Making
a Box Template using the online
Super Deluxe Tuckbox Template Maker
by Craig P Forbes
http://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/
with some help using Microsofts Digital
Image software
For making a Box template
using the online box maker
Super Deluxe Tuckbox
Template Maker
at http://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/
I used as inspiration
the blog posting on this blog
My Creative Corner
http://www.starlightstamper.com/2009/01/eggxactly.html
where Wanda showed
a Cadbury Easter Egg Box she created using the online box maker at http://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/
I used her dimensions
of 1.75"w X 2.5"h to make a similar sized box.
I typed in her dimensions
and then clicked on Make PDF template
You can choose to save
the output to your computer as a pdf document
Or
You can choose to
open the Template right then using the Free Acrobat Reader program most
people have it installed on their computer already so the pdf file should
just open
and click on the little
disk icon and Save the pdf document to your computer
Once you have the PDF
document open>> To obtain the graphic of the Tempate that was generated
by the online box maker
You would use the tools
within the PDF document itself, click on the little camera icon
And using your mouse
draw around the entire area you want to capture from the document draw
around the template. Note: make sure you are viewing the template at 100%.
Doing that action, copies
what ever is selected to your computers Clipboard.
For my examples I am using
Microsofts Digital Image Suite 2006 software program
I am going to Copy and
Paste the image or template I just drew around in the PDF doc, by opening
my DIS 2006 and clicking on New Document icon. Then I click on the Clipboard
icon and it will paste what I just drew around in the PDF document. **if
you are using another program such as Adobe's Photoshop Elements
or PaintShop Pro >> you can click on New document and choose "From Clipboard"
and doing that will automatically paste the selection in as a new image**
Now I have my template
>> from here I will crop around it to the edge of it and name and save
this as my original template.
At this point I also like
to print out my original template at > FIT TO PAGE and Assemble it just
to see how it all fits and looks. This helps me for future reference, I
make notes on the template, write on what its name is, note where I place
graphics or how to orient them on the template when I am seeing it on the
screen etc.
Once I have the original
I duplicate it, and because this particular template has writing inside
it I want to make a BLANK Template with NOTHING inside it except the
white area, and dotted lines. So using the marquee tool I draw around the
areas I want filled in and use the Effects menu option of fill with texture
or color and fill the marquee selected areas with white.
Then I have a white BLANK
template that I now will name and save as my Blank this is the template
that I will use for crafting.
When it is time to use
this BLANK, I will open it, then DUPLICATE whole picture and its the Duplicate
blank that I will use to actually create my filled craft box.
I follow the steps that
I have on my tutorial I posted on this webpage
on How I Fill a Blank
Template to fill this particular box
See the Tutorial at http://teas2dine4.com/hugbees/filltempwdip10.html
I used Graphics by Kay
Miller : Hippity
Hoppity Clay Bits
and a Background paper
that I changed the Hue coloring on
from pcCrafter's
: Debbie
Mumm's Easter Creatable collection
Once I have it all done
and the way I want it, I print out> Fit to Page and assemble the box.
TAAA-DAAA!
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Happy Crafting.
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