Month: September 2012

Tutorial

Box Envelopes – Photo Tutorial

Hello!!

I have a photo tutorial for you today showing how I make box type envelopes for my dimensional cards that are too thick to put into a normal envelope so If you too love adding 3d flowers or big puffy bows to your cards, this could be a really handy envelope for you. I haven’t sent any cards through the post in one of these but it is a protective way to house a card until it is handed to its recipient. I will walk you through my favourite size which is 6 inches square and half an inch deep then at the end I will share the measurements I use for other sizes/depths.

Equipment: (Use whatever suitable alternatives you have on hand)

300 gsm Card Stock

Martha Stewart Score Board

An embossing Stylus

Red Liner Tape

Scissors

Bone Folder

pic 1: Place the envelope maker (the triangular bit) onto your score board. As I am making an envelope for a 6 inch card I cut my card to 11 inches square, this size means that the card overhangs the score board but this is fine.

box envelope 1

pic 2: Score down your card at the 4 and an eighth inch mark on the envelope maker.

box envelope 2

pic 3: Keeping your card in the same place, score your card again at the 4 and five eighths inch mark, this gives you the depth of your box envelope. Turn your card and score all 4 sides in the same way.

box envelope 3

pic 4: I’ve marked the area to cut away from the top 2 intersecting sections.

box envelope 4

pic 5: I’ve marked the area to cut away from the bottom 2 intersecting sections.

box envelope 5

pic 6: This is how it should look after you’ve cut these sections away.

box envelope 6

pic 7: I’ve marked the line to cut in the bottom 2 corner sections to create tabs.

box envelope 7

pic 8: This is how your tabs should look.

box envelope 8

pic 9: Add some strong tape to the 2 tabs and the points of both side panels as shown.

box envelope 9

pic 10: Remove the liner from the tape and form the envelope, you may need to pop your bone folder inside to help the tabs stick down.

box envelope 10

pic 11: I dug out the most dimensional card I could find in my stash and it fits just fine.

box envelope 11

pic 12: I use some clear adhesive stickers to close my box envelopes but you could tie a ribbon around it and decorate to your hearts content :)

box envelope 12

Measurements for 6 Inch Square Box Envelopes:

Card Stock Size = 11″ x 11″

1/2″ Deep Sides – Score at 4 1/8″ and 4 5/8″

3/4″ Deep Sides – Score at 3 7/8″ and 4 5/8″

Measurements for 5 Inch Square Box Envelopes:

Card Stock Size = 9 3/8″ x 9 3/8″

1/2″ Deep Sides – Score at 3 1/2″ and 4″

3/4″ Deep Sides – Score at 3 1/4″ and 4″

 

I hope this is easy enough to follow, my craft table is a little cramped but I tried to make it as clear as I could and I will make a video version when I have my new craft room, you can wait til early next year, right? ;)

Free Digital Cutting Files

Ribbon Cards

Hiyah!

I needed some cards for storing some bakers twine on and well, it wouldn’t be right to not share it with you :) I’ve made a 2 section version as well if you’d rather have 2 different ribbons/threads on the same card, there’s a hole in the top of them as I’m thinking about hanging mine up on some scrapbook rings.

I cut 2 copies out of kraft card and stuck them together with double sided tape to make it sturdier so it wouldn’t bend when I wound the thread on.

ribbon card

Here’s your Free Cut File – Formats include ai, dxf, gsd, pdf, studio & svg:
(click on the link below the image to download)

Ribbon Cards by Bird

Ribbon Cards Digital Cutting File by Bird

A quick little cut file for you today but a handy one I hope :)

Free Digital Cutting Files, Free Digital Sentiments

with love & best wishes

Hi Guys!

I’ve not been around much in the last week or so and I know that I mentioned in my last post that I had been busy with house-y stuff well, the news is… we found a house that we loved the look of and although it was a bit earlier than we had planned to do it, we snapped it up! It’s not built yet so we have a few months to get fully prepared to move but we are so excited, it will be a move from a flat in a city to a house in a rural location which is where a Bird belongs, right? :) Apart from the many benefits to our life in general there will also be a big difference to my crafting, I’ll have a whole room dedicated to it rather than my table and I’ll be able to start making videos again! Can’t wait!

Onto the crafting, I have a couple of freebies for you today which match the circle flower doily I shared in my last post, this time I have the floral doily square and border for you. I whipped up a digi sentiment for my card then I thought that you might like a cut file version of that too so you have a choice of which you prefer to use.

In my last post I showed how I used the circle doily as a small portion of my card and framed my sentiment, this time I wanted to show how you can re-size a doily to fill a large portion of your card for a bigger impact. I couldn’t help but pop a flat backed pearl into each flower center in my frame and loved the effect.

floral doily square card

Here are your Free Cut Files – Formats include ai, dxf, gsd, pdf, studio & svg:
(click on the link below the image to download)
Flower Doily Square 1 by Bird

Flower Doily Square 1 Digital Cutting File by Bird

Flower Doily Border 1

Flower Doily Border 1 Digital Cutting File by Bird

W L & B W by Bird

WL&BW Digital Cutting File by Bird

Here’s your Free Digi Sentiment:
(click on the image to expand before saving to your computer)
wl&bw

Have a great day guys!