A Thank You side step card

Hello!  It's a new month, so it's a new colour challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  Here's what  I came up with for my DT card. 

Honestly, I don't think I've ever made a more colourful card than this...LOL.  Tracy is our hostess for the month of April and her challenge is to use BRIGHT COLOURS.  Here's her picture to inspire you...

I hope you will join us in the challenge.  For more inspirations, hop over to the challenge blog HERE and have a look at the fabulous cards of my DT teamates.

This is of course another front panel side step card.  Except this time rather than using the usual template, I've played around with the measurements and widen the side panels as well as the bottom one.  The card is actually 7 inches across.   Another view of the card from a different angle--more to the side...   

I am featuring a couple of Magnolia images here.  This adorable gal is Kneeling Tilda from the Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011.  The flowery background is from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012 called Tilda's Heart Flowers.  Colouring is done using my Letraset Promarkers and Tria markers.

Magnolia stamps are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  She has a large selection of the full-size stamps, as well as the mini stamps.  Also check out the selection of dies there.  I especially love the exquisite Memory Box and Poppy Stamps dies.  I am using one of them here, the Memory Box Honeysuckle Vine--isn't it gorgeous?  The dies are so popular that Diana has to keep restocking them--you have to be quick in ordering to get them...LOL!  And she is constantly bringing new ones in too. I just can't get enough!!!

Here's a view of the inside of the card.  

This Tilda is from one of Magnolia's older collections.  She is called Wrapped Tilda from the So Jolly & Under The Mistletoe Collection 2009.  The original image has Tilda wearing a huge bow on her back, but I've cut it out for this card.  

I am entering the following challenges with this card: 

Dutch Dare Card Challenge #159 - Fancy Folds

Cupcake Craft Challenge #187 - Spring is in the Air

Stamp and Create April Challenge - Spring 

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #27 - Spring/Easter

Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar Challenge #151 - Anything Goes

7 Kids College Fund Challenge #44 - Shades of Spring

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge #111 - Springtime

That's it for me today.  Thanks for taking the time to drop by.  I appreciate the visit.  Get creative and have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used:

Sentiment Stamp:  Just Rite Smile Set; Inkadinkado 'Thanks for thinking of me'

DP's:  Basic Grey Marrakech Masala Bella; DCWV 'Tis the Season Stack paper pad

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Fifteen; Memory Box Honeysuckle Vine; Joy! Crafts Branches

Punches:  EK Success retro flower medium; McGill Petite Perfect Petals; Martha Stewart Rose Leaf

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad vintage Photo; pearls from my stash

Medium:  Letraset Promarkers and Trias

Sweet Wishes - Sweet Stamping Pixies April Challenge

Hello! Happy Monday!

It's the 2nd Monday of the month so it's time for a new challenge at the Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge.  This is my DT card for the April challenge.  

The theme for this month is KRAFT--use kraft on your card.  LOL...the theme actually started out being kraft & white and your fave colour, so I've added my favorite blue to the kraft and white.  But you can use any colour(s) you want as long as you have kraft on your card/project.

This is a Mo Manning's digi image that I've used called Birthday Fairy Lee.  She's available from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop.
I've used my Letraset Promarkers and Tria markers to colour the image.  I've also added glitter to the fairy's wings and the icing on the cupcake.

I hope you can join us in our challenge.  For more inspirations, have a look at the fabulous cards that my DT buddies have created at the Challenge Blog HERE.  We are being sponsored this month by Diana from Magnolia-licious.  The prize for this challenge is Tilda's Heartflowers--have a look, it's gorgeous!

As for me, I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Bronte and Bella's (Mo's Digital Pencil) Challenge #129 - Anything Goes with a Mo Image
Creatalicious Challenge #32 – Sketch

Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #197 - Open
CES Challenge #80 - Swirls & Pearls 

Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge #111 - Bingo (flowers, diecut, blue)
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #84 - Flowers
Paper Sundaes Challenge #115 - Sundaes Bar (kraft and die cuts)
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #155 - Photo inspiration
Divas by Design Challenge #29 - Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks so much for dropping by.  Have a wonderful day!

Materials and Tools Used:

DP's: I've used a couple of DP's from my 'scraps' pile that I don't really know who the manufacturer is and one paper from a DCWV Baby Boy Stack paper pad.

Dies: Spellbinders Petite Ovals; Magnolia Doohickey Swirl; CC Designs Mistletoe; BossKut Design-A-Flower

Punches: EK Success border and medium retro flower; Nellie Snellen extra large leaf

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pads Walnut Stain and Blue Denim; pearls and glitter from my stash

Another Secret Box

Hello!
I finally finished the secret box that I was working on for my tutorial.  See my precious posting below or click HERE if you're interested.  You can make this for any occasion and fill it with other goodies, but I made this one to fill with Easter eggs.  

front view

  

rear view

So.....I don't actually have much to say here except to show you more pictures...LOL. Here are frontal views of the different panels...

Hmm...I don't really like the way I colour her outfit in purple.  I think she would look better in a more softer colour--must try again.  Anyway this is Tilda with Floating Hearts from Magnolia's new Princes & Princesses Collection 2012.

This Tilda with Hollebores is from the previous collection Sweet Christmas Collection 2011. 

This is another image from the Princes & Princesses Collection 2012.  She is called Sweet Princess Tilda.

All these Magnolia images and many more are available at Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store. She has a fabulous inventory of the full-size as well as the mini stamps.  Also don't overlook the selections of dies and other crafting tools.   

Of course, what would I do without flowers...LOL.  They are one of my favorite types of embellishments.  This same floral arrangement is on the 2 sides of the box that don't have a Tilda on it.

Challenges that I can enter this project into:
Totally Tilda Challenge #43 - Tilda holding a flower/bunch of flowers
Paper Sundaes Challenge #114 - Easter
Hooked on Craft Challenges #19 - Easter
Deep Ocean Challenge #22 - Masking or use more than one stamp
Creative Craft Challenges - Anything BUT a Card
Everybody-Art-Challenge #187 - Easter
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #111 - Springtime
Simon Says Stamps! Challenge - Use your favorite tool (Big Shot machine & dies and punches)
Just Magnolia hAnglar & sTanglar Week 150 - Springtime
ABC DT Challenge - Anything Goes

That's all for now.  Thanks for taking the time to drop by.  So much appreciating your visit.  Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week.

     
Materials and Tools Used:

DP's:  Anna Griffin paper; from Recollections Believe paper pad

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Ten, Petite Scalloped Circles, Standard Circles, Petite Ovals and Rose Creations; Cheery Lynn Olive Branch

Punches:  Martha Stewart pine branch and daisy; McGill daisy; EK Success small retro flower; Nellie Snellen extra large leaf and rose leaves jumbo; Fiskar Celestial 3-corner punch; Michaels tiny sun 

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; ribbon, pearls and glitter from my stash

Medium:  Letraset Promarker and Tria markers

Secret (3-Tier) Box Tutorial (4 1/2" high)

Hello!
This is a tutorial on how to make a 'secret box' like the one I made in a previous posting here.

Before I start on this tutorial, I have to give credit where credit is due and state that I did not design this box.  The credit goes to Heather Perreaux who created the concept for this box.  I found her tutorial for a 3-inch cube secret box that she has done for Splitcoaststampers here.  She has step-by-step instructions and also a video.

I needed a taller box to put larger images (of my fave Magnolia stamps) and taller trays for the larger Lindt Easter eggs (yum yum).  So I have hightened the box 1 1/2 times to 4 1/2 inches high.

Materials
What you need for the box are 5 pieces of cardstock:

one - 6 inches x 10 1/2 inches  (15.2 cm x 26.6 cm)
one - 7 inches x 10 1/2 inches  (17.7 cm x 26.6 cm)
three - 5 5/8 inches x 5 5/8 inches  (14.3 cm x 14.3 cm)

My templates turned out to be quite a bit different than Heather's.  Here are the templates for the 4 1/2" high secret box...

right side of the box

left side of the box

tray

If you have a knack at interpreting templates, then you can ignore the rest of the posting.  However if you need step by step instructions, then keep on going...LOL.  Warning--there are LOTS of pictures!

Step 1 - Place the 6" x 10 1/2" cardstock on your scoreboard with the short side along the top and score at 3".

Step 2 - Rotate the cardstock so the long side is along the top and score at 3" and 7 1/2".

Step 3 - At one corner of the cardstock, score diagonally by lining up the corners (indicated by black arrows below) along one of the inch grid line on your scoreboard.

Step 4 - Score also at 1" away from the first scoreline.  Do the same scorelines on the other corner of the cardstock at the same long side of the paper (indicated by the black arrows below). 

Step 5 - Trim off the small corner triangle. Both corners. 

Step 6 - Cut along the horizontal scoreline from the left vertical scoreline to the left side of the paper, and from the right vertical scoreline to the right side of the paper.   (Refer to template.)

Step 7 - Cut diagonally at the corners that are unscored as show below.

Step 8 - Your cardstock should look like this now.

Step 9 - Valley fold along the scorelines.

Step 10 - Apply glue all over the corner piece that has the flap as show below.

Step 11 - Tuck the opposite triangle in to form a corner.

Step 12 - Fold the flap up and over.  

Step 13 - Do the same to the other end.  You now have one side of a box.

Step 14 - Place the 7" x 10 1/2" cardstock on your scoreboard with the short side along the top and score at 3" and 6".  That extra 1" of paper is for the connecting flap.

Step 15 - With this piece of cardstock do the same Step 2 to Step 7 above.

Step 16 - An extra cut line is required with this cardstock to trim off the corner to form the connecting flap.

Step 17 - This cardstock should look like this now. 

Step 18 - Glue the same way as above --Step 10 to Step 12. Now you have the other side of the box. 

Step 19 - Apply glue on the connecting flap as show below. 

Step 20 - Attach the two side together

And there you have your box!

Step 21 - Take your 5 5/8" x 5 5/8" cardstock and place the left edge of the paper along the 3/4" scoreline on the Scor-Pal scoreboard.  Score at 2 1/8" and 5".

Step 22 -  Rotate the cardstock 90 degrees and do the same scoring lines.

Step 23 - Refer to template and cut along solid lines.

Step 24 - Fold along scorelines and apply glue as shown below. 

Step 25 - Attach the sides together to form your tray.

Step 26 - For placement of the bottom tray inside the box, apply glue as shown below--to 2 sides of the tray and to the bottom of one side of the box.

Step 27 - For placement of the top and middle trays, apply glue to 2 sides of each tray as shown below

And there you have your completed secret box.

And then you can decorate your box any way you want.  I am not quite finished with mine...LOL.  It'll take me another day to do that.  I'll edit and show the finished product when I'm done.

Edited
Here's the finished project!

Hope this tutorial will be of some use to some of you.  Happy crafting!!!