Custom Boxes

My neighbor and good friend does custom kitchens & baths. As a thank you gift to customers of custom bathrooms she is giving a gift of custom all natural bars of soap. She was not able to find boxes that fit the soaps so she asked if I would be able to create them for her.

After trial and errors ( it turns out I'm not so good at math. :) ), this is what I came up with.

The boxes are 5" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" with a custom thank you card that matches each box. I will be using up retired as well as current 12" x 12" papers to make the boxes.

Product List

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

[146926]

$27.00

Neutrals 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Cardstock

[147003]

$12.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Foliage Frame Framelits Dies

[146353]

$27.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

[141897]

$8.00

Eastern Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143675]

$21.00

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

$7.50

Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad

[147090]

$7.50

2" Circle Punch

[133782]

$18.00

Eastern Beauty

Another card with Eastern Beauty and Eastern Medallions Thinlits.

The card base is Thick Whisper White Card Stock cut 11" x 4.25" folded in half.  The medallion was cut into the base with the Eastern Medallion Thinlits. Medallions were also cut from Gold Foil and Tranquil Tide Card Stock and layered on top of each other. The center is a 1/2" circle of Berry Burst Card Stock. The ink used are Berry Burst and Tranquil Tide. On the inside back panel is a Circle cut from Berry Burst CS with Layering Circle Framelits.

Dragonfly Dreams

I created today's card to see if it was possible to make the dragonflies pop up in the same was Lyssa Zwolanek did with her butterfly card.

I wanted a copper dragonfly for the front of my card but had to make several attempts at designing a layout before I came up with this.  I used the stamp set Touches of Texture for the background. I sponged Crumbcake ink on the Whisper White piece and stamped the images with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede. The Bees are Soft Suede stamped off once. The cardstock is Whisper White and Soft Suede. 

I cut the dragonfly wings out of cardstock Vellum and colored the wings with eyeshadow, it gives the wings a nice shimmery look. 

The "Hello" is from Eastern Beauty and is stamped with Soft Suede and sponged with Crumb Cake, with a strip of 5/8" Burlap Ribbon behind it.

The dragonflies on the inside were heat embossed with copper and then watercolored. They were cut with the Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits.

So if you made it this far I have a problem that I need help with.  I had to factory reset my computer and I can't remember the name of the photo editing program I had been using.  What is an easy to learn and use program for mostly cropping photos but also simple edits? Please comment and let me know. Thanks, Kath