I spent a week and a half on my box card for the MFT 2023 Card Design Superstar: Box Card Master contest... and misread the deadline, missing it by less than an hour. I feel crushed, but the lesson is: ALWAYS READ CAREFULLY. (Smacks forehead). Ah, well. I still love the card and would've created it anyway!
I've been crazy about pirates and mermaids lately, so I had to include both in my card. The pirates are doing their swashbuckling on land above, while the mermaid is playing (and guarding the treasure!) in her aquatic wonderland below. There are a few skulls near the treasure, so it looks like some intrepid explorers have tried to claim the coins... and failed. Mwahahaha.
I started with MFT's Outside the Box die set, and cut the main die while overlapping the bottom edge over the end of the die plate, so it would cut everything but the bottom. After that, I scored the lines down the blank page to extend the length of the box. My final box measures 5.5" x 2".
Next, I spent more than a week stamping my images and coloring them with Copics. (I spent about a week coloring.) Once they were colored, I used my scissors to fussy cut them. It took SO. DARNED. LONG. to fussy cut everything. I've never longed for a matching die set so much! I also cut pieces from Under the Sea, Petite Clouds, Outside the Box Snow Drifts, Shady Palm, Beach Scenes Builder, and Outside the Box Waves.
After cutting everything out, I used Distress Oxide inks and the Perfect Pool Water stencil to create the inside/background pieces. I also used Distress Oxides on the sandy layers. I cut the sentiment with a die from the Outside the Box Low Profile set and a circle of ocean from the Slimline Slide-In die set. I spent hours arranging and gluing everything together. For the torn-paper edges on the back of the card, I used the Torn Paper Edges die set to make a custom shape. Here's a photo of the back of the card and a video of the final card.
List of all stamps/dies/stencils used on this card - ALL BY MY FAVORITE THINGS:
- Party Like a Pirate stamp set
- Gill Friends stamp set
- Polynesian Paradise stamp set
- Mermazing stamp set
- Outside the Box Die-Namics
- Outside the Box Low Profile Die-Namics
- Slimline Slide-In Die-Namics
- Outside the Box Waves Die-Namics
- Outside the Box Snow Drifts Die-Namics
- Shady Palm Die-Namics
- Beach Scene Builder Die-Namics
- Torn Edges Die-Namics
- Under the Sea Die-Namics
- Petite Clouds Die-Namics
- Perfect Pool Water stencil
- Fun in the Sun Paper Pad
- MFT cardstock: Smooth White
- Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
- Copic XPress-It Blending Card
- Copic markers
- Glue
- Distress Oxide inks
- Foam dots
Hope you have a great week!
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