Sunday project...

Hi folks, it's Sunday and the weekend is going well I hope?

I have some instructions for you today for a lovely little box album, which can hold photos or quotes or inspirational thoughts, in fact anything you fancy. I have used the hexagon shape but again that could be changed for any other you have, the principles are the same.

This was a bit tricky to photograph due to the nature of the project and the rubbish weather conditions in my garden where I usually take my pictures!!!!

What I will say though is there are going to be two opportunities to see it better this week...

- I am going to try a Facebook live post and will use this project. That way I can move it about and open it up and talk you through it better.

- secondly I will actually be teaching this on Friday at Hobbycraft on Gloucester!! Yes, you read that right, I will be Hobbycraft in Gloucester on Friday 19th teaching this as a little class...very exciting, but also very scary!!! All support gratefully appreciated!!

Anyway, onto some basic instruction here for you today.

You will need to cut out two Window Box thinly dies. I have used Highland Heather here.

Attach the two together and then stamp in Versamark a simple image all over the box. I used a small flower from Petal Pallet stamp set.

Once you have stamped and it has dried (Versamark takes a few moments longer) put your box together ready for the inner pieces to be stuck in.

You can see the box here too with the lid open.

I then used the additional die in the set to draw around and create templates for the next stage.

I drew around the template to create the images you can see in the picture, in fact I did two sheets the same to give me more space for pictures in my album box.

Note that if you go into further sheets you will need that piece with the tab at the end to attach pieces together to make them longer.

Then they need to be cut out and stuck together to create the full size that you want to fit in your box.

Using a sponge and ink colour of choice I daubed around all the edges, both sides and both ways of the folded edges too.  You can see this edging in the picture below. These folds go in a concertina fold to go in the box and pull up without damage.

The bottom (or top) shape will then go inside the box and be glued in place, allowing the full strip to be pulled up and images or quotes etc to be viewed.

I then used the same stamp set Petal Pallet with the Highland Heather ink and some Old Olive and created a bit of decoration to go on the top.

Now you will see on the lid I added an extra hexagon layer, so I thought I would also share a trick I use for getting straight sided layering templates in different sizes.

This was my first shape, using the thinly to draw around and create a sturdy template.

I then use my clear ruler and line up the small measure lines to the edge of the actual shape and draw another pencil line, which you can hopefully see on the picture.

By doing this along each edge I then cut along and have a smaller (but all equal edges) shape that I want. 

You can do this as many times as you need (or want) and have as many layers and sizes that you can then use in your projects.

I have labelled mine and bagged them for future uses.

I hope you get the idea anyway and if you have any questions please feel free o drop me a message or leave a comment and I will reply.

Don't forget my Facebook live to watch out for and if you can come along on Friday morning to join us at Hobbycraft Gloucester, that would be fab too.

Thanks for stopping by today and look forward to seeing you again soon.