Author Archives: Susanne

Video Tutorial Friday – Distressed Key Box

Oh my, I love this box…like so much.  It’s really simple to make, it’s a nice large size so you can put any number of things inside.  It is 7 inches long and 2 inches wide and deep.  I’m so not giving this box away. No way.  It’s mine.  Also, the punch pack and stamp set called Lovely Little Labels are now retired.  You may still be able to get them if they haven’t sold out (#126881 and # 126262).  I love my little set and now you can see how cute it is on a project.

Distressed Key Box

Enjoy the video, I hope you try it with a designer series paper you love and pretty up the box with a special embellishment.

To make this Project:

Supplies:

  • One 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of card stock
  • DSP:  3 pieces of 6 3/4 by 1 3/4  inch designer series paper for the top, front and back.
  • DSP: 2 pieces of 1 3/4 by 1 3/4 for the sides.

Scoring:

Score on the long side at the 2 and 9 inch mark.

Score on the short side at the 2, 4, 6, and 8 inch mark.

 

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Video Tutorial Friday – Gift Box made with an Envelope Punch Board

TGIF!  The week is done and it’s time to craft to your heart’s content.  I am so excited to show you this week’s project as it features one of my favorite tools the ENVELOPE PUNCH BOARD.  Not only is it under $25 it will make 66 different sizes of envelopes, has a corner rounder in it and a scoring tool (that could be used as a bone folder) AND it can make cute boxes like this one.

Mini box made from the Envelope Punch Board

Enjoy the show my pretties.

To make this Project:

Supplies:

  • One 6 by 6 inch piece of card stock
  • DSP:  1 piece of 2 by 1 1/2  inch designer series paper for the top.
  • DSP: 2 pieces of 1 1/4 by 2 inch designer series paper for the front and back.
  • DSP: 2 pieces of 1 1/4 by 1 3/8 inch designer series paper for the sides.

Punch and Score:

Punch and score at the 1 1/2 and the 4 inch mark.  Turn paper counter clock wise and use the scoring nob thing to line up and then punch and score again…do this 2 more times.
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Small Oval Punch

Small Oval Punch


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Video Tutorial Friday – Box for Mini glue dots

Ok, so I admit, sometimes I get really distressed at all the things sitting on my desk.  Yes, all these things are needed but really, can’t they be pretty?  I enjoy taking the every day mundane things and making them look stunning.  This project is an example of that.  It was inspired by the mini glue dot box that one gets from Stampin’ Up!  There is nothing wrong with the box other than it’s not pretty and I can see from my living room all the un-pretty things on my desk.

Mini Glue Dot Box

Don’t you just love the little Lotus Flower?

To make this Project:

Supplies:

  • One 8 3/4 by 6 1/2 inch piece of card stock
  • DSP:  2 pieces of 2 3/4 by 2 3/4  inch designer series paper for the top and bottom.
  • DSP: 4 pieces of 2 3/4 by 7/8 for the sides.

Scoring:

Score on the long side at the 1 1/8, 4, 5 1/8 and 8 inch mark.

Score on the short side at the 3/4, 1 3/4, 4 3/4, and 5 3/4* inch mark.

*I scored it wrong in the video.  My apologies…

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Video Tutorial Friday – Hexagon Box

Hi, it’s video Friday and I have a wonderful project for you today but before I get into that I wanted to share with you a little bit of Stampin’ Up! excitement.  The new 2015 catalog is now released for distribution and I have a few being shipped to me.  I am only giving an advanced copy to those people who purchase from me this month.  June 1 I will be adding a PDF file to this site so you can download it for free there.

Now get ready for some craftiness.  This hexagon box was a bit more difficult than I had intentionally planned it to be but in the end it turned out really cute.  As I said in the video, I did have a few takes of this project and ended up having to swap out part of the project for steps that I had did off camera.  I really want my tutorials to be somewhat quick.  For the first 3 people who comment (nicely) I will send a hexagon box.  Free of charge!  Gotta love freebie’s!

Hexagon boxEnjoy the show….

To make this Project:

Supplies:

  • One 10 3/4 by 5 1/2 inch piece of card stock
  • DSP:  6 pieces of 1 1/2 by 1 3/4 inch designer series paper

Scoring:

Score on the short side at the 2, 4 and 5 1/4 inch mark.

Score on the long side at the 1 3/4, 3 1/2, 5 1/4. 7, 8 3/4 and 10 1/2 inch mark.

Score from the top to the small score line and press a “notch” at the 7/8, 2 5/8, 4 3/8, 6 1/8, 7 7/8 and 9 5/8 inch mark.

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Video Friday – 2.5 Cubed Box

I love, love, love this sweet little box.  I really enjoyed making this one and I have to tell you that some things don’t come together so well on film.  I’m so pleased this one turned out sooooo well.  I’m just a happy crafter right now.

Cubed boxEnjoy the show….

To make this Project:

Supplies:

  • One 10 1/2 by 8 1/2 piece of card stock
  • DSP:  5 pieces of 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 inch designer series paper

Scoring:

Score on the long side at 2 1/2, 5, 71/2 and 10

Score on the short side at 1/2, 3, 5 1/2 and 8

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Video Friday – Simple but useful Card Holder Box

Hello and thanks for stopping by on video Friday.  I’m working really hard on making these video tutorials informative and easy to follow.  I am not a natural at these recordings, however I am trying to make them more entertaining as I go.  I hope you’ll be patient with me.  It’s not easy!  This was one of the first “paper crafting projects” I ever created and now have numerous ones around my desk and I’ve made some of my crafty friends (you know who you are 😉 ).  It’s really simple, it’s extremely useful and it will make your craft room a little more organized.  I like quick projects like this.  Feel free to comment, you know I love it.  🙂

Card Holder Box

You can also check out the other videos I have posted via my you tube channel HERE.

To make this Project:

Supplies:

  • One 11 by 8 1/4 piece of card stock
  • DSP:  12 by 3 1/2

Scoring:

Score on the long side at 5 1/2 and 7 inches.

Score on the short side at 1 3/4 by 6 1/2 inches.

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Video Friday! Cubed Box with Lid

Well, it’s video Friday isn’t it?  I sure hope I will get the hang of video taping myself.  The purpose of these videos is to demonstrate the versatility of paper and how it could be a wonderful addition to your card making.  I love building the projects and just adore decorating them. I do hope you try to make some of the projects I showcase and just because you may not have all of the tools doesn’t mean you can’t make them.  The scoring tool for instance is just to make things easier however, it you have a ruler and something dull like a bone folder or a cheese knife you can do it too. Cubed 3 by 3 Boxes As I mention in the video that the build or the “recipe” is the same for all sizes of the boxes I show you.  However, what I didn’t say was their dimensions.  They are added at the bottom of this post.  Enjoy the video.

To make this Project:

Base of Box:

  • One 9 by 9 square piece of card stock
  • Scoring: Score at 3 inches on all sides
  • DSP:  4 pieces sized at 2 7/8 by 1 7/8

Box Lid:

  • One 5 1/16 by 5 1/16 square piece of card stock
  • Score at 1 inches on all sides
  • DSP: 1 piece 2 7/8 by 2 7/8 for the lid and 4 pieces of 2 7/8 by 7/8 for the sides

Tools I Used:

  • Simply Scored Scoring Tool #122334
  • Scalloped Oval Punch # 119856
  • Large Oval Punch #119855

Other Dimensions:

Many cubed boxes2×2 box with lid

  • 6 x 6 card stock for base, scored at 2″ on all sides
  • 4 1/16 by 4 1/16 card stock for lid score at 1 inch on all sides
  • DSP for base and lid sides : 8 pieces sized 1 7/8 x 7/8
  • DSP for Top: 1 piece 1 7/8 by 1 7/8

4×4 box with lid

  • 12 x 12 card stock for base, scored at 4 inches on all sides
  • 6 1/16 x 6 1/16 for lid, scored at 1 inches on all sides
  • DSP: For base  4 pieces of  3 7/8 x 2 7/8
  • For Lid: 4 pieces of 3 7/8 by 7/8
  • For Top: 1 piece of 3 7/8 by 3 7/8

1×1 box with lid

  • 3×3 card stock for base, scored at 1 inch on all sides
  • 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 DSP for lid, scored at 1/2 inch on all sides

Come back Monday and see a whole new stamp set featured and a new video on Friday.  Subscribe to my blog so you don’t miss out! Until next time…