HelIo I did promise you I would bring you a how to for my exploding box so this is it I hope you like it.
I love making cards and I'm keen to take my card making skills up a notch!. Funny thing is usually it's not that tricky so just be brave a give it a go. Pop over to you tube and you will find loads of exploding cards to make but all using 12by 12 papers. Now that's great you get a good sized box. But we don't always have 12 by 12 card and you need something with a bit of strength to make this it is a box after all. So a little bit of trial and error and I have done it. Yep I've made one out of standard a4. So to need 3 pieces of a4 card for this. They don't have to be the same colours but you will see them ideally pick your patterned paper and then pick your card. So forgive me for my long video So using some a A4 card you need to cut it to 9cm by 27.5. You need 4 pieces this size. Then score each piece at 9.1cm and 18.1 cm and fold. Then cut 4 pieces of card 27cm by 8cm and score at 9.1 cm and 18.1cm and fold. For the lid you need a piece of card 20.5cm by 20.5cm and score on each side at 5.5cm. I really hope you can follow these instructions do watch the video to help you but be warned these are very addictive. I will film a video of me decorating one soon. Take care xxxx
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Welcome back. Firstly leg me apologies and say that I am bringing Christmas Papercraft to this area of my blog but I'll be covering other paper craft items as well. It's nearly October and I wasn't really intending on buying another craft magazine as honestly I can't wait to get my hands on some of the big named Christmas magazine such as women and home, good housekeeping you know those thick glossy magazines half filled with advertising but I like to see what the big stores are offering us this year. So what happened? Well I saw the sentiment die and decided to go for it. So what you really want to know is are the dies any good? All of the dies are very intricate so they need good card stock and time to punch the pieces out. The tree was the hardest but the snow flakes lovely and I really don't think you can have enough snowflakes. On the above card the pink card is actually glitter card from create and craft. Keep a look out as sometimes it's half price. I made a simple topper with a doilie and a gold die cut shape. I think it's good to have a few toppers ready this time of year. The magazine Actually it's really good. Full of Christmas ideas and lots of cards that can be easily adapted to fit the supplies you already have. I particularly like a section of scandi Christmas cards. What I liked was the use of scandi papers and dies that actually aren't Christmasy just using a Christmas sentiment. I had to try this but I didn't really have any scandi papers!, anyway this my attempt. I know what your thinking the sentiment die is lost with the busy pattern!. Opps lesson learned. But on this card I used a tiny heart which came from a sizzix set. This got me thinking about using this die for a Christmas card. What do you think? I'm not sure, but I cut a few extra out of Christmas paper. I think the prints are a little busy. I'm going to store these for now.
But I guess my point is what dies do you have already and could they be used for Christmas?. Lots to think about. Thanks for reading enjoy your monday xxxx Well hello how are you? Well I've not been 100% this week and I posted the above picture on a Facebook forum and then had a bit of interest in this. So on request i have filmed a very basic video and bellow are the written instructions. 0Starting with a piece of 30 by 19cm card stock score at 14cm and 16cm.
Then fold your score lines. Now you need to cut your pages. These measure 25 by 12.5 Now score at 12.5 and fold. You need four of these pieces. Then cut a piece of card at 13 by 5.5 and score at 1.5cm and then rotate and score at 1.5 cm. Do the same score lines again on piece of card that measures 13 by 4.5 I really hope this helps you to make sense of the video. Remember to use acid free papers so they don't ruin any pictures you using. Join me soon and I'll show you some of the decorations I will be making to go with this. Hello welcome back I'm sorry I didn't get round to reviewing this magazine. The funny thing is I actually purchased this because i wanted a tree embossing folder and the stamps are so cute. But within opening the first few pages I saw some cards that had been made from the previous issue. Damn I thought to myself what a lovely free gift. Then I read the words to order back issues. Yes thats right you can order back issue's So I did. So let me tell you both issues are great. Both full of new product, machines and yes you can tell Christmas is on its way. In my back order copy issue 135 comes with a fab free gift. A tropical set with dies and stamps. You actually get a lot of stamps and they co-ordinate really well together. I have made two cards with the dies I think you will agree they are completely different. I really can make a whole lot of cards from this set and it's great to have a tropical set as I don't have anything like it.
I think that's the key with these magazines. The contents are good you can gets some great ideas and it's always nice to see new ranges but really the free dies need to be worth the price tag!. I hope this has been a useful blog post today. Happy crafting xxxx |
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