Tutorial Tuesday - Box measurements

  Firstly, I have to give a huge thank you to everyone that left a comment on yesterdays card, you are all so kind with your words, and taking the time to write them.

Today I had been asked to give a bit of a description on how to put a box together, and although I don't make complicated boxes, I think you can dress them up to be very special.

To work out what size I am wanting, I write down the inner base size that I would like - I draw either a little square or rectangle and put beside each side the length.  Then I decide how deep it is going to be and I write that down in each corner.  The box today is square - 12cm x 12cm with 4.5cm sides so I need a 21cm square piece of cardstock scored at 4.5cm in from each side.

I then simply clip in to the score line on two sides.

Add some adhesive and you are done.

To work out the lid I take the centre measurement and add 2.5mm so in this case it will be 12.25cm x 12.25cm so that it easily slips over the top.  I like the sides of the lid to be shorter so that I can see the base for a bit of contrast, but you don't have to.  With this box the sides of the lid are 2.5cm, so I will need a square of 17.25cm and I would score in from each side 2.5cm.

This particular designer paper was very sturdy so it didn't need any additional support, but when I use a lighter weight paper I add double the border so that I can fold it over twice to give the sides strength....hope that makes sense!

I still had some of this paper over which is why I thought I would use it to make a matching box, and I had such fun with the Touch of Nature set, it made the decision easy.

Have a great day!

Comments

[Sharon]

This is a lovely choice of colours for the box and the butterfly looks so delicate sitting on the flower. The Touch of Nature set looks like a great one to own,too.