40th Exploding box.

I was asked to make a 40th card for a friend. My brief was to make the 40 bit very 'noticable'. Having my little creative moment trying to think what I am going to do, I thought I could use artistic licence here and instead of it being 'in your face' we'd have it creep up and jump out! So adapting my 100th and 70th boxes from news to jokes here is the result!

I particularly like the 'Grandma' one - lol, it's mine! But, that aside, for me it is so true, all my school friends are becoming Granny's! I have at least 12+ years I hope. Surely this makes them much older than me as you have to be 'old' to be a Gran!

Card of the century!

I was asked by a friend to make a card for her grandmother who was approaching 100! I can't see me making many cards for 100th birthday! Anyhow, when deciding what to do I thought the occasion deserved more than a bi-fold, tri-fold or any kind of 'fold' card and needed something a little more 'wow'. Then, after coming up with the exploding box - I've only made two before and they were for family - I wondered what to put on the tabs, I have no photos to help here. I came up with the idea of putting the news of the century on the tabs and being a pentagon I could use a decade per tab. Research for news took most of the time on this project. I recently bought some lovely Laura Ashley papers and ribbons and they seemed fitting for this box. I am totally besotted with all the Prima pearls and crystal swirls and one I had was just the right size for the lid on this. Loads of inking done here - I have the brown thumb of a crafter! I love this little box, I love the idea of the news stories and have updated my history at the same time! Hope my customer likes what I've made.

A late wedding gift - exploding box!

I made this box, the first I've ever done, for my cousin/her husband a month after their wedding. I'd had a thought of making one and thought this would be a great opportunity to play. The rose in the centre was a buttonhole saved from the day. Each page was a pleasure to embellish. Some were a challenge - why do some things just refuse to be glued down? My cousins wedding was a bit of a craftathon for me as for some delusional reason I was asked to make the cake! Now I've made

the odd birthday cake and made Adams Christening cake ~ more of that later ~ but a full on Wedding cake ~ my cousin clearly thought more of my skills than exists!

I have since made another exploding box for another cousins daughters 18th. I wanted to make a card to remember and managed to get photos of her over the years from her mum and it was beautiful even if i say so myself.

I'd like to make the next one with a gift in the middle,

now what occasion could i pick for that I wonder?

There are many sites on the internet with the dimensions required to make a box and the rest is just one huge

craftfest with papers and your craft stash! You can do as I did here and buy embellishments for the occasion but it isn't

necessary, things you have will find a use, a great way to use up those last few things you have.

Strangely enough, they also don't take that

long to create ~ ooops, should I admit that?