Friday, January 25, 2013

A Study in: Boxes (Off the Charts)


So hard to believe the last Papertrey Blog Hop was Christmas ... with the Valentine's decorations up it seems like forever ago. This month the focus is on playing with color layered on black backgrounds. Fun!



Today's card is also inspired by this CASE Study inspiration card by Amber Kemp-Gerstel. I like how she used the heart to indicate where something is, so I've done the same on my card.


The hearts coming out of the embossed pink line all point to where the recipient is ... off the charts! This can be a Valentine's Day card, Birthday card, or just a Congratulations card (I'd take the hearts out in that case). Although the hearts are very tall, once they are folded down the card dimensions are the same as a standard-sized card. So, it fits in an envelope just fine.


The graph lines on this 3D card are all folded boxes, stamped with Lovely Layers in VersaMark, and cut to different lengths. Each line has an alpha label on the white axis, standing for random people, and then the "u" line in pink is the one off the charts. I'm hoping it's clear enough ... it was in my head anyway : ) 


The boxes were made by scoring and then folding closed. Just pick the dimensions of your box. I wanted a box that was more thin than wide, so I scored a 1/4" length for the bottom, a 3/8" length for the side, 1/4" for the top, 3/8" for the side, and a length slightly smaller than 1/4" so it can be attached on the bottom and not cause problems with bending.


Then just fold and attach. To make sure you are attaching in the right place, you want to fold the box flat so the ends fall naturally (sorry, should have taken a picture of that instead). Otherwise you may end up with a box that is not squared and won't fold flat.


Here's a look from the side. The grid is stamped in VersaMark and then embossed in clear to give it a nice shine and texture


Like the other recent cards in this unofficial 3D box card series (tiles, bee hexies, notebook paper, and antique bottles), the card folds flat for mailing and storage. Slide the colored boxes to the side and fold the white box up.

Thanks for looking!
-Kelly

Supplies used: 
stamps:  Papertrey Ink Lovely Layers, American Crafts Jared, PSX lower case
dies:  Papertrey Ink Mat Stack I 
colored paper:  all PapertreyInk

35 comments:

  1. This is such a fun card.. love the charts! And love how it flattens out too!

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  2. Ummmmm...this is just pure genius!! LOVE IT!!

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  3. Mind blowing creativity! How do you even think of these ideas? So cool!

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  4. Kelly, you are blowing me away with your amazingly creative boxes! You totally knocked this one out of the park!
    By the way, you're on the Papercrafts Connection blog as a winner: http://www.papercraftsconnection.com/blog/2013/01/january-gallery-challenge-winners/comment-page-1/#comment-195227

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  5. holy clever! what a great idea! and it folds down, even better!

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  6. Holy cow, you just keep kickin' it up a notch! This is 'off the chart'! Love it!

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  7. Oh my God Kelly, you have done great things! I was here only a few days ago! ... (what 10 days ... shame on me)
    Amazing what you've done! These three-dimensional maps are totally awesome! ... and so small that you'll get crooked fingers! How can you have such ideas?
    All those cards are simply great and this one is my little favorite!!!
    Thanks for the explanations!

    Rosi x

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  8. Love the tiny boxes and the tiny hearts. Also the embossed background looks awesome. Love your Style my dear!

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  9. oh my goodness... so beautiful and creative. LOVE IT!!

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  10. Wow, awesome! Love your unofficial series - truly amazing!

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  11. Oh WOW!. This is just fantastic! So creative.

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  12. Kelly, this is just uber creative! LOVE the graph embossed BG and the boxes and the pink off the charts line with that FAB sentiment! So creative!

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  13. Oh wow!! I don't have enough words for this! This is just way too cool! How fun would it be to put this card on display on a desktop!! Lucky recipient :)

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  14. Kelly, you are now officially the Queen of Card Oragami Boxes!! I get the feeling your fingers are having trouble keeping up with all the ideas in that amazing imagination of yours!!

    (Thanks for going back and linking again at Ardyth's so your beautiful wedding photo is in the thumbnails!! Mwah!)

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  15. This is so clever, Kelly. I love that embossed background; it sets off the boxes. You should enter it in the Moxie Fab World background challenge.

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  16. this card is just plain crazy engineer!

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  17. Wow!! Seriously clever and oh so cool!

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  18. This is such a whitty card. Great job on the PTI blog hop challenge.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  19. I am so loving this series of cards - keep them coming!!!

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  20. So creative and fun, love your card!!!

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  21. Argh...seriously Kelly?
    Like you can blow my mind even more?!
    pffff....this is not human, it's too good!!

    Hahahahaha.......

    simply amazed
    that's how I am

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  22. hi amazing card :)
    love its uniquness
    hugs alyna

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  23. Eeek! A 3-D bar graph?! This is genius! The math teacher in me is swooning! How did you attach the bars at the bottom? Seriously love it!

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  24. Wow, this is absolutely amazing Kelly!! Such a great idea and looks totally unique. I love the hearts overflowing from the top and that graph background!!

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  25. Wow, that's really cool! Thanks for joining us at CASE Study!

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  26. Wow, what a clever design! Love the colors and the 3D effect! Thanks for playing along with us this week at CASE Study!

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  27. I don't even know what to say... lol! Your creativity amazes me :)

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  28. okay, this is just da bomb! So unique! I love it! Thanks for playing with us over on CASE Study :)

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  29. I just caught all your "a study in" series...you are on a roll Kelly! Fantastic projects! This one is so cool~

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  30. THUD! Please stop making such awesome cards--I keep falling off my chair! LOL! You are quite the paper engineer and I'm standing up now and applauding you!

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I absolutely love reading comments. Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave one! - Kelly