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3-D Box with Dou­ble Slid­ing Top

I was hon­ored to have this project and it’s tuto­r­ial fea­tured in the “Papers and Pix­els” online craft mag­a­zine April 2013 edi­tion.  I’m post­ing two of these boxes today along with the tuto­r­ial.  Both of these fea­ture Pion Design papers from their new paper line “Alma’s Sewing Room.”  This fin­ished box mea­sures 5”x 6 ¾” size and is 2” deep.  It fea­tures a 3-D top with a two-piece slid­ing lid.  These lid pieces slide in and out from the sides.  The two boxes shown below were made using the below instruc­tions.  In addi­tion, I’ve made two more that are slightly dif­fer­ent so that you can see that you can get a dif­fer­ent look by chang­ing the box sizes and bor­ders and I’ll post those boxes within the next few days. I hope you enjoy this project. 

TUTORIAL:  3-D BOX WITH DOUBLE SLIDING TOP

For the top to have a plat­form to slide on, the project requires two boxes; an outer larger one and an inside smaller one.  Once you’ve become famil­iar with the instruc­tions, you can cus­tomize the size and depth of the box, as well as use other borders. 

MATERIALS:

3 sheets 12″ x 12″ card­stock          Bazz­ill Smooth­ies Wal­nut Cream
2 sheets Pion Design paper            Alma’s Sewing Room
1 pack­age                                   Tim Holtz Hitch Fasteners 

TOOLS:

Martha Stew­art Punch Around
the Page                                     Cher­ish
Paper Trim­mer
Score­board 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS:

Glue, Dec­o­ra­tive dies, Lace, Rib­bon, Charms, Gem­stones, Stamps, Flow­ers, Pho­tos, Resin corners

Step 1:

Cut two pieces of card­stock mea­sur­ing 5” x 6 ¾’.  Use a Martha Stew­art Cher­ish punch-around-the-page to form the top and base frames of your box.

Step 2:

Take one of the above punched card­stock frames and on the back side, mea­sure and mark  ½” from the inside bor­der on all sides and cut out a cen­ter rectangle. 

Step 3:

Cut a 4” x 5 ¾” piece of dec­o­ra­tive paper to fit the top frame. On the reverse side, mea­sure and mark 3/8” from the out­side edge on all sides and cut out a cen­ter rec­tan­gle.  Glue the dec­o­ra­tive paper to the top card­stock frame.

Step 4:

For the out­side larger box, cut a piece of card­stock mea­sur­ing 8 ¾” x 9”.  Place the 9” long side hor­i­zon­tally on your score board and score at ½”, 2 ½”, 6 ½”, and 8 ½”

Step 5:

Turn the card­stock around to where the 8 ¾” side is hor­i­zon­tal against the score­board.  Score at 1 ½” and 7 ¼”.  Notice that the sides are ½” shorter on two sides of the box.  This pro­vides the 3-D effect for your slid­ing top pieces.

Step 6:

Cut the tabs ver­ti­cally on the 8 ¾” side as shown and assem­ble the box.  The outer 1/2” scored pan­els will pro­vide the sup­port for the frame top.

Step 7:

Cut and glue dec­o­ra­tive paper strips for the out­side of the larger box mea­sur­ing 1 7/8” x 5 5/8” size for the longer sides and 1 3/8” x 3 7/8” size for the shorter sides

Step 8:

For the inner smaller box, cut a piece of card­stock mea­sur­ing 6 ½” x 8 ¼”.  Score at 1 ½” on all sides.

Step 9:

Cut the tabs and assemble/glue the box.

Step 10:

Cut and glue dec­o­ra­tive paper for the inside of the smaller box mea­sur­ing 1 3/8” x 5 1/8” for the longer sides and 1 3/8” x 3 3/8” for the shorter sides and 3 3/8” x 5 1/8” for the box floor.

Step 11:

Cen­ter and glue the smaller box inside the larger one.

Step 12:

Apply glue to the ½” top pan­els and then care­fully align and place the top cut-out frame onto these panels.

Step 13:

Make the dou­ble pull-out top by cut­ting a piece of card­stock mea­sur­ing 3 7/8” x 7 1/8”.  Cut this piece in half and then use the punch to make an edge bor­der on both sides.

Step 14:

Cut and glue two pieces of dec­o­ra­tive paper for the slid­ing top pieces mea­sur­ing 3” x 3 ¾” each.

Step 15:

Cen­ter and glue the remain­ing base frame to the box bot­tom.  Apply your dec­o­ra­tive touches such as die cuts, hitch fasteners/knobs, flow­ers, gem­stones, charms, lace, rib­bons, stamps, and photos.