The Wondrous Cross Exploding Box SurpriseCompleted by Margaret McCartney

I printed the box sides and the lid onto good quality 300gsm white card and cut these out. I printed the inside panels and the bird house onto 200gsm white card and cut these out.

I printed the pockets also onto 200gsm white card and then fed all these sheets back through the printer to print the backing paper on the reverse.

The other elements I printed onto good quality 280gsm photographic paper and cut these out. I followed the instructions to assemble the box and lid. I added the pockets to the inside of each panel using wet glue.

I added the outside panels printed onto photographic paper to each side using thin foam tape. I assembled the book and stand and added one of the pages with a religious quote onto it using a selection of wet glue and thin foam tape.

I added the bunches of flowers to the stands using strong double sided tape and then affixed them to the base also using strong double sided tape.

I added the single flowers to the base using thin foam tape. Gorgeous when completed. Not difficult to do but it does take some time and patience but well worth it.