The coolest box ever!

My friend Don makes the coolest boxes I’ve ever seen, they’re called explosion boxes. They look complicated, but are surprisingly easy to make. What a cool and impressive gift to give someone. This box has 12 flaps for photos and journaling when it opens up {or explodes} and there is still room to put a nice little gift inside too.

Don is teaching this popular class at Ben Franklin Crafts in Redmond, Washington on June 2nd. Don is a very talented paper crafting artist. If you get a chance to take a class with him I highly recommend it. You’re sure to have fun!

Here’s some really great explosion box examples I found online.

Collette in the 2Peas gallery has the most wonderful box, check it out here. She has several photos of the box so you can see all the details.

Jessica Acs has a pretty box with pockets and tags inside.

Check out this Flickr stream for more cute examples of exploding boxes.

MaddyH in the 2Peas gallery has a fairy tree house exploding box that will {wow} you!!

Up to trying this on your own?? Over at Scrapbooker Online they have a great how-to with lots of photos. There is also another excellent tutorial at The Fine Art of Rambling blog. I also recently discovered Anso’s blog, Glitter Adventure. She has several really cool free online classes including the popular exploding box.

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