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New Design: A Micro Explosion Box!

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So, I have this thing: I can’t throw away paper. Any paper. Not even scraps, unless it’s the smallest of slivers.

As you may know, whenever you create an explosion box, you’ll have these squares of paper scraps left over. And of course I can’t throw those away either. So instead of adding them to my ever growing pile of Still-Useful-For-Some-Future-Project-Scraps, I decided to design a new project to use them.

And here it is! I’m happy to present you with the simplest, also cutest, of projects: a micro explosion box!

Materials needed: Five scraps of cardstock of about 10 x 10 cm (4 x 4 inches). And some very small pictures. That’s all! 🙂

Thank you for letting me know what you think by leaving a comment below, or by liking this post.

 

 

How to create a 100% Photo Explosion Box

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Recently I developed an explosion box for one of my workshops, that is completely matted with photos only – so no design paper this time! 🙂
By way of this video I’m sharing with you a short instruction as to how to make one yourself. You only need 4 sheets of 12×12 inch cardstock, scrapping materials (glue, craft knife or paper trimmer, corner rounder, ruler, scissors, bone folder), a circle stamp and two pieces of ribbon. Oh, and photos of course 🙂

Measurements:
1x 12×12 sheet
1x 11,5 x 11,5 sheet
1x 11 x 11 sheet
1x 8,25 x 8,25 sheet

 

 

Explosion box with “Fiddlesticks” design paper

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I really love this western-like jeans, lace & wood design paper by My Mind’s Eye. This 6×6 inch (15×15 cm) paper shows fascinating combinations of colors, fabrics and textures and also comes with two sheets of tags. Check out my paper walkthrough to see what I mean; I loved working with it!

This is my first explosion box. The most difficult challenge was probably “how not to use the entire paper pad in one explosion box” – but I managed 😉

An explosion box is a lot of work but its rewards are as great: it really makes its recipients happy, their eyes widening with wonder and glee when they lift its lid! :-)The one I made here is probably its most simple form; I’m already contemplating more layers, more pockets, more doors, more… everything! So keep an eye out for my next design! 🙂

Click here if you don’t see the video below.

 

Klik hier als je het filmpje hieronder niet kunt zien.

Een explosiedoosje is veel werk, maar het is ook wel superleuk om aan iemand te geven door de verrassing die het doosje in zich bergt, en die tevoorschijn “springt” als de nieuwsgierige ontvanger het dekseltje optilt 🙂

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