There's a new challenge starting today on the Creative Creases Challenge blog, and I'm sharing a fun fold project that looks like a box of cookies. These cookies are great because they are calorie free and won't go stale!
To start my cookie-themed birthday card, I followed Sam Calcott's instructions for the measurements here: Pop-Up Platform Box Card | Butchers Block Style for the base. Then I set out die cutting loads of cookies using Altenew's Sweet Treats Layering Die Set. It's such a fun set with all the cute cookies it creates!
The papers I used for this card are all from Your Paper Insider. I am thrilled to be on the first ever YPI Design Team, and I was sent a wonderful box full of goodies from them. I'm excited to make more projects with all the great papers they sent me. For this project, here are the papers I used: from Box 12: Dura-Lar Clear, Mars Stardream (a shimmery metallic in burgundy), Rust Colorplan (deep orange), Copper Curious Alchemy (another shimmery metallic paper), Gold Gmund Treasury (this cream-colored cardstock has flecks of gold in it that sparkle), Grocer Craft Environment Raw (dark brown cardstock). Then I also used White EVO paper for the cookie box itself (sent in my Design Team box and available on the YPI website), and from Box 1: Tarasen Linen Yellow Pearl (the paper underneath the cookies). If you'd like to learn more about Your Paper Insider's quarterly mystery boxes or other paper products, I'm including my affiliate link here. I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you: Your Paper Insider
To make my Pop-Up Platform Box card, I trimmed 2 pieces of white EVO cardstock that were 7 by 7 1/2 inches and scored at 1/2 inch and 2 1/2 inches on the long side. These pieces were then folded and burnished along the score lines and adhered along the 1/2-inch score line to attach both pieces together to form a collapsible box.
Next, I trimmed a piece of Dura-Lar Clear acetate to 7 by 7 inches and scored it at 2 inches. The acetate created the lid for my box. I adhered the 2-inch section to the back of the box and then covered the acetate with more white EVO cardstock trimmed to 2 inches by 7 inches. To decorate the lid, I die cut 2 pieces of 5 by 7-inch Mars Stardream cardstock using a scalloped rectangle die in the center. I adhered one rectangle to the top of the acetate and the other rectangle to the bottom of the acetate, so the lid looks neat and tidy when lifted.
Inside the box, I trimmed a piece of Tarasen Linen Yellow Pearl paper that looks like it could be the lining in a bakery box to 4 3/4 by 6 3/4 inches and adhered it to the top white panel. Then I arranged all my die cut cookies and adhered them using liquid glue for some of the cookies and Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape for others so the cookies appear to have some dimension in the box.
To finish the card, I stamped "happy birthday" using a stamp from Altenew's Mini Delight: Time to Celebrate set. I trimmed it and then die cut a hole in it using Altenew's Labels and Tags 1 set. I tied it to the top of the box using twine and adhered it with a couple micro glue dots.
The box folds flat for mailing (I've included a photo showing this below).
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I hope you'll share your fun-fold creations over on the Creative Creases Challenge blog here: Creative Creases Challenge.
Challenges I'm entering:
Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 5/10 for the challenge; ends 9/24/25)
A blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog:
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;
The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.
--Numbers 6: 22-26
