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Old 03-20-2009, 06:02 PM   #1  
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Quite some time ago I came across the website of a lady who makes the most amazing explosion boxes. She even was commissioned to make one for the Queen of England. I think I found out about her through this forum, mainly because this is the only stamping/scrapbooking site I frequent. Does anyone remember who she is or what her website is?

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The site is magic-boxes.com. The story of the commission for the Queen is on this page:
http://www.magic-boxes.com/specialcommissions.htm

There's a two-page tutorial starting here: http://www.magic-boxes.com/smallbutterflybox.htm
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That's it!!! Thanks so much. I was trying amazingboxes.com, explodingboxes.com and everything else I could think of. She does such amazing work I didn't want to lose that website.

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Thank you so much for this site! Elaine does amazing work!
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Her work is amazing! I think it's really big of her (and several other talented ladies we see around SCS) to share her technique. I'm definetly going to try making a box.
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very cool!
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Super cool! Thanks for sharing this with us.
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Those boxes are stunning. Thanks for bringing it up!
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Those boxes were amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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WOW!! Thanks for sharing!! She does AMAZING work!
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I would love to try one.
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Thanks so much for sharing this link, beautiful beautiful boxes! I love exploding boxes and these are just stunning.
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Thanks for sharing - these are amazing, now this is what I would call a challenge!
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I was so impressed with the Magic Box artist I wanted to try to make one, not that I could ever duplicate her beautiful work.

I made my version larger and my acrylic was to weak to hold just plain paper so I made springs. I think it turned out kind of cute. I want to make more and get much better. Let me know what you think... TIA

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I was so impressed with the Magic Box artist I wanted to try to make one, not that I could ever duplicate her beautiful work.

I made my version larger and my acrylic was to weak to hold just plain paper so I made springs. I think it turned out kind of cute. I want to make more and get much better. Let me know what you think... TIA

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TFS! She does such beautiful work.
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Wow! I'd like to make something for the Queen of England!
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I finally made one for the Club Anya blog hop. Check out my BLOG if you would like to see it. Don't have time to post it here today.
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Stamphappy I think you did a very nice job on your magic box. The springs look just as good as the acetate does. Actually I think it adds another point of visual interest to it. tfs your first attempt.
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I'm trying to discern what she is using when she says "acrylic".

Any ideas?
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I'm trying to discern what she is using when she says "acrylic".

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Link to the page or where you are seeing this?
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#18 on page 2 of her amazing tutorial
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This one?

http://www.magic-boxes.com/smallbutterflybox2.htm

I have acetate come up on #18
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Right. I used the wrong word. What type of acetate would I get?
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I used the regular type of transparency acetate and it wasn't strong enough to hold my images, I ended up doubling it. I think there are heavier weights available so you might want to find something like that.
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I just ordered some of the acetate sheets from SU to see which one will be strong enough. I'll post here once I get my order as I haven't found any that is stronger than what I already have.

I should have kept some of the protective acetate that comes with clear stamps, it's probably thw correct weight!
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