Petal Boxes by Scor-pal Guest Nina Yang

Today we have a great tutorial from guest Nina Yang. You can find more of Nina's work on her website waffleflower.com. While there be sure to check out her tutorials featuring several other outstanding designs created with Scor-pal products.

Now for Nina's project!

Supplies:

Scor-pal, Scor-tape, Pencil & Eraser, Scissors, a 1-3/4’’ circle from scrap, a piece of 6”x12” patterned paper, [Optional] Hexagon Template (download here) or circle cutters/dies.

STEP 1:

Patterned side up;

Top of your paper (where petals will be) against the left border;

Score at 1.5”, 3” and 5.5”

STEP 2:

Patterned side up;

Bottom of your paper against the top;

Stop all score lines at the 1.5’’ line scored in step 1: Score at 1-3/4”, 3-1/2”, 5-1/4”, 7”, 8-3/4” and 10-1/2”.

STEP 3:

Patterned side down;

Top of your paper against top;

Do not score but use your bone folder to mark 1-1/2”, 3-1/4”, 5", 6-3/4”, 8-1/2” and 10-1/4”. (1/4” to the left of the lines scored in step 2)

STEP 4:

Patterned side down:

Bottom of your paper against top;

Do not score but use your bone folder to mark 3”, 4-3/4”, 6-1/2”, 8-1/4”, 10” and 11-3/4”. (1/4” to the left of the lines scored in step 2)

I numbered the marks hoping it would be easier to see in the next step.

STEP 5:

Patterned side down;

Line the numbers in pairs up with the 6” line on Scor-pal (#0s shown here);

Stop at the 3” line scored in step 1, score at 6”.

Continue to line up the number in pairs and score all 6 pairs as shown:

STEP 6:

Prepare the petal template

     

     

STEP 7

Mark the petals as shown:

STEP 8:

Put scor-tape along the bottom (5.5” line scored in step 1), cut as shown:

Cut the top as shown:

STEP 9:

Fold the scored lines as shown:

STEP 10

Add scor-tape to the side

Line up and adhere.

STEP 11:

Attach the base (Hexagon template can be download here, print at 100% )

Or you can use the inside of a scor-tape roll as a template:

Cut slightly inside the lines: We will use two circles as shown below:

STEP 12:

Close the box. (Click here to view the video clip showing this step)

Done!

For variations of this project as well as many more, please visit Nina's website at http://waffleflower.com