Little Monkey on a 3D Cube Box Card for Creative Creases #60

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My Card Today

Today’s project is a variation of this Triple Cube Card I made two years ago (wow! Time flies!). This time my inspiration was from Mixed Up Crafts, which looked fun as well. I changed her measurements just a bit, so feel free to use hers or mine if you decide to make one. I wanted to use the Little Monkey bundle for a birthday card, so I paired it with the Bright & Beautiful patterned paper to make it festive.

Let’s start with the card base…

• Firstly, I cut the card base to 6″ x 10-1/2″.
  • 10-1/2″ side: score at 2-1/2″, 5″, 7-1/2″ and 10″.
  • 6″ side: score at 1/2″, 3″, and 5-1/2″
  • Once that was done, I cut along the score lines (see my visual of the card base below).
  • Cube Panels: Cardstock: 2-3/8″ squares (8), DSP: 2-1/8″ squares (8)
• Back Panel: 5″ by 6-1/4″ (wish I had done it 5″ x 6″ though)
  • Cardstock: 6″ x 2-1/4″ (2),
  • DSP: 5-7/8″ x 2-1/8″ (2)
  • Window Sheets: Large image used 5″ x 1/2″ and fold the ends about 1/2″. Small one for the Happy Birthday sentiment was 3-1/2″ x 1/2″ and scored at 1/2″, 1″, 2-1/2″ and 3″. Mountain and valley folds on each end holds the sentiment straight.
  • I adhered the cube box together, then adhered the two side tabs to the back panel before I adhered the cardstock panels to the back panel.

Now, the FUN part!

• Once the card base was done, I stamped the Little Monkey image and colored him with Fresh Freesia Stampin’ Blends. Since I couldn’t get the ink on his face colored without the ink bleeding (believe me, I tried a few times), I finally decided to let his face be white. So, I cropped out the first one with the Little Monkey Punch. Then, I stamped another image and just cropped out the face with the Little Monkey Punch.
• After that, I stamped the leaves and bananas, and colored them with Stampin’ Blends.
• Then, I stamped the branch, colored it, and cropped it out with the largest circle die from Stylish Shapes.
• After that, I stamped both of the sentiments and cropped them out with the small Stitched Rectangle die.
• Finally, to get them adhered to the card base, I cut small pieces of Window Sheets and folded them to make tabs for the ends. I laid the card flat to add adhesive in the middle of the Window Sheet, then placed the monkey image in the middle. For the Happy Birthday sentiment, I folded the Window Sheet so that the ends made a “Z”, then added adhesive to the flat part in the middle and applied it to the sentiment. Once that was done, I added adhesive to the ends and placed it on the fold.
• This card does fold flat for mailing but you will have to have a larger envelope to fit it into.

Hope this visual helps…

Sorry for the very poor quality of this drawing! I had a pen that kept smudging and I couldn’t seem to figure out where it was coming from till I finally looked at my hand!

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create
• A Place To Start 
• Crafty Catz 
• Crazy Critter
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday
• Krafty Chicks 
• NBUS (I haven’t used the Little Monkey set yet)
• Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges
• The Paper Funday
• A Perfect Time to Craft
• Seize The Birthday

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Little Monkey Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161372] $21.00	Little Monkey Bundle (English) [161379] $38.50	Inked & Tiled Cling Stamp Set (English) [161158] $27.00	Bright & Beautiful 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161449] $12.50	Berry Burst 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144243] $10.00	Window Sheets [142314] $5.00
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $9.00	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [147143] $9.00	Fresh Freesia Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155518] $10.00	Bubble Bath Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161675] $10.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885] $10.00	Lemon Lolly Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161673] $10.00
Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154906] $9.00	Little Monkey Builder Punch [161378] $22.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $30.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00

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