Hi guys! Are you ready to get hopping???
Welcome to the Fiskateer 3rd Annual Orange Blog Hop
If you're hopping along, you should have come here from
Emily's blog. If you just stumbled across the hop, go to
www.fiskateers.com to start from the beginning.
Today we are celebrating Fiskar's signature color,
ORANGE. Almost everyone is familiar with Fiskars' famous orange-handled scissors, but Fiskars makes so many other wonderful products for crafting, sewing, gardening and much, much more. Each stop along our hop will feature different Fiskars' products with a big helping of
ORANGE!
You don't want to miss ANY of the
participants! There's lots of inspiration to be found along the stops --
plus some prizes as well. :) Check their directions carefully to participate.
Now on to my project....
I decided to go a different route than a card for this blog hop. I've wanted to try make a card box for giving away the cards I make. It's been on my "to do" list for like forever...but I didn't have a scoring tool. Luckily, my Fiskars trimmer also has a scoring blade, so I'm all set now. :)
There are a lot of different kind of project you can make to hold card, but I like the A2 Card Box look the best. Plus, it holds a lot of cards...so that's what I decided to try making today...
I found a great tutorial at Split Coast Stampers for the A2 card box.
TUTORIAL LINK.
First I made the bottom box. Using my Fiskars Trimmer, I cut and scored the cardstock as the directions indicated...
Then I cut and scored my designer paper as well.
I then used the Fiskars "Effervescence" border punch to punch all the way around the designer paper. The designer paper is the top of the box -- I left the plain orange (bottom) as it was. No extra punching.
Using double-sided tape, I glued the sides together...and the box was complete! :)
It's really not that difficult to make! Very simple steps to follow...and you could have a box to fill with envelope/cards or whatever other kind of goodie you want to send! :) Just click on the tutorial link above and try your hand at one of these A2 card boxes yourself!
So that's my project for the day. I hope you have been inspired to try a new idea for yourself! :) Thanks for coming by my blog today. It's been fun! :)
For more information about Fiskars and the Fiskateer program, you can go to
http://www.fiskateers.com/join. Now, hop on over to
Kelly's blog to see what great project she's come up with.
And if you get lost along the way, here is the complete list of the blog hop.
Enjoy the rest of the hop! And good luck! :)
challenges for my project:
