How to Assemble Bloom Box Images
A Bloom Box by the Shabby Shoppe is a photo album in a box. The box opens to reveal three tiered layers of photos that resemble a blooming flower. Assemble Bloom Box images for each layer of the "bloom" with the Bloom Box PNG files that you downloaded from the Shabby Shoppe and a Photoshop program. Once you have added the photos to the levels of the bloom, print them out on card stock and tape them together to make the box.
Things You'll Need
- Bloom Box Easy as Pie layered template
- Adobe Photoshop
- Printer
- Card stock or premium heavyweight matte paper
- Scissors
- Metal straight edge ruler
- Scoring tool
- Scrapbooking adhesive tape
Instructions
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Open Adobe Photoshop, then press "Ctrl" + "O." Find the folder for Bloom Box .png file. Double click on the first layer of the Bloom Box. Click on the "Move Tool" icon which looks like an arrow with a cross next to it. Press and hold "SHIFT" and click and drag the page over to the blank page.
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Press "Ctrl" + "O." Find the folder that has the photos that you want to use in your Bloom Box. Press and hold "Ctrl" and click on four photos. Click "Open." Click and drag the four photos onto the page.
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Click "Window" in the Menu Bar. Select "Layers" to open the "Layers Palette" window. Click and drag the .png Bloom Box layer over all four photos, labeled Layer with a number after it. Click on Layer 1. Click the eye icon next to the three other photo layers to hide them. Press and hold "SHIFT" + "ALT" and click on a corner of the photo and drag it in. Click the green check mark located in the "Options" tool bar when you are finished moving the photo. Do the same with the other three photos. Press "Ctrl" + "T" to rotate a photo so that the bottom of the picture is lined up with the center square of the cross shaped Bloom Box .png image.
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Add four photos to the other two levels of the Bloom Box .png files. Click "File." Select "Save As." Type in the file name and change the format if necessary to "Photoshop (*PSD)." Click "Save."
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Click on "Layer." Select "Flatten Image." Click "File." Select "Save As." Type in the file name and "Print." Change the format to "JPEG." Select "10" for "Quality." Click on "Baseline" under the "Format Options" to select standard format.
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Print the front and back of each level of the Bloom Box on separate pieces of card stock or premium heavyweight matte paper. Cut out the prints into their cross shapes.
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Match up the front cards with the back cards. Each level is a different size, with the top/center level of the cross shaped "bloom" levels being the smallest.
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Align a straight edge metal ruler with the edge of the central picture of the cross shaped level to score the edges. Run the pointed end of a score tool down the ruler to score the card. Remove the ruler and use the flat end of the score tool to fold the card over and press down the fold to make a straight clean edge on the fold.
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Place the photo card, or the front at the top and the matching back at the bottom of each level, with the blank sides of the card stock against each other. Tape the front and back cards together for each level using scrapbook adhesive tape. Add adhesive tape to the back of the center square of the top and middle layers.
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Cut one side of each corner of the lid of the Bloom Box on the dashed lines where indicated to make the corner tabs. Place a small piece of adhesive tape on the top side of the lid on the corner tabs, about 1/8-inch away from the edge. Score and fold the lid with the score tool and straight edge ruler. Fold the lid and press the taped corner tabs against the folded edges to attach them to the sides of the lid.
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Fold up the sides of the Bloom Box and place the lid on the top to hold the levels in place and finish assembling the Bloom Box.
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