Card in a Box Tutorial

Don't be intimidated by this card. It's actually pretty simple.

High wow factor for small amount of time spent.

- cutter - scorer - 8.5" x 11" - patterned paper - glue - paper flowers - 

- sticky pearls - brads - ribbon - punches (optional)

The 8.5" x 11" is your base. 2.5 inches is the magic number. 

Measuring along the long side of the paper, score at every 2.5".

Then measure 2.5" along the width of the paper and score once.

The result is 5 lines just like in the photo above.

Cut 3" off the side of the rectangles ie: don't mess with the squares.

Save that scrap piece! It's very useful.

Fold along the scores, and you can almost see the box form!

Snip along the squares to form the flaps of the box.

Save a little tab for glue (seen at the top of the photo).

First patterned paper: Four pieces of 2.25" x 2.25"

Second patterned paper: Three pieces of  2.25" x 2.75"

One piece of 2.25" x 5.25"

It doesn't HAVE to be hot glue I guess...

(I burnt myself.)

Flip it over, and glue some more.

Glue that tab down to form the box.

Take that scrap piece with the already-there score lines, and cut out 3 symmetrical pieces as shown.

Attach the 3 pieces. The already-there score lines should ensure that these pieces fit perfectly.

I used sticky pearls for the flower centers, but you could use brads, or buttons, 

or whatever to have laying around.

Cut a few strips from the scrap paper to use as stems/extensions.

With the box laying on its back, glue a flower in the upper corner of the backing.

Glue a couple of flowers on the first base strip, a little lower than the flower behind it.

Keep going.

One more.

Be creative!

Cut some green fringe. Punch out some tags. Add butterflies. Tie bows. More flowers on the flaps.

After you do it once, the card above could probably be completed in 10 minutes.

But if you have time, you can stamp, punch, trim, color, etc, and create something like this...

Yeeeaaaahhhhh! My first tutorial. I hope that was helpful.