Labor Of Love

Hi, everyone!

I have been working on my niece's scrapbook, as many of you know, and the end of the page creations is finally here! Woohoo! I still have many posts of layouts from the book, but I have scheduled them over the next couple months so i don't overload you all with scrapbook stuff! Keep your eyes open for them in the future! :0)

In the meantime, I thought I'd share the card I made for her. I felt like tying something new, and when I stumbled on a tutorial by Beccy's Place for a Box Book Card, I gave it a whirl. This is my finished creation, being wrapped and packed for it's trip north to the birthday party next week. :0) The image I used for this card is also by Beccy's Place, it's called Quilted One and Bear and it is available in her store. I did alter the size of my card from Beccy's tutorial. My finished card measures 5" square. It's approximately 1/2" thick, so it does not fit into a standard mailing envelope. If I weren't sending the scrapbook to my niece, I probably would not have made this card! lol! I can at least put them in a box together. :0)

Please pardon the heavy shadows in my photos - this was a very hard card to photograph because of it's thickness. I hope you can see the details well enough.

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This is a photo of the box card as it is put together with the band. The band, which is the edge-punched green paper with the sentiment, holds the cover of the book box closed.

I used the following items to create the band:

K & Company Small Wonders Girl Papers

EK Success Edge Punch

Scrap-Mart Exclusive Labels Spellbinder Die

Stampin' Up Large Oval Punch

Cheery Lynn Die - Mini Leafy Flourish

Prima Flowers

Rhinestone Brads

Stampin' Up Inks & Sponge Dauber

This photo shows the closed book box with the band removed. The materials used to create the "cover" of the book card are:

Stampin' Up Very Vanilla Card Stock

Spellbinders Classic Squares Die

Sizzix Wood Grain Embossing Folder

Clear Acetate

Stampin' Up Ink & Sponge Dauber

This photo shows the inside of the card with the cover opened. The inside of the cover is lined with an additional piece of card stock.

The inside of the card holds the four-layered bear image. I printed the colored image out four times and cut different pieces of it to layer it with pop-dots. Below the materials list are additional photos of the inside of the card to give better perspective of the dimension.

Material used for the face of the insode of the card, and the inside:

EK Success Zig Zag & Candles Border Punches

Beccy's Place Digital Stamp - Quilted One and Bear

Pop-Dots

Gel Pen

Stickles

Stampin' Up Ink & Sponge Daubers

Scor-Pal

Double-Sided Tape

Here is a photo of the edge of the book card.

This last photo shows a bit of a side view, so you can see my million layers. :0)

Phew! That was a long, detailed project! Like I said, I'm not sure I'll tackle another Book Box Card, but it was fun trying something new!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

I love to read your comments regarding what you think of my efforts, so feel free to leave one! :0) 

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I have entered this card into the following challenges:

Beccy's Place - October Challenge

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Go Pink

Pile It On - For a Child

Gem of A Challenge - For the Girls

Hiding In My Craft Room - Freestyle!

Just Us Girls - Use Numbers

Send A Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Punches & Dies

Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Pretty Pastels

Simply Create - Anything Goes