Lace Butterfly

Today I am sharing my lovely Mum's 80th birthday card. She's not one for fuss and bother, but a special birthday calls for one of my special 8x8 boxed cards.

I have used A3 Fresh White Centura Pearl to create the base card and the box. The patterned paper is Craft Sensations 12x12 Floral and Basics Paper. I bought this from The Range - it's my go to place for cheap but gorgeous 12x12 patterned paper pads.

The butterfly is an old 6x6 Crafter's Companion Create-a-card called Lace Butterfly. It's really pretty - and the wings of the butterfly lift up.

The pretty mirror card is from Chloe's Creative Card 8x8 Mirror Card Pad in Sugared Pastels. It teams up perfectly with the patterned paper.

The lettering is Julie Hickey Designs Sweet Pea Alphabet, and the numbers are from an Elizabeth Craft Designs Planner Essentials set called Retro Number Trio. As the name implies, there are 3 different sizes of number dies included.

You can't see it from these pictures, but I always add decoration to the inside of the box. I usually use offcuts left from making the card and box topper. I added a couple of butterflies in there using Trimcraft Butterflies dies.

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Cxxxx

Pizza time!!

I've had a play with Elizabeth Craft Designs Pizza Box die set. The more I get to play with ECD dies, the more I am impressed with just how many extras you get, over and above the "worker" die. So, along with the main die that cuts and scores the pizza box, you get a flower pattern die (which I have cut out from pink to use on the purple box in the photos), a large scalloped square die, a stitched square that nests inside. Then four nesting circles - scalloped, plain and stitched. All of the nesting dies are used on the green box. Click on the photo below to see the demo for the green box and card.

 

The main die cuts and scores all of the necessary tabs - all you need to do is crease and burnish them all prior to sticking.

 

I found that sticking it in the order shown in the pictures worked best for me.

 

 

And this is the resulting box. The piece with the finger notch is the lid. The little bit that sticks out is the bottom.

This is cut with the floral mat die that comes with the set. I have added some punched circles into the centres.

I added this to the top of the box with the large scalloped square from the set. The butterflies are from another set of dies.

If you want a matching card to go inside, the dimensions you need is 4 1/8" square (so a piece 8 1/4" x 4 1/8"  scored in half). And you can decorate it to match the box!

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Happy crafting!!

Cxxxx