I recently joined the JOANN Loves Papercrafters on Facebook. I've been in awe of the creations that all of those talented people have, so I decided to be brave and post something I made. I posted the Baby Exploding Box and I received so many wonderful compliments, it just made my heart full. I also received requests for the directions, and since I had another one to make for another lady at work, I decided to get to work on it. First, take a 12 x 12 piece of cardstock and score at 3 1/2 inches on each side. Then, cut out the corner pieces. Here comes the fun part, time to decorate and embellish! One thing that I do that I think gives the box a bit more stability is to make double panels (or layers) of paper on the sides of the box. Here you can see how I decorated the outside of the box. Next, flip it over and decorate the inside. I did the two layers of cardstock and then added some die cut doilies. Since this is for a baby girl, I wanted to give it a lacey girly look. Next, I made the lid. Math is not my strong point, so I tend to do things the hard way. My Dad is a retired Chemical Engineer, my Brother is CFO/CPA, my Sister is a Teacher, and my Mom can figure anything out! So the technical gene, skipped me! So, to make the lid I used a piece of white card stock and scored at 1 1/2 inches on two sides. Now, if you measure the bottom of the box, you will find that it is 5 inches x 5 inches. At the 1 1/2 score line, I measured 5 inches plus two little lines on the ruler, and then scored on that line. Then I measured 1 1/2 inches and cut the paper. Rotate the paper and do the same thing. Clear as mud?! You can also try cutting a piece of cardstock 8 1/8 inches and score it on each side at 1 1/2 inches. You will want to notch the corners on lid so that it will fit inside with showing. I decorated the top of the box, but forgot to take a picture of it before I put it all together! I embellished the inside with some paper flowers, butterflies, and two cute babies I cut using my Cricut. I put a tiny bit of adhesive on the bottom of the shoes to hold them in place. I put the lid on the box, tied it with a tulle bow and put it next to my purse to bring to work tomorrow. Supplies: Stamps: Papertrey Ink-Baby Button Bits Ink: Versafine Paper: Bazzill, The Paper Studio, Recollections, Pebbles Misc: Tulle, Scor-pal, paper punches, half pearls, pop up dots, My Favorite Things Oval Doily Die, Mama Elephant Mini Bow Die, baby shoes, Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily Die Thanks for stopping by,