Easter themed Exploding box

Hello

Today instead of a card I have an exploding box!  If you haven't made one of these before you should because they are a lot of fun.  There is heaps of tutorials out there on how to make them so I'm not going to bore you with the exact process.  My box is actually a weird size so I'd just get myself all confused if I tried.

Oh yeah! that's right! mini creme eggs!

Materials needed:

• White and green card, chevron rainbow patterned paper and acetate 
• A rainbow of pastel coloured inks plus embossing ink and black
• Gold embossing powder
• Heat tool
• A egg, flower, butterfly, bee and 'happy easter' stamp
• Colouring pencils
• Mini Easter eggs
• Hot glue

Directions:

1. Create your box from the white card.  Cut the green card slightly smaller than all the sides of your box and the chevron paper slightly smaller again.  Adhere them to the box.  Cut a small strip of acetate about 5mm wide.
2. Stamp the eggs and flowers on to scraps of white card (embossing them with clear powder if you wish) with the selection of coloured inks.  Stamp three eggs in embossing ink and gold emboss.  Stamp the butterfly and bee in black and colour with pencils.  Cut out all the images.  On a piece of white card stamp the 'happy easter' and cut to create a banner end.  Cut two small slits into the base of the box big enough for the acetate strip to slide through.  Make sure you position them parallel to each other and with a sufficient gap in between so that the cup for the eggs can fit in between.  Thread the acetate through and create a fold on both edges about 5mm in then adhere the butterfly to one side and the bee to the other.
3. Make cone for the eggs out of the green card by cutting a two circles, one larger than the other.  Cut from the outside to the center on the largest of the circles, do the same to the smaller circle but cut an additional small circle out of the center.  Adhere the circles in to cone shapes by overlapping on of the cut edges over the other.  Using the hot glue adhere the smaller circle to the underside of the larger circle to form a stable base, then hot glue the whole thing to the base of the box.
4. Decorate the inside of the box with your eggs and flowers reserving one of the gold eggs for the lid.  Adhere this gold egg to the left side of your sentiment banner then adhere the whole thing to the lid.  Hold all the sides together with one hand and slip the lid on top.  Take the lid off and watch your box 'explode'!  Do this as many times as required.......

Till next time,

Stacey

Once again this week I've added this project to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  Go check it out at http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/