You'll need to decide how many compartments you want and how you want to arrange them. It works vertically or horizontally. I chose stacks of 10 boxes in 4 rows. Using the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge you can cut two boxes from one sheet of 8.5 by 11 card stock.

Just type in the sizes for width and height as shown, hit apply. Select box and copy it once and move the second one under the first one. Or click on the picture to download the cut file ;) Arrange your card stock on the mat in landscape aligning the upper right corner to the corner of the mat.

Cut your boxes, I did 40 for this example. Score each one, pre-fold, then assemble:

Apply adhesive to both short tabs and one long tab and the whole length of the skinny side tab. On the edge only, don't fill the entire tab, you don't want sticky stuff to be exposed inside your box. I used my ATG gun for this step.

With the adhesive in place, go ahead and flatten your box to press and really securely glue the long side seam. Then unfold again and place your box on some grid so you can align it on the grid to close the bottom. It is very important to get your boxes as straight as you can get them, and not twisted:

Holding the box straight, fold in both small flaps first, then the large flap with the adhesive, then the large flap that doesn't have adhesive. (DUH because the sequence is wrong in the picture...). Hold and turn over, use a sketch marker to press inside the box and secure. Now build your stacks with gluing them on top of each other. I used liquid paper glue for this:

Notice how I switched the orientation with each box? No matter how much we love our cricut and our abilities to work even, neither does really. So there are small imperfections that repeat and would make everything crooked if you stack them the same way. Switching back and forth balances this out and gives you the straightest result! Now glue your stacks of boxes together in rows, go heavy on the glue. Cover everything with your favorite paper (I used "Color me Silly" from Basic Grey and lots of mod podge) add a ribbon around the front:

Fill er up and take her for a drive! I love having my copics this way. Sort any way it makes sense to you, there are no rules but your own preferences. Make your holder as small or as large as you like. This one sits on my desk right by my work area and is as much fun to use as it is to look at.
OK, gonna have to place another marker order now, I got some space ;)