FOLD OVER BOX - Video Tutorial and Written Instructions

Hello!

Today I am sharing with you how to make a "Fold Over Box",  a tutorial by Liz Walker Combine gift and card in one!
First take a look at my creations, I love this type of box and it is a big seller!

How to make this Box!

If you prefer to watch a video follow this LINK

OR

Follow these written instructions (Picture Tutorial)

You will need :

2 pieces of 6" x 9" card stock ( I used white)

4 pieces of 6" x 6" (Choose a pattern)

2 pieces of 6" x 3" ( Choose a pattern)

2 pieces of 12" ribbon

1 piece of 10" x 10" cardstock (this will make the box)

1 piece of 4" x 4 " pattern paper

8 pieces of 3" x 4 " pattern paper (along sides of box, inside and out)

Outer Part 

1. Take the 2 pieces of 6 " x 9 " card and score @  3 " along the long side once for each piece.

2. Fold and adhere both 3" sides together (refer to picture below)
                                                                                                               

3. Glue ribbon onto each end as shown in picture below.

4. Adhere top and bottom pattern paper 6" x 6" ,  the top will be decorated so make sure you put the piece you want decorated in the right spot.  You want to make sure the card front is on the top and bottom so they match.

5. Adhere rest of pieces.

Now for the box -" Inner Part"

6. Cut a piece of paper 10" by 10" plain cardstock

7. Score @ 3 " on every side of the paper

8. Cut into the corners to make tabs so that when you fold it together you can adhere it to form a box. 

9.  Fold along score lines and adhere tabs to form the box. Refer to pictures below

10. Decorate box: Put 4" x 4 " pattern paper on the bottom of the box. 

11. Put 3" by 4"  pieces of paper inside the box along the sides and also outside if you choose. 

12. Adhere box to the outer part  by centering it and pushing down, I used tacky glue so it would allow me to move it once it was placed to center it.

13. Tie the ribbon and decorate the top of the box.

Voila!

Have a great day!
Naomi

Origami Photo Cube /2013!!!

Happy New Year!!!!!

It will take some time remembering that it is 2013, they say if you say anything 3 times you are more likely to remember, so here goes, say it

2013!!! 2013!!! 2013!!!

Do you believe in New Years Resolutions??   I am going to freshin up my HTML skills and start doing blog makeovers!!!!!  Yeah? Yeah?.. so by next year I should have another website offering my services to beautiful people like you!!!!

I love getting creative and coming up with something I haven't seen before (that is not to say it is not out there somewhere) I have seen photo cubes that you can buy that are made out of chipboard but mine is two half squares that I accidently stumbled upon while playing and learning how to do origami! To make it stronger I used two 8" squares cut out from cardstock.

I put together some what of a tutorial, but you will get the idea.

First here is my project: The photos used were sweet Michael on our trip to my hometown in 2009

Ok! So here we go:

First get two pieces of 8" bt 8" cardstock, you will do the same with both for two parts make up the cube. (I used paper for this tutorial)

Fold from opposite corners both ways : here is a picture on one way, you then have to do it again to the opposite corners.

Flip paper over and fold in half, again do opposite sides

The creases should look like this when flattened out: (Sorry it is so hard to see!)

 

 

 

Finally do this  (it was hard to do with one hand!!!! LOL)

The next step would be to glue to keep it together then make an exact copy.
Fit one over the other and glue in place.

Next I added a flap that opens on top and made a closure for the bottom and embellished it! Voila!
Have fun!
Hugs

Tutorial/Birthday Card/ Very exciting news!!!!!!!!

Well hello!

First of all I want to thank all of my followers, I am one away from the 200 mark and I plan on celebrating! I will let you know the details Friday. Hint , there will be a GIVE-AWAY!

 If you are new here, Welcome! Leave a comment and I will be sure to buzz my way over to see you and leave some bloggy love.

Before I get to my project I have very exciting news!!!

I made the Design Team over at Pin And Tack Handcrafted Delights!! This will be my first design team ever and I am so grateful and ready, I can't wait to start my journey with these very talented ladies. Thank you Corrine!

To let you know a little more about it I have copy and pasted this excerpt written by Corrine: (lets just say that Corrine is the glue that holds the creativity together)

It's time to be inspired and spark your creativity! Every month, you are invited to join Pin & Tack's Spark Your Creativity Now! challenge. Challenges start on the 1st of the month and end on the last day of the month. Anything Goes is the theme and you can share ANY craft!

To be eligible for prizes and top picks, please follow these easy rules:

- Your project must be new and never published before the start of the challenge. No back links.

- Link your project in the linky list directly to the post that shows your creation. Do not link to your general blog address as these entries will be deleted.
-
 Include "Spark Your Creativity Now" and a link back to this blog (http://pinandtack.blogspot.com) in your project post.

- You may enter as many times as you want and you can combine with as many other challenges as you'd like.

- And most importantly, be creative and have fun!


MY PROJECT FOR TODAY


Today I have a Birthday card I want to show you, there is no dimension on this card for it will be sent by the mail man and will cost less.

• I used Gold Mirror card
•  Flowers from my stash
• Paper Doily
• Mini flower and butterfly punch
• Friskars stamp (Happy happy Birthday)
• Presents from the cricut cartridge Birthday Bash

Now let me tell you about the Friskars stamp I used, if you are like me and want to save money at every turn this is the way to go if you don't mind a little fussy cutting.

I bought these stamps for only $3.25 ea. , they are so pretty!

 They are all attached in one strip that feeds through the New Friskars doo dad machine as shown in the next picture.

I didn't want to buy a stamp feeder for I am already struggling with room in my craft quarters so I cut each stamp out individually. The result was..., well you be the judge!

BACKGROUND TUTORIAL


In the next photo I made a very unique background for the inside of the card...

• Take a piece of cardstock the size you want  and crumple it a few times to have as many wrinkles as you want.
• Use an ink blender to apply ink, (I used weathered wood by Tim Holtz on cream card.) 

*You want the ink to be applied only to the raised areas so make sure you don't press to hard.*

• Apply medium the same way
• Add embossing powder, heat and let cool

Here is the effect you will achieve:

 

ENVELOPE

I also made an origami envelope , put white cardstock on it so the recipient can have a place to write the address. I have yet to apply another one in the top left corner for the return address, it will be layered a little over the other one which will look really nice!

Hope my post wasn't too heavy for you,
Have a super fantastic day!

Rosette Butterfly Tutorial

So here I am with the Rosette Butterfly tutorial I promised you! I decided  instead of posting a lot of pictures I would make a picture movie.. this is my first video picture tutorial so be easy on me, lol

Enjoy! I would love to see your Rosette Butterflies if you choose to make them!

I used my new Tim Holtz design ruler to make the pierced dotted line and the boarder is from Spellbinders Shapabilities, Ironworks Motifs and Accents.

I used holograpic embossing powder for the sentiment, and the diecut is from Spellbinders Shapabilities, Ironworks motifs and Accents.
The background paper is printed from my new Candy Doodles Collector's edition CD.

 Tomorrow I am showing my completed scraproom! Stay tuned and have a fantastic day!

Hello card using a circle negative (tutorial)

Well Hello my bloggity friends!!!!! I cannot express how much I miss all of you! Thank you so much for your support, I am not better yet for the hives made their way back but I am hanging in there. When I start posting every day you will know I am on the mend.

Last night I gained enough energy to make a card, the ideas that have been running through my mind since I have been forced to take a break are endless! Maybe it's a good thing to take a break!

I seen a video on how to make a trellis out of corrugated cardboard and had to try it, you can find the tutorial here.  I used potpourri on my trellis!!!!, smells so nice!

The background was my own idea, here are the basics of this card ( and how to make the circle layered effect)

• Make your card 5" by 5" (I used blue cardstock)
• Cut a piece of pink card 1/4 " smaller for a mat 
• Cut a piece of pattern card , again 1/4" smaller
• Cut a piece of white card 1/4" smaller

Layer the pink paper and pattern paper on top of your blue card

Now with the white card you will cut out a 4 1/4" circle , place the circle aside, you will be using the negative.

What I did next was cut out 8 more circles the same size as the white, 41/4" and layered them all as seen in the picture, I glued each one together and place them underneathe the white negative piece starting from the lower right corner. The circles will extend over the right top side and you will have to trim once you have postiioned it the way you like, now attach to your card!
The rest is up to you!

Please remember me in your prayers!!