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Hello, Frederica!

It's time for another insider look at the process of crafting a card, step by step. We all love getting a behind-the-scenes look at how designers create their projects, and this new biweekly newsletter offers a peek into their process. We hope you're as inspired as we are and motivated to do some crafting of your own this weekend.

Our incredibly talented team has such a vast array of talents — you never know what type of products and techniques you'll see featured in each newsletter. Today, team member Hanh is sharing BIG birthday box wishes.

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Meet Hanh

How long have you been making cards?

I started making cards in 2015 when I got frustrated that I was unable to find an 18th birthday card for my nephew. The local card shop, that I had been loyal to for years, began carrying less exciting cards. And on that day, they only had two 18th birthday cards. Unfortunately, the two cards were both for girls! I was determined that I was capable of making a better one for my nephew. I had so much fun making a personalized card for him that I never looked back, and have been making my own cards ever since.

Do you have other crafty hobbies you enjoy?

I love sewing and spent many years creating Halloween costumes for my children. I also love cooking and baking.

What’s your favorite technique for adding interest to your projects?

I love highlighting my coloring with a white gel pen. And I love the unexpected dimensions of box cards.

What’s your current favorite MFT product?

I have always thought that My Favorite Things was the perfect name for this company because ALL of the products really are my favorite things! But I do have extra special love for cute critters, alphabet and bold word dies, and box cards.

PROJECT DETAILS

Hello, crafty friends! I have a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a card that incorporates all of my favorite elements...cute critters and a bold word die set in a box card. I used images from Mice Day to Celebrate and the coordinating dies, Big Birthday Wishes Die-namics, and the Mini Cloud Edges Stencil. For the box card, I mixed and matched parts from the original Outside the Box Die-namics, Outside the Box Low Profile Add-on Die-namics, and Outside the Box Grassy Hills Die-namics.

First, using Smooth White Card Stock, I die cut two panels with the largest panel from the Outside the Box Die-namics and two of the shelves from the Outside the Box Grassy Hills Die-namics. Then I used Kraft Card Stock to die cut the box from the Outside the Box Low Profile Add-on Die-namics. On one of the back panels, I ink blended a cloudy scene with Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Inks and the the Mini Cloud Edges Stencil. I used Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide to add some color to the Grassy Hills shelves. For the second back panel, I stamped one of the sentiments from the set to create a place to write a little message on the back of the card.

For the word die, I used the Big Birthday Wishes Die-namics to die cut the word WISHES twice out of Smooth White Card Stock and the word BIG once out of white and once out of Black Licorice. I stacked the layers and adhered them with liquid adhesive.

pro tip:

When working with word dies, I love to keep the negative from the die cut. The negative makes aligning my letters a breeze when adhering them to the final product.

I stamped the images from Mice Day to Celebrate onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with gel pens. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

I assembled the box card elements with liquid adhesive.

Now the fun part, I adhered all of the elements with liquid adhesive. I like to use strips of acetate to reinforce the back of the elements that I add to the box card shelves to give them a little support. This is especially helpful with thin images or when I want the appearance of an image flying in midair.

Finally, I adhered the back panel to the back of the box and added a little decoration to that as well.

I love that this 3D card fits nicely into an A2 envelope and can pop up to surprise the recipient.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today! I hope you liked my card and enjoyed this tutorial. Please also visit my Instagram feed for more inspiration.

Have a wonderful day!