I happened upon Artist Trading Blocks in my Pinterest wanderings and was amazed by the creations. This got the old brain ticking and led me to exploring the many possibilities of making boxes of various sizes and then decorating.
I found that the different weights of card made a difference to the strength of the box. Below are various boxes, some made from cereal boxes card, others chipboard and manila folders, another using patterned cardstock.
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| Assorted boxes |
I first tried making the boxes from the basics - measuring and cutting. Edie Cournoyer's video was useful How to Make an Artist Trading Block .This yielded some reasonable results. In the end, I bought a We R Memory Keepers box maker - after encouragement from hubby! No doubt he thought my success rate in achieving perfect results every time would greatly improve!
Decorating with distress inks and stamping was fun. These are works in progress.
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| Distress inked & stamped |
I decided to use the box as the basis of a birthday "card" for my 16 year old niece. Below are the sides and top of the 4" box, made and decorated from the Graphic 45 World Fair collection of cardstock and tags.
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| Basic box |
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| One side |
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| Sides and 16 Top |
Decorating the sides and top of the box was really enjoyable. The vibrant colours and images of the G45 papers along with the inspirational word tags really made it fun.
My next post will be a Mother's Day Box.
Love
Cara
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