Card in a Box featuring cute dinosaurs from the Dino Days Bundle from Stampin Up

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I combined two of my favourite things - box cards and the DinoRoar Bundle from Stampin' Up!

I was aiming to make a bright colourful Birthday box card which folds flat for easy posting and this one definitely ticks all the boxes.

The box itself is a standard pattern - you could probably find a million templates online - but here are the specifications for this project.

Start with a piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock cut to 5 inches x 9 1/2 inches. Score lengthways in half along the short edge and at 2 1/2 inches, 4 1/2 inches, 7 inches and 9 inches along the long edge.

Cut to centre on each vertical score line and removed the smallest flap as below. This makes a tab for gluing.

Construct card by gluing tab to opposite end and folding down 3 of the four flaps as shown in the example below.

Cut 2 pieces of matching paper from the DinoRoar Designer Series Paper pack to 1 7/8 inches x 2 3/8 inches and glue to the to side flaps. Cut one piece to 2 3/8 inches square and glue to the front flap.

Using Whisper White cardstock stamp the following:

T-Rex body in Lovely Lipstick ink
T-Rex spines in Old Olive ink
Pterodactyl (the flying one) in Pool Party ink
Diplodocus in Mango Melody ink (with dots in Lovely Lipstick ink)
Palm trunk in Soft Suede ink
Palm fronds in Pretty Peacock ink
Sentiment on small stitched rectangle in Lovely Lipstick ink with dino tracks in Old Olive.

Attach sentiment to front flap

Cut a small 1 inch circle from a scrap of cardstock (by hand or using dies) and coat with glue. Position palm truck and fronds in position on circle and firm down to secure.

Attach palm tree to back panel of card - make sure you measure height of card with palm added so you don't make it too tall for your envelope. Attach pterodactyl on back panel too.

To mount the other dinosaurs, cut two pieces of Pretty Peacock card stock 1 1/2 inches x 3 1/2 inches and score at 1/2 inch and 3 inches to create square C-shape brackets.

Attach the diplodocus to one bracket so it will sit slightly to the right side of your card, looking left and the T-Rex to the other bracket, towards the right end, looking right. I use small strips of clear acetate to glue my figures in position.

Attach the decorated brackets inside your card with the T-Rex at the front and Diplodocus at the back. You may want to mount the second bracket slightly higher so this dinosaur can be seen.

I also add a strip of white cardstock to the back of all my box cards for personal messages. You can decorate this panel is desired.

This is a fun card, quick to make and easy to embellish and customise. I hope you enjoy making and giving it as much as I did. For full assembly instructions please watch my Facebook live below.

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Happy Crafting!

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