Hello, fellow crafters
Today I am sharing another one of my projects as brand ambassador fo Fabscraos, using the fabulous and absolutely inspiring C121 family blessings collection, to celebrate family blessings.
Family blessings come in so many ways, but when I start
counting, I know the love and care of a mother and/or grandmother are among the
most valuable for every family. This explosion box card celebrates all mothers
and grannies and would be perfect for Mothers’ day, their birthdays, or just to
say, “Thank you” and “I love you too”. The roses, hearts and butterflies of the
C121 Family blessings are perfect for conveying the message of your
appreciation. I used some of the plain papers from the carders pack to make
flowers with stamens and tucked a little tag in between all the fussy-cut
elements for your personal message.
For this project you will need:
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One sheet each of
FabScraps Family blessings collection C121-009; C121-007 (for fussy cutting);
C121-008; C121-006
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Pink and green
plain papers from the FabScraps carders’ pack MC120-001
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FabScraps metal
embellishments from the C121 carders’ pack (birdcage)
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FabScraps pink
satin rose from the C121 carders’ pack
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4 Handmade
flowers, using plain pink paper from the FabScraps C121 carders’ pack and some
stamens
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FabScraps liquid
glue
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Scissors for
fussy-cutting (I lIf you buy the card-making kit from us, you will receive instructions and a template for the box.
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Versamagic pixie
dust teardrop ink pad
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Chipboard rocking
chair, assembled and painted with white gesso
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Foamiran or paper
rose and bud for lid
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Die-cut leaves
and twigs
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Chipboard heart,
painted with white gesso
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Foam tape for lifting
some of the fussy-cut elements
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Green glass
pebble
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3 silver metal
embellishment leaves
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Bias binding,
coloured pink with Versamagic pixie dust teardrop ink pad or pink all-purpose
ink
Instructions:
F 1. Fussy cut all the flowers and elemens on teh fussy-cut page.
2. For the outside panels of the box, cut four pieces of
striped paper from C121-009 9,5x9,5cm.
3. For the outside panels of the box, cut four pieces of
rose-patterned C121-006paper from C121-009 9,5x9,5cm
4. For the inside panels, cut four pieces of plain dark
green paper from the carders’ pack 9,5x9,5 cm.
5. For the inside panels, cut four pieces of plain dark
pink paper from the carders’ pack 9x9 cm.
6. For the “floor” of the box, cut dark pink plain paper
9,5x9,5cm.
7. For the top of the lid, cut dark green plain paper
9,5x9,5cm.
8. For the lid, cut a piece of 9x9cm from the revers of
the striped paper C121-009.
9. Chalk the edges of the striped panels.
10. Distress the edges of all panels.
11. Layer pink panels onto green panels and striped panels
onto rose-patterned panels. Adhere the striped panels to four outside panels of
the box and the green/pink layered panels to four inside panels of the box.
Adhere the pink “floor” of the box.
12. Adhere decorative cut-outs to outside striped panels. Arrange
fussy-cut flowers, sentiment tag, chipboard heart, die-cut leaves and twigs,
metal and other embellishments on the four inside panels.
13. Adhere the rocking chair to the floor of the box and
decorate with butterfly, flowers and leaves.
14. Make a tag for writing a personal message and tuck it
in behind some of the decorative elements.
15.
Voila! Your
project is ready for giving.
