Nailed It! Yes, I did!

Remember this card?

I used the new Nailed It stamp set with the coordinating Build It framelits dies.  It was a huge hit.

But today I'm taking it to the next level.  I really liked my "carpenter's apron", but my son's birthday is coming up, and I wanted to make his card an over-the-top one. 

OK, are you ready to see it?  One that takes a masculine card to the next level?  I call this my "card in a (tool) box"...what do you think?

Evan loves everything "tool".  So when I first saw this set, I knew it was going to find a home in my craft room, and I also knew that I'd be creating something special with it for Evan.

I took the basic "card in a box" idea, but made it into a tool box.  It had to be able to fold flat for mailing.

This was NO easy task.  I had to figure out the measurements; my previous card-in-a-box template was for a square card.  But tool boxes are not square.  So back to the drawing board...or should I say "grid paper".   Yes, I sketched out what I wanted, and with a little help from the internet, figured out my measurements.  The cardstock was cut to 3-1/2" x 11".  I scored it at 1", 5", 6" and 10", then turned the paper and lightly scored it at 1-3/4". 

The box is Soft Suede.  I then took another piece of Soft Suede and inked up my Hardwood stamp with Soft Suede ink.  Once stamped, I cut it into pieces to adhere to the face of my toolbox.

Then it was on to the tools.  Such fun to stamp them (on Chocolate Chip, Real Red and [retired] Brushed Silver cardstock) and then cut them out with the framelits.

I struggled the most with the name plate. I used a rotary alphabet stamp [also retired] on Copper Foil.  Of course the foil is slippery--took me about 6 tries to finally get the darn thing inked up with Archival Black ink!  But the nameplate is a die in the framelits, set--isn't it cute on the front of the tool box?

So what do you think?  Will my Mr. Fix It son like his card?  I think so...

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Product List

Nailed It Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[143074]

$29.00

Nailed It Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143077]

$21.00

Nailed It Wood-Mount Bundle

[144734]

$50.25

Nailed It Clear-Mount Bundle

[144735]

$43.00

Hardwood Wood-Mount Stamp Set

[133032]

$20.00

Hardwood Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[133035]

$15.00

Alphabet Rotary Stamp

[133769]

$15.00

Birthday Banners Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141506]

$17.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

[126978]

$6.50

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

[141394]

$6.50

Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[115318]

$8.00

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101650]

$9.00

Copper Foil Sheets

[142020]

$4.00

Build It Framelits Dies

[143230]

$27.00

Big Shot

[143263]

$110.00

Urban Underground Embellishments

[142786]

$6.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00