Box a Card Tutorial

Boxed Card Tutorial

This is a doll shaped card in a custom made box.

Doll Card

This Russian doll was inspired from a card I saw on Papercraft Inspirations.Her hair and eyes are hand drawn with black glitter glue. The rose is hand made using hearts [ here is the link to the heart punch flower] and the leaves have been cut from an old Aluminium foil takeaway box[ hence throwing in a bit of recycling]

Doll Card

This Doll card has lots of layers and embellishments and is a birthday celebratory card for a little girl.

Doll Card

The inside of the card has punched butterflies and since I like a bit of a "pop up" added an explosion fold. I stuck tiny punched butterflies in the shape of butterfly wings on the explosion fold. Here is the link to the explosion fold tutorial.

Explosion Fold Insert

If  you make cards with lots of layers and large flowers then fitting your creation into an envelope without crushing it is a big problem!A great solution is to make a custom size box for your card.I saw this idea first at Beccy's blog and was fascinated. This is a short tutorial to make a  customized box for a card.

Box a Card Tutorial

And since I am on a recycling spree I had to make a recycled box using this medication pamphlet! Measure the width of your card and how high you want the box to be.

The central red rectangle is slightly more than the width and length of your card by just a few millimeters. The margins all around this red rectangle are 1 inch [ slightly more than the height of your card]

Boxed card tutorial

Once you have your measurements sorted out score and cut as shown in the photo.

Boxed card tutorial

Glue your tabs as illustrated and you have the base of your box .

Boxed card tutorial

I lined the box with chart paper and drew  hearts and butterflies using glitter pens.You can stamp or use patterned paper. I didnt have any patterned paper big enough to cover my box so created my own patterned paper![Phew it was a chore and not something I will repeat!]

Boxed Card Tutorial

Lay the Box base on thick paper and make your lid similar to the base only the central rectangle is slightly bigger by a few millimeters and the margins are smaller[ margins will be the height of the lid ]

Boxed card tutorial

I cut out an oval from the center of the lid using a craft knife and stuck a floral patterned plastic sheet inside[ a bit of recycling again - the plastic cling was from a bouquet of fresh flowers someone had given us].The red rose is handmade using a 5 petal flower.The green leaves have been cut from a old packet of dates[ the same box I used in my earlier Recycled Photoframe]

Boxed Card Tutorial

Recycled elements in this project

Silver Flower Leaves- Takeaway Aluminium foil box

Card Box base-Medication Pamphlet

Card Lid plastic- Plastic flower wrap

Green Flower Leaves- recycled box of dates.

Though I made this as a recycled project it was a pain to line the box as I didn't have patterned paper so if you dont have any paper to line the box use thick card stock to make the box.
Do tell me how you like this card- box project.

Linking to 365 cards [Beads and A year to remember is the inpiration- the year my daughter was born and hence my daughter is the inspiration],MIM

Edited: This card earned me the Spotlight Designer at 365 Cards!