Exploding Box Cards are probably not for the beginner card maker given the amount of cutting, measuring and layering involved. But the end result is definitely worth the added effort, especially if you're looking to create a card for an extra special occasion. These cards contain lots of extra surface space that can be utilised for photos, images, embellishments or messages from large groups of people. They also have a large open space in the very centre that is big enough to hold a gift, some chocolates or a 3D embellishment. Check out all the fabulous ideas on the internet by searching for "exploding box card pictures"... it's definitely worth it! 1. You'll need 4 pieces of coordinating card stock and some matching patterned paper. You can add extra items such as embellishments, stamps and ribbon as desired. 2. Place a piece of 12" x 12" card stock on your score board and score at 4" and again at 8". Turn the card stock 90 degrees and score again at 4" and 8" to create nine square sections. (see template for scoring positions). 3. If your score board has an attachment that allows you to score on the diagonal, add it and score from the outer corner to the centre score line (refer to template). Repeat in all four corners. If you don't have a score board, you can simply use a ruler and scoring tool (see below). 4. Fold along all the score lines. The horizontal and vertical score lines are valley folds and the diagonal score lines are mountain folds. Set aside. 5. Trim your second piece of card stock to a square measuring 111/4" x 111/4". We're going to remove a square piece from each of the four corners that measures 33/4" x 33/4". Measure and mark 33/4" horizontally and vertically from each corner. Draw a line between each of the marks so that you have a grid of 3 squares across and 3 down. Using a sharp knife or trimmer, remove the four corners. 6. Score and fold along the inner lines so that your card stock resembles the picture below. 7. Trim your third piece of card stock to a square measuring 101/2" x 101/2". We're going to remove a square piece from each of the four corners that measures 31/2" x 31/2". Do this is the same manner as before, but adjust the measurements. 8. To decorate, I used the off cuts from the second piece of card stock on the outside of the box. You can use patterned paper, images or just leave it blank. 9. I added some patterned paper triangles to the inside of my card box. These will only be visible once the box is opened. 10. I cut squares from pieces of patterned paper and decorated the two other pieces of card stock. You can decorate both sides if desired. Now is the time to add photographs or images to each of the "flaps", it's a little easier than waiting until it's all constructed. 11. Add strong glue or double sided tape to the centre back of the second piece of card stock. 12. Carefully centre it over the base card stock and press firmly to adhere in place. 13. Repeat with the other piece of card stock, being careful to centre it well. 14. You've just completed the base of your card! 15. Now we have to make a lid. Trim the fourth piece of card stock to 71/2" x 71/2". Place it on your score board and score at 15/8". Rotate 90 degrees and score again at 15/8". Rotate 90 degrees a second time and score at 15/8". Rotate 90 degrees one more time and score at 15/8". Fold along all four score lines. 16. Using a knife, scissors or trimmer, make ONE cut on each corner. Cut on one of the score lines, stopping when you reach the next score line (see photo below). 17. To make your corners extra tidy, you might like to remove a small section from the little square tab in each corner. Make sure you don't remove any of the card stock from the long sections in the centre. 18. Turn your card stock so the top of the lid is facing up. Apply glue to the tab and press it to the inside of the lid. Repeat on all four corners until you have a shallow box. 19. The lid should slip easily over the base and serves to hold everything closed. 20. Now it's time to decorate! I added lots of three dimensional flowers to the centre of my card as well as a stamped sentiment and some Nuvo crystal drops. I finished the lid with some ribbon and a stamped and coloured image. I hope you'll give this card a go... it might be a little bit of a challenge but it's definitely worth the effort. Stamps:

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...

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Two days ago I shared my first first explosion scrapbook box that I made for Mother's Day. What the post doesn't show you is that I went through three totally different measurements and different size boxes until I created the one that worked best for me. Today I'm sharing some step-by-step photos to make the scrapbook box in a non-frustrating way! Oh! And I also made my first video to show you the box in action... Supplies to construct the box: 4 pieces 12x12 good quality cardstock (I use DCWV) Paper trimmer (I use Fiskars rotary trimmer) Scoring board (I use Martha Stewart's) Strong tape adhesive (I use Scotch ATG gun) Glossy Accents or other strong liquid adhesive step 1. trim your cardstock Step 1: Trim 3 of the cardstocks that will create your box. Trim one piece at 9"x9", another piece at 8 5/8"x8 5/8", and the last one at 8 1/4"x8 1/4" step 2 - score the cardstock Step 2: Score your cardstock on each side so you have a grid of 9 squares - Score the 9" square piece at 3" on each side - Score the 8 5/8" square at 2 7/8" on each side - Score the 8 1/4" square at 2 3/4" on each side step 3 - cut off all corner squares Step 3: Cut the corner squares off of each cardstock. Follow the scored lines to cut off the corners. I used my trimmer (very carefully) for this step, but if you're confident in your straight-line-cutting-skills you can use scissors. Optional step - Next I rounded all of my corners, but that is up to your personal style preference. step 4 - glue middle squares together to create layers Step 4: Adhere the center of your box. You will adhere the larger cardstock to the mid-size cardstock. Then adhere the mid-size cardtsock to the smallest cardstock. You only adhere the CENTER square! Make sure your side flaps are not glued together. (I used my ATG gun to adhere these pieces) step 5 - fold flaps along score lines. Fold all flaps toward center piece Step 5: Fold each of your flaps at the score lines. Fold them in toward the center piece and crease em up goood And your main box is finished! Now we'll make the lid... Lid - cut 5 3/4" square and score along 1 1/4" on each side Step 1 for lid: Cut your last piece of cardstock to 5 3/4" x 5 3/4". Step 2 for lid: Score all sides at 1 1/4" and fold inward at score lines. Step 3 for lid: Cut a slit along one side on each corner (don't cut both slits or you will remove the corner. We still want to keep the corners to glue the lid together). glue the folded flaps to the inside to create lid Step 4 for lid: place adhesive to inside corner flaps and adhere to the sides of lid. Just fold it all up and glue the corners til it resembles a lid ;) I use my ATG adhesive and glossy accents to give it extra hold. Using the glue with the tape makes it so I don't have to hold the corners to dry, they'll stay together and dry on their own. OK! Now the fun part! Decorating your box! Cut 21 squares of coordinating pattern paper (this makes a mat for each flap) in the following measurements: 9 squares at 2 5/8" x 2 5/8" 8 squares at 2 6/8" x 2 6/8" (otherwise known as 2 3/4") 4 squares at 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" I used 5 different patterns of paper and alternated the patterns inside the box For embellishments, I cut out a lot of little banners and sayings from various cardstock stacks. A lot of your paper stacks will have one pattern that is dedicated only to phrases or tags. Use your scissors and cut em all out! Start embellishing and adding photos. I put together each square (a photo, a banner, and a rhinestone or brad) before it was finally adhered to the flap inside the box. Happy crafting! If you have further questions, please feel free to ask in the comments section below and I'll get back to you. To see the original post for more photos, click here <3 Rachel w k

Images via: glitter adventure We all love to click photos. Though these days not much photographs are in hard copy but we cannot deny the pleasure that they give when we see the developed form. So how about saving all your photographs in a unique way like this exploding box? To make this cut 3

Today DD22 is graduating with a Masters in Teaching (Primary) from Melbourne University, so the family have travelled en masse for the ceremony. Only two years ago we were there for her BA graduation and I made her a special stair-step card for the occasion (see this post). This time her hood colour is malachite green and I've gone with a card-in-a-box using black, green and silver with a star theme. Here tis: Materials used: stamps - Great Grads, Simply Stars card - basic black, silver glitter, green (non SU), whisper white other - stars framelits, Big Shot, star punches, acetate, dimensionals, Timeless Type alphabet dies, silver embossing powder, heat tool I'm very happy with how this turned out, so I hope she likes it! I'll add on photos from the ceremony when I can. Thanks for calling in. Cheers Kez Edited to add: some photos of the day

This picture is not to scale, but contains all the measurements needed for each layer of a 4-layer explosion box. For a larger copy of the instructions that you can […]

Two days ago I shared my first first explosion scrapbook box that I made for Mother's Day. What the post doesn't show you is that I went through three totally different measurements and different size boxes until I created the one that worked best for me. Today I'm sharing some step-by-step photos to make the scrapbook box in a non-frustrating way! Oh! And I also made my first video to show you the box in action... Supplies to construct the box: 4 pieces 12x12 good quality cardstock (I use DCWV) Paper trimmer (I use Fiskars rotary trimmer) Scoring board (I use Martha Stewart's) Strong tape adhesive (I use Scotch ATG gun) Glossy Accents or other strong liquid adhesive step 1. trim your cardstock Step 1: Trim 3 of the cardstocks that will create your box. Trim one piece at 9"x9", another piece at 8 5/8"x8 5/8", and the last one at 8 1/4"x8 1/4" step 2 - score the cardstock Step 2: Score your cardstock on each side so you have a grid of 9 squares - Score the 9" square piece at 3" on each side - Score the 8 5/8" square at 2 7/8" on each side - Score the 8 1/4" square at 2 3/4" on each side step 3 - cut off all corner squares Step 3: Cut the corner squares off of each cardstock. Follow the scored lines to cut off the corners. I used my trimmer (very carefully) for this step, but if you're confident in your straight-line-cutting-skills you can use scissors. Optional step - Next I rounded all of my corners, but that is up to your personal style preference. step 4 - glue middle squares together to create layers Step 4: Adhere the center of your box. You will adhere the larger cardstock to the mid-size cardstock. Then adhere the mid-size cardtsock to the smallest cardstock. You only adhere the CENTER square! Make sure your side flaps are not glued together. (I used my ATG gun to adhere these pieces) step 5 - fold flaps along score lines. Fold all flaps toward center piece Step 5: Fold each of your flaps at the score lines. Fold them in toward the center piece and crease em up goood And your main box is finished! Now we'll make the lid... Lid - cut 5 3/4" square and score along 1 1/4" on each side Step 1 for lid: Cut your last piece of cardstock to 5 3/4" x 5 3/4". Step 2 for lid: Score all sides at 1 1/4" and fold inward at score lines. Step 3 for lid: Cut a slit along one side on each corner (don't cut both slits or you will remove the corner. We still want to keep the corners to glue the lid together). glue the folded flaps to the inside to create lid Step 4 for lid: place adhesive to inside corner flaps and adhere to the sides of lid. Just fold it all up and glue the corners til it resembles a lid ;) I use my ATG adhesive and glossy accents to give it extra hold. Using the glue with the tape makes it so I don't have to hold the corners to dry, they'll stay together and dry on their own. OK! Now the fun part! Decorating your box! Cut 21 squares of coordinating pattern paper (this makes a mat for each flap) in the following measurements: 9 squares at 2 5/8" x 2 5/8" 8 squares at 2 6/8" x 2 6/8" (otherwise known as 2 3/4") 4 squares at 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" I used 5 different patterns of paper and alternated the patterns inside the box For embellishments, I cut out a lot of little banners and sayings from various cardstock stacks. A lot of your paper stacks will have one pattern that is dedicated only to phrases or tags. Use your scissors and cut em all out! Start embellishing and adding photos. I put together each square (a photo, a banner, and a rhinestone or brad) before it was finally adhered to the flap inside the box. Happy crafting! If you have further questions, please feel free to ask in the comments section below and I'll get back to you. To see the original post for more photos, click here <3 Rachel w k

Pictures in previous post…HERE! for the box bottom, cut a 12×12 piece of card-stock cut on solid lines score and fold on dotted lines decorate the panels with nestabilities square and sc…

Hey Crafters! Thought I'd share a very special birthday card with you today - I made it for my eldest niece who turned 11 recently. It was my first attempt at a "pop up box card" - which is a card style which seems to be very hot trend in the paper-crafting world at the moment! The colours were inspired by the colours of her bedroom, which are red, gold and yellow and I decided that stars were more appropriate for my niece than flowers might be. Here is the card: I wanted it to look like the stars were bursting out of the card in a joyous explosion of celebration! The card was definitely a "labour of love", as apart from the smallest stars, which I punched out, all the other stars had to be fussy-cut, by hand, with my trusty Paper Snips (what would I do without those little essential crafting beauties, hey??!!) - but, it was very therapeutic nonetheless!   I stamped the patterned stars using the fabulous Simply Stars stamp set in Real Red and Daffodil Delight ink on Whisper White Cardstock. Some of the smaller stars were punched out using the little star punch from the Merry Minis Punch Pack (order ref = 126882, which was carried over from last year's Holiday Mini Catalogue). I punched them out of the Red Glimmer Paper, Daffodil Delight Cardstock, the Gold Foil Sheets and also the much-overlooked-but-fabulous Brushed Gold cardstock. I really must use that more often, as it is so nice and gives a lovely, subtle, gold sheen to your projects... You can just about make out in these photographs (above and below), that the stars are stuck to little strips of Window Sheet: Stampin' Up!'s more sturdy equivalent of acetate sheets. I found that the Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue and the Mini Glue Dots were the best adhesives to use for gluing on the stars to the Window Sheet strips and the strips to the box support struts etc. The Tombow allows a little "wiggle time" to get the shapes in the right positions, but does take a little longer to dry than when gluing two pieces of cardstock together - so you need to be a little patient with it! Another top tip is to glue all the decorations onto the card support struts before you stick the struts inside the box of the card! You can of course add a few more stars and things after they are in the box, if you discover any gaps that need filling with more things. This is one card design where less is definitely not more! Excess is best! ;O)  I thought the polka dotted stars echoed the lovely Real Red Polka Dot Parade Designer Series Paper (DSP) that I had used to decorate the card flaps and panels - this is such a versatile set of papers and I used both sides of the sheets on the card. I have used this DSP a LOT. The Happy Birthday comes from the Label Something Stamp Set and I punched it out using the Artisan Label Punch. I punched a second one out of Gold Foil Sheet, cut it in half and stuck the two pieces to the back of the Birthday one, to give the greeting label an extra border. This is a great trick to make your punched shapes "pop" on a card or gift tag. I glued an extra layer of Real Red Cardstock, Gold Foil Sheet and then Whisper White cardstock (stamped with more stars), onto the back panel of the card base in order to add stability and provide a space for writing my message onto. (See picture below:) I also attached a few small stars to the flaps of the card base, to make it look like the stars had exploded out of the card and landed on them! Some I glued flat onto the card with my most-used crafting tool: the Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and others I popped onto a Stampin' Dimensional to add a little bit of height. As you can see below, I got a little bit carried away with adding the exploding stars and several of them poked outside the card base when the card was folded flat, ready for posting... So much so, that the card didn't fit in the standard C6 envelope that I had originally planned to use - Oops!! BUT, luckily this didn't matter a jot, as I had my extremely useful Envelope Punch Board to hand and I was able to make an extra-special envelope from some more of the Polka Dot Parade DSP! Phew! Thank the stars (no pun intended!) for the Envelope Punch Board, eh?! Here is the envelope I made, along with it's belly band which I made using the Daffodil Delight colourway of the same Polka Dot Parade DSP - the "just for you" stamp is from the Label Love Stamp Set and again uses the Artisan Label Punch and the little star punch from the Merry Minis Punch Pack - is it just me, or, does it remind you somehow of Wonder Woman's headband?! No? OK, just me then!! Ahem...  My niece had asked for money for her birthday so that she could go on a "girly shopping day with just Mummy"- gosh how grown up is she getting - it hardly seems like yesterday that my sister announced she was expecting and now my niece is ELEVEN!! (Gulp! Am getting old! LOL!!) The smaller, yellow envelope is what I put her birthday money into and uses the same Daffodil Delight and Real Red Polka Dot Parade DSP, the Artisan Label Punch and the "To:/From:" label comes from the Label Love Stamp Set... I thought the back of the belly band on the large red envelope looked a little plain, compared to the front, so, I glued a left-over Red Glimmer Paper star for a little bit of extra bling/interest!  This last photo is a close up of the front of the belly band showing the "Wonder Woman" style label and also illustrates the sparkle and glimmer of the red and gold little stars. It always amazes me how even a teeny bit of the glimmer paper can add such a lot of sparkle and glamour to a hand made project - and a little goes a long way, so it is great value for money too! Hope you have liked today's project? In my monthly card-making classes this month (May 2014) we are making similar pop-up-box-cards - using slightly different dimensions for the card base, different stamp sets/punches and different colours - last week's class was great fun - I am very much looking forward to the repeated, evening class towards the end of the month too, now! I know that this will definitely NOT be the last of this style of card that I make - as they are great fun to construct and are such a "wow" card for any occasion as well! Don't forget that all of the supplies used on today's project can be bought from my online shop (click here!) or by contacting me directly if you prefer. Anyone who places an online order with me before the 29th May 2014 using the hostess code VRSJWE3R on their order will get a little thank you gift from me in the snail-mail post, too (as long as you don't click the "no contact" button - which will mean I don't have access to your contact details and will therefore be unable to get your gift to you!). N.B.: If your order is for £150 or more, don't use this hostess code for your order or you won't qualify for your "Stampin' Rewards"! Oh and don't forget that during May there is a special offer to receive a free exclusive brand new Photopolymer Stamp set, for all orders of at least £60/75€, while stocks last- see my online shop for details! They are all rather fabby, I must say! :O) Well, that's it from me today, I really hope you are inspired to make your own Pop Up Box Card now? I am entering this card into the Catherine & Cathy Create "Starlight, Star Bright" Blog Challenge. seeing as they wanted to see projects using stars on them - I think this card qualifies, don't you?! It is definitely very starry! Hehe! Until next time: happy crafting! Lucy xx

Hey Friend! Are you a crafter that loves to create fun projects? Join us and the learn the steps to create a Christmas Exploding Gift Box! All you need to do is decide what's going inside it! Savings: SAVE 10% with the Snowy Pines I Want It All Bundle, but hurry savings end today 11:59pm EST July 11th 2020! Get yours now https://www.heartfeltcreations.us/product-collections/snowy-pines Our Crafters Say: 'High quality material, produce wonderful collections and products, ease of completing a project because everything is included to inspire me to be creative and you can also intermix with other HC collections.' -Janet Anderson “Heartfelt dies and stamps work so well. The papers are gorgeous. I make cards, and your line makes it so much easier to be inspired. Delivery is more than timely, it is here before you know it. Thank you for being there for us. .' -Linda Ann MLet's get crafting! Directions: Step 1: Exploding box measures - 3 3/4” inches by 3 3/4” inches by 3 3/4” inches. To create an exploding box base - cut out 11 1/4' x 11 1/4' of black card and score it at 3 3/4' and 7 1/2', rotate and score again at 3 3/4' and 7 1/2'. Score diagonally from the corner end to the first score lines cross on and repeat the process on other corners. Cut off all the corners diagonally using score line starting points as a guide. Fold using a bone folder along the score lines. TOP TIP: Use stylus with 2mm or 3 mm tip (Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit) to make diagonal score lines.Step 2: To decorate an exploding box base - cut out following pieces from Paper Collection: 4 pieces 3 3/4” x 3 3/4”, 4 pieces 3 5/8” x 3 5/8”, 1 piece 3 5/8” x 3 5/8”. Distress the edges on each piece with Bamboo Leaves Memento Dye Ink using Daubers and adhere them to the base as shown.Step 3: Cut out 2 pieces 3 3/8” x 3 3/8” and cut each one of them diagonally to create 4 triangles from each piece. Distress the edges on each piece with Bamboo Leaves Memento Dye Ink using Daubers and adhere them to the base as shown. Step 4: To create an exploding box lid - cut out 5 7/8' x 5 7/8' piece of black card and score it at 1' and 4 7/8”, rotate and score again at 1' and 4 7/8”. Create the flaps, fold using a bone folder along the score lines and assemble the lid. Cut out following pieces from the Paper Collection: 4 pieces 7/8” x 3 3/4” and 1 piece 3 3/4” x 3 3/4” . Distress the edges on each Paper Collection piece with Bamboo Leaves Memento Dye Ink using Daubers and adhere them to the lid as shown. Then cut out 3” x 3” piece of Paper Collection and 3 1/4” x 3 1/4” piece of black card, stock and adhere them together, then adhere the final piece on the lid top using 3D foam. Step 5: To create Ferrero Rocher box - cut out 5 1/4” x 5 1/4” piece of black card and score it at 1 1/4” and 4”, rotate and score again at 1 1/4” and 4”, then fold using a bone folder along the score lines and assemble the box. Cut out following pieces from Paper Collection: 4 pieces 2 5/8” x 1 1/8”, 4 pieces 2 5/8” x 1 1/8” and 1 piece 2 5/8” x 2 5/8”, then distress the edges on each piece with Bamboo Leaves Memento Dye Ink using Daubers and adhere them to the box as shown. Adhere the final piece on the centre of the exploding box base.Step 6: Stamp pine cone images from Festive Pine Cones Cling Stamp Set with Northern Pine Memento Dye Ink, and colour them with Memento Dye Inks: Rich Cocoa, Potter's Clay, Bamboo Leaves and Northern Pine using Daubers. Die cut with matching Festive Pine Cones Die, shape them with Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Step 7: Using a metal tip and Designer Dries Clear Adhesive apply glue to the pine needles, sprinkle them with Rajni Chawla's Crystal Clear Glitter, then adhere them to the exploding box base using a hot glue gun.Step 8: Stamp poinsettia images from Christmas Poinsettia & Holly Cling Stamp Set with Northern Pine Memento Dye Ink on Paper Collection piece. Die cut them with matching Christmas Poinsettia Die, then place them in 3D Christmas Poinsettia Shaping Mold, then run them through a die cutting machine. TOP TIP: If you prefer to stamp flowers on Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper - stamp with Northern Pine Memento Dye Ink and colour the image in with Love Letter Memento Dye Ink.Step 9: Assemble poinsettia flowers using a hot glue gun, then using a metal tip and Designer Dries Clear Adhesive apply glue to the flower petals, sprinkle them with Rajni Chawla's Crystal Clear Glitter, then adhere them inside the exploding box base as shown.Step 10: As a final touch, adhere the bow on the front of the box using a hot glue gun.TOP TIP: Learn more techniques with the Snowy Pines collection in this video here: https://youtu.be/nVtKVcgg530 Have fun creating your own projects! We love to see what you create too, share your projects with us on our Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/HeartfeltCreations Tutorial by designer Katarzyna Ewa Blakala. See more of Katarzyna's beautiful projects on her blog http://kartkadopolski.blogspot.com/Looking for more creative inspiration? 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Two days ago I shared my first first explosion scrapbook box that I made for Mother's Day. What the post doesn't show you is that I went through three totally different measurements and different size boxes until I created the one that worked best for me. Today I'm sharing some step-by-step photos to make the scrapbook box in a non-frustrating way! Oh! And I also made my first video to show you the box in action... Supplies to construct the box: 4 pieces 12x12 good quality cardstock (I use DCWV) Paper trimmer (I use Fiskars rotary trimmer) Scoring board (I use Martha Stewart's) Strong tape adhesive (I use Scotch ATG gun) Glossy Accents or other strong liquid adhesive step 1. trim your cardstock Step 1: Trim 3 of the cardstocks that will create your box. Trim one piece at 9"x9", another piece at 8 5/8"x8 5/8", and the last one at 8 1/4"x8 1/4" step 2 - score the cardstock Step 2: Score your cardstock on each side so you have a grid of 9 squares - Score the 9" square piece at 3" on each side - Score the 8 5/8" square at 2 7/8" on each side - Score the 8 1/4" square at 2 3/4" on each side step 3 - cut off all corner squares Step 3: Cut the corner squares off of each cardstock. Follow the scored lines to cut off the corners. I used my trimmer (very carefully) for this step, but if you're confident in your straight-line-cutting-skills you can use scissors. Optional step - Next I rounded all of my corners, but that is up to your personal style preference. step 4 - glue middle squares together to create layers Step 4: Adhere the center of your box. You will adhere the larger cardstock to the mid-size cardstock. Then adhere the mid-size cardtsock to the smallest cardstock. You only adhere the CENTER square! Make sure your side flaps are not glued together. (I used my ATG gun to adhere these pieces) step 5 - fold flaps along score lines. Fold all flaps toward center piece Step 5: Fold each of your flaps at the score lines. Fold them in toward the center piece and crease em up goood And your main box is finished! Now we'll make the lid... Lid - cut 5 3/4" square and score along 1 1/4" on each side Step 1 for lid: Cut your last piece of cardstock to 5 3/4" x 5 3/4". Step 2 for lid: Score all sides at 1 1/4" and fold inward at score lines. Step 3 for lid: Cut a slit along one side on each corner (don't cut both slits or you will remove the corner. We still want to keep the corners to glue the lid together). glue the folded flaps to the inside to create lid Step 4 for lid: place adhesive to inside corner flaps and adhere to the sides of lid. Just fold it all up and glue the corners til it resembles a lid ;) I use my ATG adhesive and glossy accents to give it extra hold. Using the glue with the tape makes it so I don't have to hold the corners to dry, they'll stay together and dry on their own. OK! Now the fun part! Decorating your box! Cut 21 squares of coordinating pattern paper (this makes a mat for each flap) in the following measurements: 9 squares at 2 5/8" x 2 5/8" 8 squares at 2 6/8" x 2 6/8" (otherwise known as 2 3/4") 4 squares at 2 7/8" x 2 7/8" I used 5 different patterns of paper and alternated the patterns inside the box For embellishments, I cut out a lot of little banners and sayings from various cardstock stacks. A lot of your paper stacks will have one pattern that is dedicated only to phrases or tags. Use your scissors and cut em all out! Start embellishing and adding photos. I put together each square (a photo, a banner, and a rhinestone or brad) before it was finally adhered to the flap inside the box. Happy crafting! If you have further questions, please feel free to ask in the comments section below and I'll get back to you. To see the original post for more photos, click here <3 Rachel w k

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 […]