A Grand Thank You - Part Deux

Hello Monday Morning! Today the Gina K Design Team is having a second blog hop to thank Spellbinders for their very generous gift of a brand new Grand Calibur to each member of our team. We have made some special cards and projects to showcase the new Grand Calibur and why we are loving it so much! Thank you so very much Spellbinders!!! 

You can find my post from the first Spellbinders Hop here.  If you came here from Tami Mayberry's blog, then you are on the right track.

I'm still loving my GC and pulled out my Grand Labels Four , along with several other Spellbinders dies to make this note card box and cards. All the images are from my newest stamp set illustrated for Gina K Designs, Warm With Love.

On this card, I used Spellbinders Fancy Tags,  Circle Nestabilities and Scallop Circle Nestabilities. 

I used Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities and this week's StampTV challenge sketch for this card.  The circle is Pure Luxury White cardstock, sponged while still in the die.

And here is a side view of the box. I used the two largest sizes in the Grand Labels Four set for the flap and flap panel, and cut them using my Grand Calibur.

And here is a look at the box, with the flap open. I love that I can now make boxes and give them this great finished look by using the GC! All the details and instructions for my project can be found below, but for now, hop on over to Tina's blog to see what fabulous inspiration she has to show you! 

To start, I cut a piece of Pure Luxury Sweet Corn cardstock to 11 by 4.25 inches.  I scored at .5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10 and 10.5 inches. This piece with be the bottom, front and pleated sides of the box.

Next, I rotated the cardstock and scored at 1 inch. 

After scoring, trim as shown. 

Next, fold and crease along all score lines. Add strong tape (I used Scor-Tape) to the bottom and the last section of the pleats.  Set this piece aside while you make the back/top section.

For the next piece, I cut another piece of Pure Luxury Sweet Corn cardstock to 10 by 6 inches. Then I scored at 3.75, 4.5 and 9 inches.

To get the beautiful curved detail on the flap, I slid the cardstock (the 3.75 inch side) into the largest of the Grand Labels Four die. The six inch wide cardstock was a tiny bit too wide, so I made a tiny snip with my scissors, so it would fit perfectly. 

After positioning the cardstock carefully with the die, I ran it through my Grand Calibur. The wide platform of the Grand Calibur allows you to use much larger dies and cardstock that common cutting machines. This is my favorite feature of the GC!

Here is a close up view of how I snipped the cardstock. I needed the box to be a full six inches wide so my envelopes would fit inside. 

Here you can see how it looked after cutting the flap. I folded and creased the score lines.

 Next, I assembled the two pieces together by adhering the two bottom sections, overlapping the back bottom over the front bottom.

Then I adhered the pleated sides to the back. That created the basic box. 

I used magnetic snaps to keep the flap closed. I placed the first one on the box front. 

Then I moved the flap into position and let the attraction of the magnets help me place the one on the flap in the correct spot. 

I cut a piece of Pure Luxury White cardstock using the next size smaller Grand Labels Four die.  I cut a straight edge so that it was 3.25 inches high at the center, then placed it back in the die to sponge. I used sticky notes to mask a narrow border along the straight edge. I used Memento Cantaloupe ink to sponge.

I removed the panel from the die stamped the fern image several times, using Cantaloupe ink. Then I adhered the panel to the flap on my box, covering the magnet.

I cut a panel for the box front, to  2.75 by 5.5 inches, then masked the edges with sticky notes. Then I sponged with Memento Cantaloupe ink.

 I stamped the fern on this piece, using Memento Cantaloupe.

 Tied a ribbon around the panel and adhered to the box front, covering the magnet.

I used Copics to color the butterfly, starting with RV19, 

Added RV23. 

Then used my blender pen to spread the color a bit. 

Added Y13. 

Then added Y17. 

The iris, also from Warm With Love, was colored starting with Y17. 

Added Y13. 

 Then I colored with the outside edges with RV21.

Used YR000 to blend. 

Added RV23. 

Then RV25. 

For the stem, I started with YG03. 

 Then added YG23.

The images were cut out and adhered with Pop Dots.

Thanks for hopping along with us. I hope you have a wonderful day!