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If you came from Stasia Sloma's blog, then you're in the right place,
if not, keep on reading, all the Blog Hop links are below,
along with some giveaways.

The Blog Hop officially begins 6pm PDT Friday 27th March
and ends 11:59pm PDT Sunday 29th March.
I'm down in Australia, so the local times for me are
from midday AEDT Saturday 28th March to the
end at 5:59pm AEDT Monday 30th March.

Today I'm sharing a box card.

There are lots of templates and tutorials out there in cyberland but I wanted to make a BIG 21st birthday card, so I "upsized".  With the star sticking out from the top,
it sits 9 1/2" tall.  The card folds down and sits flat for postage and you can see,
if you don't include the large top star, it becomes a flat 6" x 7" card for postage.

 

To make the card, I started with two sheets of cardstock,

one sheet 9" x 7" for the front panels and

one sheet 5" x 9" for the back panel & bridges to go inside the card.

I'm not sure if you can see clearly on this diagram,

so I will describe the scoring, cutting and assembly.

• take the largest panel and score at 3" and 6", turn and score at 4"
• with the panel sitting flat, cut down the two top 3" score lines, this makes the three flaps that fold down to become the front & side panels of the open card
• fold each of the score lines to prepare for when the card is assembled, the 2x vertical score lines are folded inwards to make a "U" shape, the top flaps are folded down & outwards, it really helps if you have a bone folder to make crisp folds
• take the smaller panel and score at 1" and 4", turn and score at 4"
• with the panel sitting flat, cut the top 2 x 1" strips - these 1"-scored-3"-scored-1" strips are the "bridges" using inside the card (you can make these separately, it was quicker for me to score them at the same time as the panel and they were the right size, with no extra cutting)
• cut down the two top 3" score lines then across the 1" score line at each side, you will have a 3"wide x 7"tall rectangle with tabs at each side at the bottom, these are the tabs to secure it to the front section
• now comes the fun part - decorating & assembly
• using glitter paper, I cut the following:
  - three 2 3/4"x 3 3/4" panels to decorate the outside of the base panels
  - four 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" panels to decorate the top 3 flaps and the top front of the back panel
  - one 2 3/4" x 6 3/4" panel for the back of the back panel (what a tongue twister, sure hope these makes sense)
  
• because I wanted to write a message on the back panel, I cut a piece of black cardstock 2 1/2" x 6 1/2" to go on top of the glittered panel
• adhere the decorative panels in place (it is much easier when the pieces are flat, not assembled)
• secure the back panel to the front section with strong adhesive on the 1" tabs (I used Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue) - the base of the card will now become a box shape, the back stands vertical and the three flaps fold down
• take the "bridges" and secure them inside the top of the box base - it doesn't really matter which way you insert them, I went with the direction of the tabs securing the back in place, with the tabs pointing towards the front of the card

• I cut an assortment of stars using black cardstock and glitter paper using Sizzix nesting Stars dies and decorated the panels & bridges.  To secure the cardstock to the glitter paper, I used Helmar 450 Quick Dry (my GO-TO glue) and also used some foam dots for some dimension.
• Some of the stars are attached to the "front" of the bridges, so I adhered a black star to the back of them, on the other side of the bridge to make them more secure and, in the case of the glitter stars, it hid the white background too.  Oops, I nearly forgot, I used a black marker to colour the edges of the foam dots too.
• the "HAPPY" and "21" were cut using Kaisercraft Alphabet & Numbers die sets
• the "birthday" is from the Sizzix Stephanie Barnard Regal Stand-Ups Card die set
• the "celebrate" on the back of the card is from the Paper Smooches Birthday Words die set
• I cut three of each sentiment and adhered them together with Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue for extra dimension ... I confess that I'm new to Tombow and LOVE IT already!!!

I hope you enjoyed my sparkly box card.

***  NOW for the PRIZES  ***

 If you would like to be eligible for the sponsor giveaway drawing,

START at the Fiskafriends blog and follow the instructions there.  If you have already done that, I would love for you to leave a comment here and don't forget
... it gives you an entry in the

Fiskafriends - The Power of Community Blog Hop prize draw.

Here is the Fiskafriends Blog Hop List:

Fiskafriends Blog <=== start here

Jean Bullock #8889

Susan Slomski #6150

Cindy deRosier #4113

Tifany DeGough #5942

Cheryl Waters #002

Jean Marmo #7358

Teresa Godines #6857

Michelle O'Driscoll #7586

Nancy Carroll  #11488

Maya Oren-Dahan #351

Amy Martin Jones #8546

Karen Poirier-Brode (Ladydoc) #2858

Tanya Napier #5407

Pamela Haskin #8040

Stasia Sloma #9314

Tracy Moloney  #6773 <=== you are here

Kim Chenez #5612

***  WAIT - there's MORE!!!  ***

I am also hosting a giveaway (separate to the main Fiskafriends Blog Hop prizes).

Open to everyone, all over the world.

It wouldn't be a Fiskafriends prize without a little orange & green.

To go in the random draw for your chance to win my giveaway, mention in your comment a new technique you want to try or product you want to buy.

It would be nice if you decide to follow my blog but it is not a requirement.
Entries close when the Blog Hop ends at 11:59pm PDT Sunday 29th March,
which is 5:59pm AEDT Monday 30th March local time for me here in Australia.
ONE comment per person please.

 The winner of my giveaway will be announced on my blog on Friday 3rd April and the winner must contact me by 11:59pm PDT Sunday 5th April or another winner will be drawn.

I will advise the winner when the prize has been posted but
I cannot be responsible for errors, lost, damaged or stolen prizes.

Don't forget to hop on over to Kim Chenez's blog,

she is the last stop on our Fiskafriends - The Power Of Community Blog Hop.

THANK YOU for taking the time to visit my blog.
I hope you enjoyed hopping along with the Fiskafriends!!!

TracyM #6773