Drop Spine Box. Tricia Morris. Design by: 2006 Craft TV Weekly, Inc.

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1 Drop Spine Box Design by: Tricia Morris

2 1 Think inside the box! In a marathon of gluing, folding and smoothing, Tricia shows how to make a Drop Spine Box. The steps are many, but the reward is great! So take a little time, rewind the Webisode and follow along as Tricia guides you step-by-step. When it s done, it will seem like it was easy, and you ll have a beautiful box of your own in which to store your treasures. TOOLS Bone Folder Ruler Pencil Foam Brush for glue (included in Club Scrap Kit) Scissors FEATURED PRODUCTS Club Scrap: Drop Spine Box kit (see Tip Box below for list of supplies included) SUPPLIES (included in Club Scrap Kit) Book Binding Glue Ribbon, 1 yard Starting your Box The Club Scrap Drop Spine Box Kit includes all the Cover Board and Papers you need for this project. If you don t wish to use the kit, you will need the following: 1/8 Book Board cut to the following sizes: Two Cover Pieces, 5 1/4 x 7 3/8 One Spine Piece, 2 5/8 x 7 3/8 Two Long Walls, 2 1/2 x 6 3/4 Two Short Walls, 2 1/2 x 5 1/8 One Box Tray Base, 5 1/8 x 7 Solid Cardstock for the cover, cut to the following sizes: Outer Wrap, 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 Inside Spine Wrap, 5 x 7 Patterned Text Weight Paper for front cover and tray base, cut as follows: Box Tray, 25 1/4 x 6 1/2 Inside Box Tray, 4 3/4 x 6 5/8 Outside Cover, 5 x 8 3/4 Inside Cover 5 x 7

3 2 1 Identify and label all Cover Board, Wall Board, and Cover Paper pieces with a pencil according to the measurements in the Tip Box above. GLUE TIP: Throughout this project, Tricia places glue on the piece that has a specific boundary where the glue begins and ends. By doing this, she can be certain that there is glue exactly where she needs without any excess. 2 Assemble the Box Base. Locate the Long and Short Walls and the Tray Base. Arrange as indicated in Figure A. Run a bead line of glue onto the long edge of the Short Wall and position onto the top surface of a short edge of the Tray Base. Hold the board in place until it stands on it s own. GLUE TIP: Tapping the glue with the foam brush will spread the glue evenly and remove any excess to keep your gluing neat. SHORT WALL LONG WALL BOX TRAY BASE LONG WALL FIG. A SHORT WALL

4 3 3 Apply glue to one short edge and one long edge of a Long Wall piece and place onto the top surface of the long edge of the Tray Base to create a corner with the piece glued in Step 2. Use gentle pressure while pushing the boards together and hold in place for 60 seconds. Glue the second Long Wall piece in the same manner. When gluing the last Short Wall, apply the glue to the face of the short edges and to the bottom of the long edge. The last Short Wall is attached with the long edge resting on the Base and the face resting against the edges of the Long Walls. All of the Walls rest on top of the Box Tray Base, not against the edges or next to the Base Assemble the Cover. Lay the Cardstock Outer Wrap horizontally onto the work surface, right side down. Measure 1 1/2 in from the right edge of the Wrap and draw a pencil guideline. Taking the Cover Board, make a pencil line 1 1/2 from the right edge. 4 5 Brush glue onto the Cover Board in the 1 1/2 measured space. Place the Cover Board onto the Outer Wrap lining it up on the guideline and centering it vertically as shown. GLUE TIP: When gluing, apply the glue to the center and brush it from the center out to the edges to get an even application.

5 4 Place a ruler along the bottom edge of the freshly glued Cover Board to act as a guide. Brush glue onto the back of the Spine Board piece and place onto the Outer Wrap, leaving a 1/4 gutter between the Cover Board and the Spine Board. This gutter allows space for the Cover to open and close easily. 6 7 Brush glue onto the face of the remaining Cover Board; lay the Cover Board onto the Outer Wrap, 1/4 from the Spine Board. Use the ruler to ensure that it is lined up with the other boards. GLUE TIP: By now, you have plenty of glue in the foam brush. Instead of adding more glue from the bottle, use the glue that is already on the brush. This will give you enough glue without creating oozing. 1/4 gutter glued area COVER SPINE COVER outer wrap 1/4 gutter FIG. B

6 5 8 Create mitred corners. Using a ruler turned up on its edge, make a pencil line at a 45 degree angle across each corner of the Outer Wrap. Cut off the corners just outside the pencil line. Use a bone folder to create score lines onto the Outer Wrap along the Cover Boards edges. Wrap the Outer Flaps around the Cover Boards to train them, before gluing anything down. 9 Brush glue onto the long Outer Wrap flaps and wrap over the Cover Boards. To make the mitred corners, use the bone folder to tuck in the little overhang of Cardstock that resulted from folding the flap up--like wrapping a package. Do this for both corners. Glue the short flaps to the Cover Board. Smooth all flaps with bone folder. While the glue is still wet, turn the Cover over and gently smooth the Cover Wrap Cardstock to the center using the bone folder and then use your fingers to push the Cover Wrap into the gutters. 10 With the Cover lying right side up on the work surface, apply glue to the exposed Cover Board. Lay the Patterned Outside Cover Paper onto the exposed Cover Board, centering it from top to bottom and overlapping the Cardstock Outer Wrap slightly. Smooth with the bone folder.

7 6 11 Turn the Cover over. Mark and cut the corners at a 45-degree angle leaving 1/8 around the corners of the cover board. Glue and wrap the flaps following the instructions in Step 9. Run the bone folder along all edges of the Cover to make them square and neat. GLUE TIP: If you sense you need more glue, run a thin line of glue in the crease and brush it out to the edges. This will ensure the glue does not ooze out as you push the paper onto the surface. Brush glue onto the Inside Spine Cardstock and place onto the center of the uncovered Spine Board. The Spine Cardstock will glue over the top of the 1/4 gutters and into the margins of each of the Cover Boards. Work the paper into the gutters while the glue is still wet making sure the cover lies flat, but is still able to bend. 12

8 7 13 Attach ribbon tie. Place the Cover on the work surface so that the inside is facing up. Cut 1 yard of ribbon in half. Glue a piece of ribbon to the center point of each Cover Board. To finish covering the lid of the box, locate the Cover Board that has the Patterned Outside Cover already glued to the other side. This is the Inside Front Cover. Brush glue onto the Patterned Inside Cover Paper and adhere it to the Inside Front Cover Board, leaving a small proportioned border around the edges and aligning the paper with the Inside Spine. 14 Important: Take great care to locate the Inside Front Cover and glue the Patterned Inside Cover Paper to it. The lid of the box should be covered with the patterned paper, and the rest of the box covered with the solid cardstock and the finished Box Tray. 15 Wrap the Box Tray Base. On the unprinted side of the long Patterned Box Tray Paper, measure 1 in from the short edge on the left side of the paper, and make a pencil line. Measure 1/2 up from the long side bottom edge and draw a pencil line.

9 8 16 Brush glue onto the outside of a Short Wall of the Box Tray Base you made earlier. Lay the Box Tray Base onto the Patterned Box Tray Paper, aligning the bottom corner of the box with the 1 and 1/2 guide marks. Glue the 1 flap to the side of the Box Base. 17 Glue the Patterned Paper to each of the three remaining walls of the Box Base in the same manner, gluing and wrapping one wall at a time, making sure to align your box with the pencil guideline at the bottom of the paper. 18 Cut a V into each corner of the paper at the bottom of box to create a mitred flap. Glue flaps onto the bottom of the Box Tray Base, making sure not to use too much glue.

10 9 19 Make a crease in the Patterned Paper at each corner of the Box Tray Base. Use scissors or a craft knife to cut along each of the four creases to create flaps. Fold the short flaps into the inside of the box to train the paper. Pull the short flaps out, apply glue and refold them smoothly into place. On the two long flaps, trim off 1/8 of paper on each side. This will allow the Patterned Paper to easily fold over the edge of the Box Tray Base. Repeat the process in Step 19 to train and glue the flaps. Cover the inside bottom of the box. Apply glue to the Patterned Inside Box Tray Paper and place in the bottom of the box. Smooth with a bone folder Attach the Box Tray Base to the Cover. Thoroughly brush glue onto the entire bottom of the Box Tray Base. Position it onto the only remaining exposed Cover Board, centering it with the three outer edges and aligning it towards the gutter. Take great care not to allow it to extend into the gutter-fold area. Gluing the Box Tray into the gutter-fold will prevent the box from folding in and closing aroung the tray. Guess what? You re done!

11 10 You can create a variety of beautiful boxes using different papers and ribbons and different sized book board pieces. Once you ve made the box, add ink, stamps, embellishments, whatever you can think of to enhance the box. All of these boxes were made using Clup Scrap kits available online at You can also create divider trays for the inside of the box, as was done here. The techniques are the same as for creating the box itself. So have fun, and think inside the box! Congratulations You ve just completed your Drop Spine Box, but the fun doesn t stop there! Be sure to stop back by The Scrapbook Lounge every week for more exciting new twists on scrapbooking!