Simply Scored makes short work of that old stand-by, the 2-4-6-8 box:
- Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set
- Pool Party, Pear Pizazz, More Mustard and Early Espresso card stock
- Spice Cake Designer Series Paper
- Spice Cake Designer Buttons
- Pear Pizazz Classic ink pad
- Simply Scored
- Medium Jewelry tag punch
- Hemp twine
- Dazzling Diamonds
Those are some humangajangous buttons!! I’m going to set up my neglected sewing machine and have some fun with buttons and fabric – it’s been a long time since I’ve done any real sewing. (We’ll see how far that goes!)
Like my crazy haircut fringe? I’m not sure what posessed me to do that but it was fun. I just scored a strip of cardstock so that each side would be 1/8 inch shorter than the corresponding Pool Party side. Then I snipped that goofy fringe and used SNAIL to stick it to the inside of the box.
The 2-4-6-8 box is a simple concept and easy to adapt. The basic concept is to score a piece of cardstock across the 8 1/2 inch dimension at 2, 4, 6, and 8 inches. That gives you 4 panels each 2 inches wide and a little tab that’s 1/2 inch wide. Turn your paper 90 degrees and score 1 to 2 inches from the bottom, snip and fold up the bottom, and you’ve got a simple open-top box. If you turn your cardstock to the 11 inch direction, you can easily adapt the box to a rectangle. For example, score at 2, 5, 7 and 10 and trim the last inch to a half inch and you’ve got a 2 inch by 3 inch box. Clear as mud? Try it, you’ll see how easy it is. Or Google 2-4-8 box as there are loads of tutorials out there. I’m not into re-inventing the wheel by documenting a technique someone else has already covered!
Needless to say, the Simply Scored tool makes this project super simple. I’m finding myself reaching for it more and more, and I can’t imagine how I lived without it. It’s like the Big Shot that way – once you’ve used it, you can’t imagine using anything else!
The Maui Stamper 