Lid to box
exploded box
I guess I'm back to my old ways as none of the three Magnolia stamps I used are in stock right now at Magnolia-licious. If you're interested, please just send Diana an email! So sorry!!!! So now for the fun part, if you would like to win a Magnolia stamp, just leave a comment on this post before midnight Pacific on Friday, May 21st, and I'll announce the winner on Saturday, May 22nd. Now head on over to the fabulously talented Becca to see what she has come up with. I haven't seen it, but I know it will be gorgeous! Becca's post will not go live until 7am EST, so if you're earlier than that, please be sure to check back to her later.
SIZES USED for my box:
cardstock - one piece 12"x12", one piece 10 1/2" x 10 1/2", and one piece 9"x9"
score each piece as follows:
12x12 - score at 4" and 8" so you end up with nine 4" squares
10 1/2x 10 1/2 - score at 3 1/2 and 7 same as above (you want nine 3 1/2" squares)
9 x 9 - score at 3" anc 6" same as above (nine squares at 3")
When this is done, cut out the four corner squares from each size so you have three different sized crosses.
After finishing them with your choice of DP, glue the center square of 10 1/2" to the center square of 12". Then glue the center square of the 9" piece to the center square of the 10 1/2" piece.
For the lid - with a 6 1/4" square of cardstock, score at 1" all the way around. You will have four corners pieces where the score marks overlapped. Make a slit down one side of each of the corner flaps, cutting only until you reach the box top. Fold flaps down crisply using a bone folder, and glue corner flaps securely in place with Scor tape.
Decorate and add pictures!
Please don't hesitate to email me with any questions. Thanks so much for joining us on our blog hop today! Enjoy your weekend! Hugs!!
97 comments :
Terrific, cute, awesome - the adjectives are kind of not enough to describe this!
Never seen anything like it...
Charlotta / La Vikinga
wow what can i say this is amazing love it!!!!!!!
chrissy o
Fantastic box Sharon! Love all the Tilda's beautifully colored on each side! This will make a terrific photo keepsake!
wowza girlie...this is just amazing...I have always wanted to make one of these darling boxes...I love your paper choices, and your Maggies are just adorable and perfectly colored in...awesom...have a great weekend my friend!!! Hugs
Hello Sharon,
it´s a wonderful box. Like the image and the colours. Have a nice saturday.
Hugs Paula
Wow very sweet and cute box.
Great details.
OMG, your box is so fantastic. I love the paper, the colours and the image.
Hugs
Melodie
super explosion box Sharon. I love all the Tilda's and your coloring is fab. What a great idea having it as a photo holder.
Hugs marion
Oh Sharon your box is the cutest! Your coloring is gorgeous and I love the Tilda's that you used! The design papers make the box look so happy and cheerful I just love it! Thanks for sharing the directions. Have a great weekend!
Hugs,
Nancy
Absolutely magnificent, Sharon . . .I can't imagine how many HOURS this took you to put together. WOW, what a fantabulous creation - LOL - did you make a second one for me? HA HA
Maggie "birthday" hugs!
what a beautiful box, I would love to
have one like it.
bobbiedovin@yahoo.com
The box is SO cute. Nice job! Thanks for offer of Magnolia stamp. They are so precious.
Sharon, your card is awesome!!! I love all the images you used! Such a great project!
Hugs, Dena
Beautiful job Sharon! Each panel of the box is decorated just beautifully with all these sweet images. Wonderful coloring as always and I love being able to add pictures on the inside of the box. So very useful and perfect for someone's work desk! Love this! hugs, Angela
Very cute!! Thank you for sharing the dimensions! I am going to have to try this for photos.
I love your box. It will make a great gift with all of the pictures that can be added!!
Wow, Sharon! Your explosion box is a scrapbook! How totally awesome. I love your outside panels, each with a dear Tilda on it. Your colors are warm and bright and definitely birthday colors. Fabulous job...
Wow! Sharon....such a gorgeous creation! Fabulous colouring and details... beautiful work!!
Karen x
What an awesom fun box! Love all the bright happy colors and images! This would make such a great gift.
hugz
tina
Hi SHaron, BEAUTIFUL!!!! I love all of the little Maggies you have used!! Very very BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Have a great weekend, hugs Janiel
Sharon you have just rocked this again, girlfriend you just amaze me ! Love it
Hugs
Super "Mag"nificient, Sharon!!! Love all the different images you used. One day I'll get around to creating one of these boxes.
What a fantastic project, I love it!
Hugs, Christine
It's been two years already????
Wow Sharon, what a terrific job. It looks fantastic. I love all the gorgeous papers and those cute Tilda's. Fantastic!!!!
Hi Sharon! Your layered box to hold all those photos is wonderful! What a great little gift! And, of course, all the adorable and perfectly colored Tildas on the outside make it even more special! Love it!
AMAZING Sharon, you have put sooo much work into this explosion box, postivietly beautiful
smiles
Paola
Such a cute box...I especially like the fact that you can add photos to the inside panels. Great job Sharon!
Hugs,
Linda
Sharon! This is FANTASTIC!! Oh, I just love it! You know, I once cut out all the cardstock for an explosion box...but never actually made it. I'm thinking I'll have to give it a go now!! This is gorgeous. The papers are so pretty together, and your colouring as always is superb!
What a wonderful Explosion Box featuring that darling Tilda. Love it.
Hugs
Carole
oh my word..............you have outdone yourself AGAIN...goodness
OMG how sweet is that! I'm going to have to try to make one, but I'm sure it won't be a s gorgeous as yours! :)
Stunning box!
Adorable Tildas for an adorable box!
Hugs to you,
Pam
Wow, this is so great. I love all the little sweeties on the outside. TFS.
Sharon, we were on the same wavelength with all the layers! I love your box! Girlfriend you colored up some pretty images!!
Sharon, I love all these cheerful colors on the box. Already made me smile by looking. These image coloring is absolutely gorgeous. Love the bright theme that really made one wants to stay out to enjoy the sun :o)
Hugs,
Cabio
I love your exploding box, so colorful and wonderful!
Loving this box Sharon.. learned to do this box a couple of years ago and I know how much work it takes and I think your did an excellent job.. love all the Tilda's on the outside.. so perfect and so gorgeous... LOVE IT!
Hugs, Jean
well you should celebrate cause this is just glorious. Hugs
This is adorable Love the photo explosion box and definitely want to give this a try. Thanks for sharing. So much talent on this design team.
What an awesome way to give a gift of photo`s to a friend or loved one. Thanks for sharing your instructions, definitely want to try making a photo explosion box sometime.
WOW, you have created a lot of joy with your box, all the surprises are on the outside and lots of places for photos on the inside. Gorgeous Sharon!
hugs, Diana
Absolutely love it with all the bright colors and so many places to put lots of pics.
Wow Sharon this is just wonderful. Your coloring is just super. So vibrant colors that it just explodes with fun! TFS.
Peggy
Amazing Sharon! So colourful with all the beautiful papers. All of your Tildas are so wonderfully coloured. A real treat is this box!
Hugs, Candy
Awesome box!! Such happy colors!! Great job!
Amazing box- I just love your coloring! You are all so amazing! TFS and thanks for the chance to win!
Fabulous work of art, certainly alot of hardwork but so worth it. Gorgeous. Hugs Tracy x
Fantastic ideas! This would be great on the coffee table and a wonderful way to put new photos of all the grandbabies in! I have two of the stamps that aren't in!
Aren't I lucky? Great job, I love your box! Hugs, Barb F
This is just way too cute Sharon. Sure looks like a lot of work though. Love the colors you used. Everything goes together so well, as always!
Great job, Sharon! It looks like you've been doing this for a long time. Thank you for including the details on how you made YOURS.
Lovely papers and images. Very cheerful : )
Love and hugs ~
Lori
OMG Sharon--beautiful--I love it!! The outside is outstanding with all the Tilda's and the inside--oh my goodness--how awesome--you can put so many pictures and saying--love it!! Excellent as always!! Your work is always a pleasure to look at and to learn from--
Hugs Monica M
Wonderful creation. Love the idea of the several layers... and love your coloring on the Beautiful Tilda's... will be looking forward to see if Diana brings them back especially to one sitting with the gift box (that's my favorite).
Awwww what a box of fabulousness Sharon--and so many lovely Tildas to see on the outside. And that inside is fantastic--might have to try one of those! Fabulous work my friend!
hugz,
Suzanne
So cute! Great work. Love the colors!!
Luv this explosive box....so want to make one sooner rather than later...luv the pattern paper...TFS
Love your explosion box! All the Tildas around the outside are great and I love the way you did something different for the inside of the box.
Oh My Goodness~~this is wondrous!!! Those little Maggies are so sweet and you colored them to look so precious!!! I want them all :))) Thanks so very much Sharon :)
Blessings
That is over-the-top adorable!
Hi Sharon, your box is so darling!! I love all the images on the outside and they are colored so beautifully... and I love all the places on the inside for photos. I also love your images that appear on the headers for the Magnolia-licious blogs. Do you know what program they use to make them??
Hugs,
Suzan
This is so cute and love the idea too of having places for photo's on the inside! Would make a great gift for grandparents of their grandchilds birthdya pics! TFS the instructions!!!
Beautiful explosion box, and this is the kind I know, the others were all new to me...I love this as mini scrapbooks for gifts!! Wonderfully done!
Susan
This is so cute, I love it! Thanks for the directions too!
Box design with the additional layers for photos is so, so cool! Wonderful idea for a gift, too. Your images are beautifully colored!
this is such a beautiful box I am full to the brim with inspiration now I only hope my box turns out as well as yours
Oh wow Sharon ! This is sooooooo cute !! I love it :)).
Hugs Monique
Great explosion box! Your coloring is beautiful. OK.........I'm officially in love with the Magnolia stamps!
Now that box really exploded, lotsa Maggie too, glad you post the size for your box so I can make it too.
Irene
Your explosion box is adorable. Love all the Tildas.
wow these boxes are just amazing, you girls have really out done yourselves!!!
Lovely box - such beautiful colours!
Diane x
What an amazing project!!! Love your pretty girls! :)
Thanks for the chance to win! :)
THIS IS AWESOME! I HAVE DREAMED OF MAKING ONE. WOULD LOVE TO WIN! LADYBUG1376@HOTMAIL.COM
Your box is so cool. I like the way you did the inside to make room for pictures. Very sweet.
Angeluver2
So darling!
Whoa, Sharon, this box just "blew me away!" It is so FABULOUS!!!! I just can't take my eyes off it!
You know, if I was a therapist somewhere, I would recommend looking at your blog to all my patients to help with depression. There is an instant smile that comes to my face when I come to visit. It just makes my day and I know that others would respond in the same way....and it is a whole lot better than Prozac!
Love ya, Dr. Glee! :-))))
Love what you did with the explosion box, Sharon. This is a great project! Thanks for the ideas.
Becky E
Wow Sharon, this is just fabulous. What a lot of work it looks like. You sure have done a fantastic job, love it!!
I have wanted to do one of these for a long time. Thanks for the great directions. This might be next week's fun project...yippee!!! YOU have set the bar really high...thank you!
Omg Sharon, there was so much work put into this box. I love all the detail. Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!!!
Hugs xx
Carolyn
Sharon,
Wow I love your amazing explosion box, the combo of images, the wonderful colours and your amazing colouring make this such a fabulous gift for someone. So much work but so worth it. Thanks for the great instructions, I have been wanting to make one for a while now. Hugs Jodie from Oz
It is clear that you are passionate about what you do. I love your amazing explosion box, yeiii....
Thank you Sharon >:D<
Fun card. Love all your bright colors. Can't wait to give it a try.
this is rediculous stunning!! OH I KNEW I WAS UP FOR SOME EYE CANDY HERE!What a fun bday bash you have going inside your box Sharon.The bright colors and your girls are so full of excitement.GREAT BOX OUTSIDE AND IN!RubyM:)
That is too darn cute for words!
Hi Honey, hope you are doing well. sorry I have some comment catching up to do. I have been enjoying each and every card and project that ends up in my mail box. Actually you are one of the few blogs I have coming directly to my mailbox. Life keeps interferring with what I want to do, know what I mean? We get these plans and WHAM we get knocked slap side the head!LOL! Anywho I appreciate all of the hard work you put into your beautiful creations. They brighten up my day. This is no exception. You box is the best! I just printed out the deminsions, we'll see if I can do it.
Big hugs to you sweet lady,
Pam
I love this, so cool!
Oh wow !!! this is juat amazing !! I love this !! beautiful creation Sharon ,,,, am just gobsmacked lol,,, GORGEOUS :-)
Luv
Lols x x x
OMG Sharon! This is over the top! I've only done one explosion box and I KNOW how much work they are. I can't even IMAGINE the hours that went into this but it is sooo fantastic it takes my breath away! xxD
This is incredible!! I love all those gorgeous bright colours!! ♥
Sharon...the box you created is so wonderful. I know you put alot of work into it.
Pam:)
I know these boxes and it's fascinating how variable everyone is decorating them. Love your work! Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from Switzerland,
Angie Baechi
Gorgeous box!
This is so awesome....Love how you colored every image and the box looks great. smiles...Tammy
What a great box, love all the colors!
WOW Love the bright colors..Soooo cute! I had a lot of fun making mine
I love the colors. The layers are perfect! Great job!
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