MAGIC Box DIY tutorial

In a Hanukkah holiday spirit, today I want to show you how to make a Magic Box or as it may known better-an Exploding box.

 However you want to call it,I love this collapsing box idea and made a pictorial for you to try it on

To make one of your own you'll need-

Two 12X12" double sided decorative cardstocks-I used Cratepaper "Bundled Up Candy Cane" #683231 stock for the box

 and

 American Crafts Peppermint Express Ornamint 366092 stock for the lid 

Lets begin-

Divide the cardstock into 3 equal sections  -score 2 straight lines from each point

 

 Turn the paper 90 degrees and do the same steps above to receive a total of  9 equal squares 

 Cut off the corners from each end

 And you have a ready base of your magic box.

Now lets make the lid for your box

 To make a lid we'll need to cut our stock to measure  8.4X8.4" 

Score 1"+1" on all sides 

Cut off 3 of the top little squares  on each side

Add 4 more small cuts as shown^^ 

And you're ready to  fold the lid

 The Magic Box is ready

Now we shall decorate :)

Since we need our exploding box to collapse ,we must add weight to the walls  .

To achieve this I upcycled 4 beer coasters that I decorated and then glued to the base we just made

Use your XYRON  5" or 9" Creative Station  to apply adhesive on one of coaster's sides

Do so with all 4 coasters  

Remove the protective  film and run the coasters one more time through your Creative Station, to apply glue on reverse of all the coasters 

 Peel of one of the sides and adhere 4X4" square of decorative cardstock on each of the four coasters 

First coaster  received the reverse side of the cut offs from our base ( Bundled Up "Candy Cane)

With second coaster I used Cratepaper Bundled Up "Snowmen"   double sided cardstock

I liked the whimsical skiing snowman  and decided to add it some dimension by using Teresa Collins's foam glue squares   .

Cut a snowman twin and then stick it above the existing on the background skiing dude

Raising the little fellow almost gives it a feel of real movement 

Peel off the protective paper from the back of the coaster and glue it onto the base 

Now continue to the next coaster 

Using my XYRON 3" Sticker maker  I apply glue on my vellum journaling die cut

Add  simple rectangulars to the areas I want to write on   

Placed 3 pieces of XYRON 6mm Double Sided tape  on top of the rectangulars 

And glued the shape in place

See how it's sheer in the areas around  the text blocks,but opaque in places where you actually might want to write something

For the third coaster I used  Peppermint Express "Dear Santa" 366095 cardstock

And decorated it with stickers from American Crafts "remarks"   accent & phrase 

The reverse side of  "Dear Santa"went to the 4th coaster 

I wanted to make a little money pocket to decorate this panel  with

Used a template to cut a festive pocket  using Doodlebug Design "Home for the Holidays" cardstock

Assembled it with my XYRON Mega Runner

and used my XYRON 3" Sticker Maker to glue it in place 

Added some present stickers from the same "remarks" sticker set I already used with my 3rd decorated square  and we are DONE :)

 Uh wait....I also added a cute little Santa to my second coaster square in the end ;)

It came from "remarks" set as well

 AND a family photo in the middle

The paper frame came from Heidy Swapp

 To hide the white border of the photo, I used Heidy Swapp's paper flowers 

Glued them on with the awesome XYRON 10 mm Glue dots

 And TA DA

Let the FUN begin!!!!

 closed

opened 

 P.S

After I finished the box,I decided the cut out snowmen were bothering to the eye ,so I decided to cover them with some stickers and felt much better afterwards :D

before 

after

'You Are Sweet' "doodle quotes"  bubble and Sprinkles came from Doodlebug Designs 

and the red tree from bug's ICONS cardstock stickers

 Lastly, I upgraded the lid with AC "remarks"  (used above) ornament  and Doodlebugs "fancy frills" trim

AND now I'm HAPPY!

Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to you all 

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Friends Giving -30 days of Holiday Projects project #3

Today I have a very fun little project for you-
I want to show you how you can easily fold a single sheet cardstock to make a 6 page mini album which  can work for any occasion really-decorate it with holiday theme cardstock or use a holiday driven colour scheme ,and you'll have a great gift for the gift giving season

To make your album ,you'll need

1 12X12" cardstock- it can be any cardstock really,since the base of the album will be completely covered.

I used coredinations paper

Fold your paper in half

Unfold turn and fold the other side in half

Now fold the two half sections inwards to make a total of 8 small rectangulars

Unfold the paper and mark the two middle rectangulars shown

Make a straight cut ONLY through these two middle rectangulars (from valley fold to valley fold)

The covers of your album will be the two top right rectangulars

NOTE that when you decorate those two you need to glue your decorations upside down 

Use your XYRON glue stick to apply glue to these two rectangulars

Choose your cardstock according to the theme you want to go with-I used cardstock from Imaginisce 'Love you more' collection to make a "Friends Giving" album
We don't have "Thanksgiving" here in Israel,but we do Give Thanks everyday for the friends God has blessed us with,so I thought it will be my take on Thanksgiving :)

Cut two 3"X 6.5" covers 

I used Imaginisce 'Chic Chat'  and 'Shop till you Drop' cardstocks for my covers (such a girly and appropriate names for my album  :D )
Glue them in place ( remember to do so upside down! )

Now fold your mini album like shown (fold in half and then push the two ends toward each other ) 

After understanding how the whole folding thing works, open your cardstock flat again and run it through your Creatopia machine loaded with permanent adhesive cartridge

If you have glue residue on your covers,grab your Xyron adhesive eraser   and work it's magic

Refold as we did above (no place for mistakes here -remember we've just applied glue on...)

Now it's time to decorate 

XYRON 3" sticker maker is a perfect tool for mini album decorations since our album pages are just slightly smaller than 3" wide

I took the "Best Friends" chipboard sticker from Imaginisce "Note -orious" set , removed the middle section of the sticker and inserted a photo of my princess ,Sierra and her besty in.

Then I run the shape through the 3" sticker maker to apply glue on the photo part of my newly improved sticker

Glue the sticker on  the cover  and keep decorating till you happy with the result

Keep up the good work you do with the rest of the album pages

TIP -If you have an ugly date imprint on your photo, just cover it with some washi tape or transparent stickers

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Move on to the next pages and work your magic

1st spread

They are so adorable together,ha :)

2nd spread

 3d spread

Enjoy creating and to all my lovely readers who do celebrate Thanksgiving, I wish you all Happy Holiday and Thanks for reading !!!

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