One thing leads to another, and another....

While I was working on last week's Borromean rings, I had this mess on my desk.  As I'm easily distracted, I decided I needed to make a box!  I took a piece of years old paste paper that didn't yet have a purpose, and I cut it to size for an envelope.  I used a recently acquired envelope punch board by We R Memory keepers and made an envelope.  Then I added an extra score line on all four sides to turn it into a box, or maybe a dimensional envelope would be a better description.

The paste paper already had a Static-like pattern and I wanted to accentuate that but not cover it up.  I decided on a die cut image.  This is Elizabeth Craft Moda Scrap 1322 Lacy Poppies. I glued in a piece of acetate behind the die cut opening and then glued the thin petal lines (is that the negative...or the positive?) to the acetate.  When I glued the envelope together, I left enough of the bottom flap unglued so that I can tuck in the top flap for closure.  

There, that looks better!  Can you tell I like boxes?  And that reminds me.....(like I said easily distracted) a few weeks back I made some cool little boxes from an envelope die.  

examples using copy paper

and using thicker paste paper after adding score lines to make a box

I used Spellbinders Grand Shapeabilities Hexagon Petal Envelope LF-007.  It makes an envelope if you use thin enough paper (the blue examples above).  It's more 3 D with heavier cardstock.  But again, I wanted some dimension to store some hexagon drawing tiles.  So after die cutting I added an additional score line on all 6 sides for this result.  This too was cut from my paste paper stash.  

This tile has a pencil string that is traced from a recent clearance bin purchase of a Minc Heidi Swapp stencil.  The stencil isn't in the best condition as its warped, but I was able to hold it flat to trace.  Oh, I think I see another distraction coming on.....Reticula and Fragments here I come again! Until...squirrel....!  ;-)

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Happy belated Valentine's Day, diorama style

Is it too late for a Valentine's?  Is it ever too late?  Unfortunately, we all know the answer to that now....yes.

I still thought I'd share these diorama Valentines cards with you.  I'm glad my grandkids are safe and sound.

I'd been playing around with diorama cards lately after watching this video.  These cards fold flat for mailing but stand up nicely to display and can have several layers.

Here's the first card I made after watching the video and I used the dimensions it suggested.  

From there I made adjustments.  It's nice to have the inspiration and then adjust it to make it yours.

I ended up stamping, coloring and cutting lots of pieces, then rearranging them in the little scenes before I was happy with their placement.  These Valentines used stamps and dies by Penny Black and Lawn Fawn. 

Hopefully you can see more of the 3D aspect in these photos:

And maybe this gives you the idea of how they flatten for mailing:

These square cards are nice to shows off Bijou tiles... or other bits of magic.   I used spellbinders dies to cut the heart, bracket square and hexagon, but really, you could use a stencil or template and cut it out too.  They appear to be 4 1/4 inch square cards until flattened for mailing and then they fit an a2 envelope perfectly.

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Power to the children.

Short update

Sorry I haven't kept up with posting lately.  Here are a few things I've been working on....

Assunta in my bujo

Embedded letter on a cardboard box that gathers my art journals

Almost forgot shading and chop!  Now just 3 more sides.....

Embedded "seal" on gift envelope

Embedded letter on a shipping tag now gift bookmark

Stay strong and have a good day.

What didn't make the cut...

One of the items on my "to do" list is to organize, archive then delete photos from my computer. As I was going through my photos, I realized there were several projects, that for whatever reason, didn't make it to my blog yet. So, for your viewing pleasure, and possibly inspiration...

Tangled tag

And the flip side

Alcohol ink examples of how they started

Gift wrap drawing on a particularly wet day

Drawing (card) for a Spider-Man fan

Playing with Zenith

Dew drops, Meer and Fracas

Spiral is stamp by Dewey, Inkum & Howe (Spiral 4) and I added a Shattuck ribbon

Man-O-Man with a stamped image over it by Magenta. Calligraphy stamp unknown.

Making connections

More tangles preparing for classes

Inked with Cuttlebug embossing folder then tangled

Oooh, sparkle!

More pears for a card (stamp by A Stamp in the Hand

W2 background for a card

Stamps by Inkadinkado (flower head), Penny Black (sentiment) & Stampendous (background)

Another box for tiles (dies by Spellbinders)

An exploding box for inchies

I don't know the maker of this transparent stamp set

Another card background using W2 (leaf stamp by Inkadinkado)

So, yes, I successfully postponed computer cleanup. :-)

Have a great week!

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