First Box Card

Hello Scrappers and Friends! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Mine was eventful and full of crafty time! I have been wanting to make a box card for a while now. They look amazing but complicated which is why I haven't made one but I put it on my list of "to dos". Finally this weekend one of my friends asked if I had ever made one and that they were going to try, that inspired me to just do it. So here it is, my first box card!

Flat

This card took me ALL day long it seemed. I kept messing up the score lines and the cut lines so had to go back and try again. I followed stampingwithsandi.com 's video on her Card In a Box on YouTube. It's a really small box card but its so cute! I just used her measurements on the actual card then I added my own embellishments and cut outs since I don't have the items she used. What I find awesome is the card folds flat so It can fit into a regular envelope.

For all the embellishments I used some stamps and punches I had. There are so many different things you can make to pop out of a card!

To hold all the embellishments inside the card Sandi tells you to cut 2 strips of paper to place inside the card so you can place the clear strips holding the embellishments on them to create multiple depths. She used some kind of clear strips to place her embellishments on but I got creative and used packaging that I save for embossing and just cut them into strips and it worked! Go me!

Now the issues I had with making this card was like I said before getting the score and cut lines right. Plus I think I need stronger adhesive. I used my mini tape runner and the paper strips wouldnt stay put inside the card when you would fold it down and pop it back up.

Back of card for Sentiment

So I used my Crop-A-Dile and tried using eyelets to hold them in place. It works for now but next time I'll have to try something else. Hope you enjoyed my first box card and I'm sure you'll see me do a few more! Have a splendid crafty time!