4/26/13 Splitcoaststampers - Triangle Box Project Tutorial by Beate Johns

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Triangle Box
by Beate Johns

Create a triangle shaped box out of a cardstock rectangle.
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5" x 10" piece of Cardstock
Scoring Tool
Scor-Tape" or other strong adhesive
Crop-a-Dile" or other hole punch
Stamps
Ink
Ribbon
Pencil
Additional cardstock and
embellishments
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Step 1
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Stamp your cardstock.
Step 2
Turn your cardstock around.
Mark the middle of both short sides of the
cardstock with a pencil.
Step 3
Score your cardstock at 5" on the long side.
Step 4
Line up the mark you made on one of the short
sides with the middle of long side.
Score to create a diagonal fold.
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Step 5
Line up the mark with the other side of the
middle fold and score.
You will now have a triangle of scored lines.
Step 6
Repeat step four and five on the other side of
the cardstock.
Step 7
Prefold all your score lines.
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Step 8 (Optional)
Add strong adhesive to the edge of one of the
long sides.
Step 9
Assemble the box by bringing the two ends
together and securing with the adhesive just
applied.
Step 10
Use a Crop-a-Dile" to punch through the
taped sides.
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Bring both of the opposite sides together and
punch a hole through them as well.
Step 11
Fill your box.
Step 12
Thread your ribbon through the punched holes.
It will keep your box closed.
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Step 13
Tie ribbon and decorate your box front.
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Change the size
You can make this box in a lot of different
sizes. Just keep the length of your cardstock
two times the width (e.g.: 3" x 6", 4" x 8" and
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so on).
The picture here shows a box made out of a 2
1/2" x 5" piece of cardstock. It holds one Dove
chocolate piece.
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