Explosion box how-to & a COUPON!!!

[livelys]

I've just added a new hybrid how-to over on Heather's fabulous blog for explosion boxes, PLUS there is a very nice coupon to take advantage of from Heather!

[ayaandjudah]

man, I just bought the box bundle. :-/

[origami]

I bought the bundle during last weekend's sale and am working on making my first box! I know I will be making many more of these! Such an imaginative way to share a scrapbook!

[stevens89]

yey! thanks, I just picked up the hexagon template

[ayaandjudah]

great tut btw, it answered my burning question. now to make one. will you hold my hand, Sara?

[livelys]

Glad you liked the tut!

...you can totally do it Alisa - I've seen you hybrid remember

Please - if there is any template of Heather's anyone would like to see made into a tut with photos on her blog, just say the word. I'm happy to take requests!

Plus everyone's very welcome to give me a shout if they want any pointers about any hybridy sort of thing - if I can't help, I know one or two HybridBabes who'd be happy to help out

[jaylensmom]

Ok I have a question...would it be tacky to create an explosion box but leave out the pictures so someone could add their own?

[livelys]

Its depends on how confident they are in editing the size of their own photos. Each layer is a different size, so they'd need to be able to print or cut their photos accordingly to fit just right. This may feel a overly fiddly to someone not used to editing their digital photos?

If they are used to such as Photoshop and you're giving a digital gift - like a sort of QP - then they'll be fine - but do check TOU's first!

So I think the answer is yes with a but....

[ayaandjudah]

Sara, a quick question.....when printing the backs of the boxes, do you print the entire back of the sheet or do you clip the papers to the template and save as a separate file?

I don't want to waste ink but I'm not sure about lining it up right and it would be 3 8.5X11 papers I'd have to print.

[Heather Roselli]

I just grin and bear it and print the whole sheet. Trying to line it all up is just too much trouble for me. But, if you know you have a big margin all around or are only printing on the top half of the sheet, then yeah, I'd only print as much background pattern as I need to save on ink. HTHs

[Davita]

Thanks for the great tutorial and the coupon.

[livelys]

Originally Posted by Heather Roselli

I just grin and bear it and print the whole sheet. Trying to line it all up is just too much trouble for me. But, if you know you have a big margin all around or are only printing on the top half of the sheet, then yeah, I'd only print as much background pattern as I need to save on ink. HTHs

Sorry for reading this belatedly! This is pretty much what I do too - I do chop off the top & bottom inches though, but to avoid any errors I print more than necessary around the reverse of the box.

[Leontine78]

I wanted to get myself an explosion box and because it's not August 1st yet I tried the couponcode....but it doesn't do anything and I have to pay full price?

Had it changed or am I doing something wrong?

[knlchevys]

I just tried and first it wouldn't let me but then I logged in and it worked fine for me. It was all lowercase. explosion25

[Heather Roselli]

Kate is right, you have to be logged in, but otherwise it should work. I PMed you Leontine, so if you still have trouble please let me know.