The best way to make an explosion card - and to remember how to make it for years to come - is with a story! When the card is closed, its just a ordinary card, but when it opens.. Isn't this Flowering Fields Designer Series Paper stunning? Now for a different look with the In The Wild Designer Series Paper. Plain on the outside... 'Wow' on the inside. How about the beautiful Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper? Gingham checked on the inside! The cards above are all regular sized cards and use an 8' square of Designer Series Paper
I have another unique card to share with you! It's a basic fun-fold inspired by the traditional Origami Square Base. It’s like an explosion card but without an extra layer of cardstock to e
Would you like to make an explosion card and never forget how to do it???
Hi everyone, today I’m sharing these striking Star Explosion Pop-Up Cards. This fun card style is easy to make and no specialty dies are needed to create this unusual shape. These fold down…
This project is quite easy as long as you follow each step. 1- Fold stamped (or printed) square piece of cardstock or paper in half, stamped side out. Burnish with bone folder. 2- Fold […]
This is a super cool card with a pop up surprise when you open the card. Let's learn together how to make it.
Hello stamping friends. Welcome to Funky Folds Blog Hop #3. We are a community for like minded paper crafters who love to make cards with funky/fancy/fun folds and to share our ideas. Funky actually means “modern and stylish in an unconventional or striking way”. We are featuring cards that are not your usual rectangle/square portrait of landscape style cards. Each and every month the blog hops will have and 'anything goes' theme as long as your card has some type of 'funky' fold. I've made for you today a Star Explosion Pop-Up card using products from the beautiful Stampin' Up! Country Woods Suite found in the new 2024 - 2025 Annual Catalogue. I've used the tutorial and measurements from Sam Calcott at Mixed Up Craft. When the card is closed it looks fairly inconspicuous but when you take off the belly band and open the card up that is where the magic happens. Here on the front I've layered Basic White, Pool Party and the Country Woods DSP for the front of the card and then I've used Misty Moonlight for the belly band and added DSP, Ribbon, stamped images and die-cuts using products from the Country Woods Suite. On the inside is a scored centre panel that all folds in neatly together when the card is folded closed. When opened the centre circle piece pops up and stands up a little off the card for that added element and dimension. As well as using the Country Woods DSP I've also adde some of the Country Lace DSP to layer on some of the panels and used more of the products from the Country Woods suite to embellish the inside. I coloured the floral images in using Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers and used the same floral images on the front as what is on the inside to keep that continuity from the outside to the inside. Stampin' Blends Used Flowers - Light Peach Pie, Light & Dark Petal Pink, Light Summer Splash, Light & Dark Pool Party, Light and Dark Boho Blue, Light Balmy Blue, Light Lemon Lolly Leaves - Light & Dark Mossy Meadow Teapot - Light and Dark Gray Granite I've even added some Basic White Panels on the back for you to write your message. This is such a WOW card when you open it. It's one of those cards that you hand deliver to your best crafting friend just so that you can see their reaction to when they open it. I do hope you like my Funky Fold that I've shared with you today. I just love how it turned out especially with the use of the Country Woods Suite products. This is another amazing suite that I've fallen in love with. Next up is Bronwyn Eastley from Tasmania, Australia with her Funky Fold. I can't wait to see what she has made for us. Rochelle Blok - You are Here Bronwyn Eastly Cathy Pinchbeck Julia Quinn Chantell Randall Cindy Mitchell-Clark Lou Kitzelman Rochelle Laird-Smith Jan McQueen Elizabeth Gross If you love to make cards with creative folds and would like to join in with our monthly Funky Folds Blog Hop, you are welcome to head on over to our community group on Facebook HERE to be part of the fun. Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Stamping! Live in Australia? Shop for Stampin' Up! with Me 24/7 HERE Recreate this project at home using the following Stampin' Up! products. Click on the images below to see the product information and to shop from my online store. Tweet
These small, square books “explode” into a series of square and triangular pages when you open them. Each student constructed their own book with decorative papers, cardboard, ribbon, and construct…
Make your own explosion box! Learn how to make these awesome pop-up memory boxes with this easy to follow tutorial.
Learn how to make the BOOMF Bomb Explosion Card. You can also get the printable version or silhouette cut file for BOOMF card.
I've been thinking about how to execute this explosion book tutorial for a while now, and this afternoon I got down to it. It looks a little crazy, but it's actually very easy and when you give it as a gift the result is always "Wow!" I promise. The book is constructed of three equal squares, folded in quarters and then once diagonally. A 12x12" piece of cardstock makes a nice 6" finished size. {For the purpose of this tutorial I used an 8x8" square so I could photograph it more easily.} After you have folded each of the three squares, you fold the diagonal folds inward like this: {I'm sure there's a proper origami term for this type of fold...but I'm at a loss...} So here are my three squares, folded and ready to assemble. Easy so far, right? Ok, this was tricky to photograph on my own. And wouldn't you know it? A nice cloud cover for today's otherwise sunny Arizona skies... I use a glue stick to assemble the pieces. The center square gets flipped over so that the diagonal fold parts go backward. The first and third squares have the diagonal parts going inward. I hope you can you tell by this photo: You just overlap the squares to attach all three folded pieces together in a row... Then you scrunch it down to create the book: Now it's time to embellish your book. Here's a helpful tip: cut your patterned paper (or photos) slightly smaller than the base area. You want the book to be able to fold back together easily, so avoid gluing anything close to the creases. See how I've left a little space around the edges? Now you can add photos or phrases and let your imagination go wild. Attach your cover piece to the front: And a ribbon to the back: Tie it up and give it away. :o) Maybe? And as if that wasn't enough photo overload, I'm going to close with a few pictures of explosion books from my past. These were made a few years ago and the photos aren't the best, but it will give you an idea for different ways to play with this mini-book pattern. . Here's a book I made for my sister documenting her black Friday shopping trip with Carrie and our niece, Britny: An explosion book I made for my niece Britny for Christmas a few years back: And a Christmas explosion book I made for our friends documenting our Christmas tree hunt excursion: I do hope you'll give this design a try! And do let me know how you like it. :o) ♥ PS: I really hope this tutorial makes sense. If you have any questions please let me know and I'll do my best to clarify. PSS: Paper used in my tutorial example is "3 bugs in a rug" - Bee Mine. :o)
This is another project that my stamper's club will be making in February. I first saw an explosion box purse done by the talented Kelly Ge...
Make your own explosion box! Learn how to make these awesome pop-up memory boxes with this easy to follow tutorial.
Eine Kundin hat immer sehr spezielle Wünsche, was den Inhalt ihrer Boxen angeht und jedes Mal bin ich total fasziniert. Es macht echt Spaß diese Details genau umzusetzen. In diesem Fall lauteten si…
These small, square books “explode” into a series of square and triangular pages when you open them. Each student constructed their own book with decorative papers, cardboard, ribbon, and construct…
Eine Box mit Pfiff zeige ich Dir auf meinem Blog und eine Anleitung gibt es obendrauf. Diese Kirigami Explosion-Box ist schnell gemacht. Glückwünsche und Box in einem, was will man mehr.
Make a fun Graduation explosion box for your graduate. This is a great way to give your graduate cash and/or gift cards with a fun twist!
Download these helpful explosion box worksheets for creating your hardbound explosion box and lid as well as some of the content pieces
These small, square books “explode” into a series of square and triangular pages when you open them. But… this lesson began as a mystery project! Before they even knew we were making books,…
I think you're going to love this Ciao Bella Sparkling Christmas Explosion Box Tutorial. It's dressed up with goodies from Reneabouquets.
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We made explosion cards on Facebook Live Monday night. I host a free class called Stamp with Me Live on the last Monday evening of each month on my FB page here. Be sure to follow me there. I always upload the video on my NEW YouTube Channel afterwards so even if you're not on Facebook you can watch it later. I chose to use the Favored Flowers designer paper - it's a free Sale-a-Bration choice right now; while supplies...
A super easy DIY explosion box tutorial with detailed instructions, ideas and a printable template! Learn how to make your own exploding card!
Time for the promised TARDIS card tutorial! As an added bonus this tutorial shows you my method of making standard card blanks. This is the first tutorial I have made, so if you have any feedback do let me know so future tutorials might be improved... In order to avoid sounding like a broken record I'll let you know right here that you need to be quite precise here. It'll really show in the results. On with the tutorial - Allons-y! These are the tools used. With one exception - the glue marker. How I could forget such a useful object is beyond me. Tools and materials: TARDIS blue cardstock - A4 or 12" square Black cardstock - scrap is OK White cardstock - scrap is OK White printer paper Self-healing cutting mat Clear quilting ruler Metal ruler Rotary cutter Craft knife Bone folder Glue stick Glue marker Glue tape Fine silver paint or gel pen Black fineliner - 0.1 Pencil The first step is to make the card blank. Start by cutting an 8"x6" piece of TARDIS blue card. Keep the scraps, you'll need them later. The best way to make the larger cuts is with a quilting ruler and rotary cutter. The cuts are kept straight and it's very easy to line things up precisely (don't use a craft knife with a quilting ruler, you'll kill the ruler). Using the bone folder, score a line at the 4" mark on the long side. If the paper is textured, score on the side that will be the inside. Fold along the line and, with the card folded, run the flat of the folder along the crease to sharpen it. Cut the top inch from the side that will become the front cover, and prepare for one of the trickier sections. Keeping in mind you will need to erase later, rule a pencil line one inch from the top in line with the previous cut(not shown in the picture). Measuring up from here rule a line at 3/8", 1/8" and 1/8". This should leave 3/8" at the top. As per the lower left section of the picture above, n the lowest ruled section draw vertical lines 1/4" from each side. In the next section draw lines 1/2" from each side. In the top section draw lines around a 1/4" section at the centre. Join this to the tier below with a diagonal line. Cut around this outline using a metal ruler and craft knife. You may find it easiest to cut small sections away. Erase the remaining pencil lines. Cut a section of black cardboard 1/4"x3.5", or slightly shorter if you prefer (see right side pictures). Write on the card with a silver paint or gel pen as shown. Stick in place with glue stick or marker. Cut a 1/4" square of white card. Stick to form the light at the top of the card. That's the top section complete! Next, on to the front. Cut four 1.5" squares, four in blue, two in white. Cut a blue strip 1/8" wide and at least 4.5" long. Don't worry if it curves a bit, that's fairly unavoidable. Cut it into three 1.5" sections. Using a glue marker, stick the strips on to form a window pattern. On the front flap of the card, stick the blue and white squares. They should be 1/4" from the edge of the card and 1/8" from the top, bottom and other squares. You can use any kind of paper glue here, but glue tape doesn't have a drying time so you can continue on without fear of shifting things. Repeat for the other side. Cut a piece of white card or printer paper 1"x3/4" and write on it with a fineliner as shown. Glue it to the centre left panel. While you're at it, why not add a silver doorknob? Congratulations! The front is complete. The rest should, by comparison, be very easy. The pop-up that will form the inside is a map fold. There's a great tutorial for it on this website (link replaced Feb 2015) which I doubt I can improve on. Use an 8"x8" square. The tutorial uses a rectangle, but squares are fine. If you put it in your card you'll likely find it's marginally large. No worries! Cut off 1/8" and get the added bonus of an extremely tidy visible end. Use glue tape on one side and stick the folded paper in with the centre line 2.5" from the bottom. Be sure to get the point right into the fold of the paper. Put glue tape onto the other side, press the card firmly shut, then re-open... Ta-da! It's bigger on the inside! With Adelaide's famous Christmas Pageant on tomorrow and as I'm also preparing a lot of work for a stall I'll have at St John's Anglican Church Christmas Fair (Friday 16th November, 6p.m., Church Gardens at 379 Halifax Street, Adelaide) I'm in a very Christmassy frame of mind. I twisted together sparkly pipe cleaners and made a wreath to make a Christmas TARDIS. That concludes my first tutorial! I hope you liked it - I expect I'll make more in future. If you use this tutorial, either as-is or with modifications, I'd love to see what you do! Please do not use this to produce items for sale. Do, however, feel free to share the tutorial further. By all means use the first or last image as a link, but please link to this blog for the rest of the tutorial. P.S. The link marked as replaced in 2015 was changed as the original site was now just throwing particularly dubious looking ads. Sorry about that, and hopefully the replacement will stay... if it should fail again, search 'map fold tutorial', there are quite a few about - Heather
Make a fun explosion box card to surprise someone special! This is a great way to share memories and even hide cash surprises inside the “exploding” box! An explosion box is a paper box that “explodes” open when you lift its lid. What that really means is when you open it up, the sides fall...
I've been thinking about how to execute this explosion book tutorial for a while now, and this afternoon I got down to it. It looks a little crazy, but it's actually very easy and when you give it as a gift the result is always "Wow!" I promise. The book is constructed of three equal squares, folded in quarters and then once diagonally. A 12x12" piece of cardstock makes a nice 6" finished size. {For the purpose of this tutorial I used an 8x8" square so I could photograph it more easily.} After you have folded each of the three squares, you fold the diagonal folds inward like this: {I'm sure there's a proper origami term for this type of fold...but I'm at a loss...} So here are my three squares, folded and ready to assemble. Easy so far, right? Ok, this was tricky to photograph on my own. And wouldn't you know it? A nice cloud cover for today's otherwise sunny Arizona skies... I use a glue stick to assemble the pieces. The center square gets flipped over so that the diagonal fold parts go backward. The first and third squares have the diagonal parts going inward. I hope you can you tell by this photo: You just overlap the squares to attach all three folded pieces together in a row... Then you scrunch it down to create the book: Now it's time to embellish your book. Here's a helpful tip: cut your patterned paper (or photos) slightly smaller than the base area. You want the book to be able to fold back together easily, so avoid gluing anything close to the creases. See how I've left a little space around the edges? Now you can add photos or phrases and let your imagination go wild. Attach your cover piece to the front: And a ribbon to the back: Tie it up and give it away. :o) Maybe? And as if that wasn't enough photo overload, I'm going to close with a few pictures of explosion books from my past. These were made a few years ago and the photos aren't the best, but it will give you an idea for different ways to play with this mini-book pattern. . Here's a book I made for my sister documenting her black Friday shopping trip with Carrie and our niece, Britny: An explosion book I made for my niece Britny for Christmas a few years back: And a Christmas explosion book I made for our friends documenting our Christmas tree hunt excursion: I do hope you'll give this design a try! And do let me know how you like it. :o) ♥ PS: I really hope this tutorial makes sense. If you have any questions please let me know and I'll do my best to clarify. PSS: Paper used in my tutorial example is "3 bugs in a rug" - Bee Mine. :o)
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These small, square books “explode” into a series of square and triangular pages when you open them. But… this lesson began as a mystery project! Before they even knew we were making books,…
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Learn how to make a heart explosion box template using my free SVG files to share your favorite photos and notes!
Bring a burst of joy into anyone's life with this exploding card project. Follow these easy instructions to create pop up boxes that jump out of the envelope when it's opened!
