Yesterday I shared Part 1 of my Extended Candy Wrapper Box Tutorial which showed how a fellow Stampin' Up! lover shared their technique for making a longer Candy Wrapper Box using Stampin' Up!'s exclusive Candy Wrapper Bigz L Die (pg.221). Today I continue with Part 2 of the tutorial which shows you how to make a Candy Wrapper Box in whatever length you desire! The one I will be making is the middle sized Candy Wrapper... the one with the oval accent in the photo below.
Extended Candy Wrapper Tutorial
Part 2: Follow these instructions to create a Candy Wrapper in your desired length…
Supplies: 5-1/2 x 6-1/2" Card Stock (I used Not Quite Navy and Cajun Craze), 4 x 6-1/4" Designer Series Paper (I used Well Worn), Big Shot Die Cutting Machine(pg.215), Candy Wrapper Bigz L Die (pg.221), Standard Cutting Pad (pg.215),Standard Premium Crease Pad (pg.215), Paper Cutter (pg.208) and Adhesive of Choice (I prefer Multipurpose Liquid Glue, pg.206), Stamp set of choice (I used Touch of Kindness - Summer Mini, pg.25), Inks of choice (I used Cajun Craze.), Large Oval Punch (pg.212), Scallop Oval Punch (pg.210), Stampin' Dimensionals (pg.206) and 13" of 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon (I used Very Vanilla, pg.195)
Instructions
Step 1: Use the 5-1/2” x 6-1/2” piece of card stock to cut a standard Candy Wrapper die-cut … no scoring or folding of card stock… using the sandwich you normally use for your Big Shot. Place the resulting Candy Wrapper die-cut in the paper cutter and cut down the center lengthwise... as shown below.
Step 3: Cut a 7” strip of card stock to the width/length of your desired Candy Wrapper… minus 1 inch. (Mine is 2-3/4” x 7”.)
Step 4: Assemble the three pieces together overlapping the pieces slightly… as shown below.
Steps 5 – 7: Use the scoring tool on the paper cutter (the black balde), a ruler and bone folder or Stampin' Up!'s soon to be released Simply Scored Scoring Tool to complete the score lines on the card stock insert.
Proceed as directed in Part 1 of this tutorial... which can be found in yesterday's posting!
This technique can be used to modify several of Stampin' Up!'s Big Shot dies... like Fancy Favor Bigz XL, Matchbox Bigz XL, Box #2 Bigz XL, Petite Pocket Bigz XL, Mini Milk Carton Bigz L (all on pg.221) and the Pillow Box Bigz Die (pg.223). You would just need to adjust the position of the score lines and folds. With some of them the modifications would make them longer, with others it would make them taller.
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Now that you know how to extend the length/height of Stampin' Up!'s Big Shot dies, be sure to play with them yourself... and then share pictures of your projects with me. I may feature them in a future posting!
Have questions?!? Just call, email or post a comment below.
Happy Stamping~
Mia














