Pleased as Punch Box Card

Sometimes the best creative ideas come out of no where.
Such is the case for the box card I made using the Pleased as Punch DSP. 
I had no idea when I pulled out the DSP that I would end up making this 3D box card.  Sometimes you just go with the flow.

For a tutorial on how to make a box card check out this blog post 

The box card base is Granny Apple Green, with the layering done with Whisper White card stock and then the Pleased as Punch DSP.

This 12 by 12" DSP is part of the Coordination Product  SAB Release and has images that can be punched with the Build a Tulip punch, the Small Bloom punch and the Builder Umbrella punch - or fussy cut if you don't have the punches.

After constructing the box card, I punched several tulips and leaves and added them to strips of window sheets which were adhered to the box inserts. I did the same with clusters of flowers punched with the Small Bloom punch and finally with some umbrellas which were mounted on top of the other flowers.

Some of the punchies were used to decorate the flaps.  The only stamping done was the sentiment.

An A2 Box Card featuring Sailing Home - a card plus a tutorial - Paper Craft Crew Challenges #343

I have made box cards many times before, but they have always been on the large size requiring a hand made envelope to be made.

Today I spent some time figuring how to make the box card fit into an A2 envelope. I did consult a few tutorials, but not any one of them addressed my particular desire.

I am submitting this project to the Designer's Choice Challenge at Paper Craft Crew #343 For this challenge  to make a project of my choice .

 

Here's how I made the box card:

1. Start with a 7 1/2 by 9" piece of Smoky Slate card stock

2. On the 9" side score at 2 1/8, 4 1/4, 6 3/8, and 8 1/2"

3.  Turn - cut 2" off the 7 1/2" side.  Your card stock is now 5 1/2 by 9"

4.  Score on the 5 1/2" side at 3".  Burnish all folds.

5.  Cut on each of the score lines of the bottom (the larger of the panels) - the 2 1/8, 4 1/4, and 6 3/8" - up to the 3" mark

6.  Cut off the top portion of the 1" tab at an angle.

7.  Adhere DSP to the top panels .  You will need 4 pieces which are 1 7/8 by 2 1/4" each.

8.  Turn over and adhere a second pattern of DSP on the bottom panels.  You will need  4 pieces of 

     1 7/8 by 2 3/4" each

9.  Apply tear and tape adhesive to remaining 1" tab and form a box.

10.  Score 1/2" at each end of two pieces of 1 by 3" card stock.  Burnish folds, apply tear and  stick tape to these folds, and adhere each to the inside of the card.

Decorate card as desired.  I used the Sailing Home stamp set with the coordinating Smooth Sailing Dies to decorate the upper panels.

The box folds up as shown above and fits into a regular A2 envelope.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Sailing Home

Inks:  Night of Navy, Granite Gray, Stampin' Blends (Lipstick Red, Night of Navy)

Papers:  Smoky Slate, Come Sail Away DSP, Whisper White, Silver Foil, Mossy Meadow

Accessories:  Sahara Sand/Night of Navy Baker's Twine, Sail Away trinkets,