Given that she sees me as her crafting inspiration, I needed to go "all out" on a birthday card for this special woman. I never tried a box card before, and this would be my opportunity.
First the pictures of the finished project:
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This is the card, folded flat, measuring 6"h x 5.5"w |
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This is the card with its flaps opened and pushed out to a "box". |
Now, there are many tutorials on how to make this card (just do as I do, Google it, and/or search on YouTube). The best tutorial I found was on a blog by a woman named Cathy at http://extremecards.blogspot.com. This is her cutting file:
Here is a link to the blog post where Cathy describes how to assemble the box:
http://extremecards.blogspot.com/search/label/boxes



To allow the flowers to have some movement when the card is closed, I mounted each on a green florist wire by taping it to the back of the flower, and covering the tape over with a circle of floral paper. The numbers 7-0 are on thin silver wire, to match, instead. All of the wires are glued or taped onto the center fold tab (see template, above) which rests in the inside of the box. Oh, and I used my favorite corner rounder (by CTMH, of course) on the flap edges to complete the look.
Why not bring a little spring into your household by making one of these pretty pots of flowers for your desk?

4 comments:
Beautiful!!! You are ALWAYS so clever.
Such a BEAUTIFUL box, Susan is going to be thrilled with it, I would be :)
Great meeting you Ellen...you are one talented lady! Thanks for sharing this box and cutting me one out too. Will be working on that project tomorrow for my co-workers birthday. Thanks!
Wow, love seeing the beautiful cards you've been making with my file!
Carol
Extreme Cards and Papercrafting
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