How to Wednesday-Cheater Photo Box

Hi Everyone!
Welcome to another "How To" Wednesday. Today I'd like to share a little Tutorial I did on making a Cheater Photo Box....here we go.....

Have you ever just wanted to take pictures that showcase the beauty of the object without having to spend Hundreds of dollars on light tables and lamps and all sorts of equipment?

Let me show you what I do…..maybe not the best but it works for me.

I take 3 of the backing chipboard pieces from the Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper….(don't ever throw those away, send those to me) hehe

Score one of them at 1”

Add two strips of Red Sticky Strip to the one inch area (that would be the plain no writing side)

Peel the red liner off and set the second sheet onto the area (print side up)

Fold down the one inch tab you just made to connect to the chipboard you laid on it.

Open and stand it up….ahhhhhhh….you have two walls now…..

Then take your last piece of chipboard and score at 1 inch on all four sides and cut up to the score line….like below.

…attach sticky strip to the tabs

when all four corners are done it will look like this

That is the plain white base you will set your card on and of course it’s pushed into the corner of your wall. Kind of like a Photo Box, but not.

Here is a card I did today for an upcoming Technique Class and I have it setting in my makeshift Photo Box that fold up and stores easily!

Now if you want to change the color of the inside to coordinate with your project….it’s easily done….here I took three pieces of Black Card Stock and placed on on the bottom and two on the sides…..instant color change!!!

Same Card….different background.

Saturday Sketch Challenge 168

Good Evening Friends!

I think it's been a crazy week with the children returning to school and new schedules. I know I still feel a little displaced.

Well ~ we have another super fun sketch challenge for you tonight and some utterly STUNNING creations to share from your operators. I hope that you have time to play along with this uber simple sketch.

One potential set of measurements for this card could be:

Base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Layer 2: 4 x 5 1/4"
Layer 3: 3 3/4" square,

Layer 4 could be a ribbon going across and a punched shape or two on top. If you wanted paper layer 4 could be cut to 4x1".

Does the thought of cutting your card stock using measurements baffle you? Well, you can check out the most awesome post on how to read a ruler written by the very lovely and talented Lee Conrey, by clicking here.

As with EVERY week, if you need to change it up, do so! You just want to use this sketch as a jumping off point for your design then let your imagination do the rest!

So what do you think of our new schedule? Do you like all the added posts? Honk (or leave a comment) if you really like what you see. It's been very fun for us to see all the talents that are here on 411. If you have suggestions on how to make the site even better, just leave us a comment. :D







Kerin Sylvester







Tiffany Bauer







Selene Kempton









Connie Babbert







Lee Conrey





Patti Chesky






Robin Merriman





Gretchen Barron

Now it's your turn :D Never played with us before?? Well, it's easy! Sky's the limit!

1. Make a card
2. Post it online somewhere to your blog or other online forum
3. Post a link to the free linky tool below (please point the link to your post and NOT just your blog)
4. Have some fun and leave comments for each other (and for the operators if you like their work). ~ Everyone loves comments!

We hope you join us this week and play along with this sketch! But don't delay our links will close at 8AM on Thursday morning Eastern Standard Time.

Stamper's Showcase #167

Another great week of Sketch Cards. You are really making it difficult for the Operators to pick just 5 each week. Way to go and keep up the good work! Here are your Operator Picks for this week!