Monday, 1 December 2025

AAA Birthday Card Challenges #80: Box Card

 


Hello this month our challenge is a box card.

Mine is more a diarama, but the box card die I had was a bit teeny tiny, I've included my first attempt. I did recycle the elements I made for that small one.

I made the box by cutting a piece of cardstock in half at 10.5cm (that's the metric A4), then scored both pieces at 28cm and 14 and 12. I did it backwards to even out the centimeters, but you can do any size you want..

I burnished the scorelines and diecut the window from one piece, then glues them together with tape runner.

The opening I made with the Whimsy Stamps Wonky nested frames.

I used a little bit of grass on the tiny box, but I can't remember which brand that was, so I perused my stash and found this older set from Crafting Desert Divas and I used the grass and fence from the  Outdoor Landscapes 2 set. Sadly Crafting Desert Divas is no longer in business, but other brands will have similar dies. There's a little piece of fence included with the  Ewe dies from Impronte D'Autore, but it's just a small piece, you can see it on the second photo.

I  entertained the idea of a white picket fence, but I thought with the white sheep it's not very smart, so I went for a painted fence.

I cut strips of 16cm wide and scored them at 1cm from each end and burnished them, adhered double sided tape on the small ends and adhered the grass, then placed them inside the box, it's bit fiddly but it can be done.

The fence I adhered to the front panel with liquid glue.

The elements were mounted with clear pieces of acetate and I kept them on, just te stuck them.

For the tree I've also used Impronte D'Autore and added a little shading for a 3d effect.

Impronte d'Autore Alberelli (88527-cml-b), Happy Ewe (88503-cml-b) and little ewe (88502-cml-b) 

Clouds also from the Alberelli set and the flowers are from Marianne Design LR0851.

I look forward to your makes and seeing you play along, enter your creation here.