Greetings, my dear crafters and creative souls!
I’m Emily the Explosion Box Enchantress, your guide and fellow crafting enthusiast. In my workshop, we delve into the wonderful world of creating magical memories with a Sorcerous Slicing Machine, also known as your Cricut.
Play the video below for an introduction to my project!
You’ll love crafting this captivating masterpiece, from vintage frames holding your memories to an intricately designed cauldron surrounded by rings of fire… all magically brought to life with your Cricut.
Join me, Emily the Explosion Box Enchantress, at the free 2023 Holiday Cricut Craftfest and learn to add your cherished photos to explosion boxes using Print Then Cut.
The Magical Memories Explosion Box can be changed just a bit to celebrate the warmth of Thanksgiving or the magic of Christmas. (Scroll down for the tutorial.)
The 2023 Holiday Cricut Craftfest starts on October 2nd, but if you simply can not wait, you can upgrade your free ticket to VIP immediately after registration to get instant access!
The giveaways are live!
Want to prepare for my workshop? Here are the Materials and Supplies needed:
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Full-size cutting machine such as the Cricut Maker or the Explore Air
Scoring Tool – I often use the scoring stylus so I don’t have to switch tools, but you can also use the scoring wheel
Cricut piercing tool (in the Cricut TrueControl Weeding Kit)
Reverse Tweezers – I like this pack of three because I’m always setting them down *somewhere*
Variety of colored cardstock – I used:
- Black Pearlscent Cardstock – included in this variety pack of many different types of black cardstock
- Metallic cardstock for the frames
- Recollections 12×12 Cardstock for the base and lid
Epson XP-15000 Wide Format Photo Printer
Glossy Vinyl Sticker Paper or Glossy Photo Paper
Your favorite digital photos
Stained Glass Images from Creative Fabrica (Sign up here for 10 free downloads.) I used:
- Stained Glass Halloween Clipart Bundle (56 images)
- Stained Glass Christmas Bundle (48 images)
- Stained Glass Christmas Digital Paper (58 images)
- Cute Kawaii Fall Autumn Digital Paper (18 papers) – for the Fall or Thanksgiving version
Making a Thanksgiving or Autumn basket? Here’s how.
Join my community to:
– get the Thanksgiving basket, fall leaves, and extra vintage frames you were promised in my workshop
– learn more paper crafting and Cricut tips
– get access to download the project files for pop-up cards, printables, and party prep
If you’re already a part of my community, you can download the free bonus SVGs from the Free Files Folder. It’s design # 115 Magical Memories Explosion Box Bonus SVGs – fall basket, leaves, and vintage frames.
Upload into Design Space and Ungroup.
Change one layer to Score, as shown below.
Attach the Score layer to the cut layer below it. Make it.
Fold along the score lines, then use a hot glue gun to glue the basket tab to the inside of the basket.
Glue several tabs to the base as shown; it works best if you glue every 3rd tab.
Glue the rest of the tabs down from the top.
Use a pencil to help curl the basket sides under.
Use regular glue to glue the second basket bottom in. Beacon’s 3-in-1 Craft Glue works the best; it allows you to slide the piece into exactly the right place because it doesn’t dry instantly.
Glue on the handle.
Here we have the basket. It’s a bit plain, so I cut out some leaves from glitter and metallic cardstock.
You’ll need to resize the leaves to fit a bit better if you want it to look like mine.
Use Bearly Art Precision Glue and reverse tweezers on these small pieces.
Pretty! The black cardstock behind the pumpkins and leaves add nice depth.
Don’t forget to add the candy corn!
Looking for the square and oval vintage frames?
They’re bundled in the same ZIP file as the basket and leaves. Download it from the Free Files Folder – it’s design # 115 Magical Memories Explosion Box Bonus SVGs – fall basket, leaves, and vintage frames.
Join my community to:
– get the Thanksgiving basket, fall leaves, and extra vintage frames you were promised in my workshop
– learn more paper crafting and Cricut tips
– get access to download the project files for pop-up cards, printables, and party prep
Does this Magical Memories box leave you mystified? Leave your questions in the comments below, and I, Emily the Explosion Box Enchantress, will be delighted to provide you with answers and guidance! 🪄
Jodie says
Such a fun project and loved your costume.
Emily says
Thank you!
Anonymous says
Thanks for these extra files Emily! Very appreciated! And for the folder icon for the Craft Fest 🙂
Sigrid Heidi LeBlanc Dubas says
Can’t wait! so excited
Emily says
YAY! The workshops start today and mine is tomorrow!
Roxanne says
super cute
Emily says
Thanks!! I had so much fun designing!