Mini Milk carton video project without sizzix die!!

Here is a mini milk carton I made as a sample for a Create and Craft show.  I used a sizzix die to make this which was really easy as you can imagine.  A lady emailed Lynda Chapman asking for instructions on how to make it.

 

Here are instructions and video on how to make this project if you don't own a sizzix mini milk carton die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-erZzclTLw

Materials

Garden Delights Cd from www.cupcakecrafting.co.uk (or any card stock or cd you want to use)

1 A4 piece of card (printed with any design you wish from the Cd)

Embellishments from the Cd to decorate.

Instructions

Cut card to 17cm x 12.7cm (Dashed lines are score lines and solid lines are cut lines.)

Mark along top and bottom edges at 4cm, 8cm, 12cm and 16cm.  Score down joining marks.

Down the sides working from the bottom up mark at 4cm, 9cm and 12.0cm.  Score across joining lines.

Mark on narrow score line at top at 2cm, 6cm, 10cm and 14cm.

Score diagonal line from 2cm mark to right corner as shown.  Continue with remaining squares.  Square 1 and 3 only have one score line and 2 and 4 have two score lines.  At the top of the intersection of square 2 and 4 score a line across narrow piece.

Cut away bottom right corner as indicated in picture.    Rub away all marks.  At the bottom cut along score lines to first horizontal score line at bottom (as shown in picture).

Fold all score lines.  Sides of carton are mountain folds and diagonal folds are valley folds.

Tape flap and attach to the inside of the corresponding side.

Stick bottom flaps together.

Now fold in top diagonals.

Decorate as desired and fill with various gift ideas.

You can seal it closed or use a paperclip or similar embellishment.

Home and crafting!!

It's nice to be home again.  Getting back into things like washing, etc...  I am busy finishing samples for the up and coming Cupcake Crafting show on Create and Craft on the 9th of this month.  I have just finished the samples and have been designing and printing birthday cards for the nursery at work.  Unfortunately my light cyan blue ink is striping in my continuous ink system.  I emailed the company Ink express to ask what the problem could be.  They said if I've had the system for a while it could just be wearing out.  I bought some new empty cartridges from them to swap over.  Hopefully this will sort the problem.
My cuttlebug all in one folders came today.  They came in quite a big box, once all the packaging was removed from all the folder sets they didn't take up much space thank goodness.
I made a bracelet in the bead shop in Berwick Upon Tweed while on holiday.  The woman in the shop cut the elastic and a wee while later I decided to pull the knot into the large bead for security.  Lo and behold the whole thing came apart...........  I have now sorted it and also made another bracelet I bought beads for in Dunbar.  Here is a photo of the two bracelets.....

Left Dunbar, Right Berwick Upon Tweed

I am really into elasticated bracelet making at the moment.  I think the first craft class after the holiday break will be making bracelets.  I got quite big bags of beads in Haddington bead shop which were very good prices.



£5.95 per bag!!