Archive for January, 2010

Tutorial Tuesday- Pentagon Box

Jan 26, 2010 Author: Jennifer | Filed under: Hybrid, Tutorial, Tutorial Tuesday

Hey everyone! I’m Jennifer, one of Mel’s hybrid chicks, coming to share a great tutorial with you!

The awesome Mel of PixelGeek Designs has given us this great free’bee’, available at ScrapOrchard:

And I have an awesome step by step tutorial ready for you, with pictures!

Step One: Digitally assemble your template. Add papers, elements, photos, etc. so it is how you want it. Print on matte photo paper or cardstock. Using scissors or a craft knife, cut out your template on the cut lines.

Step Two: Once cut out, use a ruler and a scoring tool(or the backside of a butter knife) to score your template on the fold lines. Score carefully, you want to press hard enough to make it easy to fold, but not enough to break the surface of the paper. It’s best to go slow and you may need to go over it more than once to get it scored properly.

Step Three: Fold your template on fold lines and ink edges if you desire for a nice finished look.

Step Four: Turn your template over so that the printed side is down. Starting with the half of the template that has long flaps, slowly apply glue to tabs and glue together. Make sure to press tabs firmly to the back of the pentagon shapes so they form a nice bond. DO not apply glue to long tabs yet, just to the necessary ones to form bottom half of the box.

Step Five: Repeat with tabs on other half. Make sure glue is dry on both halves.

Step Six: Apply glue to long tabs and other tabs needed to hold halves of box together. Carefully fold box halves together, applying gentle pressure to ensure a firm bond. Ink remaining edges if you wish to give it a polished look.
Allow to dry, and add any additional embellishments of your choice.!