Start to Finish A2 Card Box!

Alrighty then, let's get started! For this box, start with an 8.5x11 sheet of cardstock (the thicker the better!) Put your scoring blade into your trimmer or use a ruler and a bone folder and with your sheet vertical in front of you score at .25", 1.25", 7.25" and 8.25". Now turn the paper horizontal and score at 2", 3", partially score at 5" (see diagram below), 7.5" and 8.5". Now on the diagram below you will see areas with diagonal lines, trim off those sections.

Now, see those little "wings" on the side? Snip the score line between the small wing and the larger wing, see picture below, I've folded the small wings up a bit so you can see what I mean.

To help you see your lines partially fold on all the score lines. Next trim a piece of coordinated cardstock to 1"x6" and adhere to the outside of the top edge of the box. I let it overlap by about .25". See below.

You will need approximately 12" of ribbon for this next step. I wrapped the ribbon around at the seam where the strip of green cardstock met the blue, and joined the ribbon on the outside of the flap. (It'll get covered eventually dont worry.)

Now for my next trick...lol. I like double matting but you dont need to do that if you dont want to. I cut three rectangles sized 2.5 x 3.5", 2.25 x 3.25" and 2 x 3". On the smallest rectangle I stamped a decorative image. Glue them all together and adhere to the outside of the flap covering the ribbon. See below.

Personal preference here, I like to fold everything all up into a box before actually gluing, but if you're brave you can apply the glue before dry fitting it all. I start with the small wing and glue the OUTSIDE of them to the inside of the larger wings. See picture below.

Next, put glue on the .25" flap on the edge of the larger wing and fold it to the inside of the box. I tried to get a decent picture of that lower corner so you can see it, but again, this is where dry fitting is your friend!

Now that you're this far you can either quit or come up with a fun "closure" for the box. On this one I chose to use a photo turn, I punched a small hole in the lower section of the box so that the turn would slightly overlap the edge of the flap.

I estimate this box will hold 5 - 7 handmade cards and envelopes (more or less depending on how many layers and how dimensional your cards are.)

Well, thanks for playing along, and as always, send me a link if you decide to make one yourself!! I love to see how everyone customizes everything!!