Nº D-11707
Keepsake photos, cards, surprise gifts — lift the lid, the walls pop open.
Made for: Tết & gifts, Office & business.
Sample printed on ivory (C1S board) 300 gsm, matte lamination; style: polygon box (5, 6, 7 or 8 sides, triangle, trapezoid, rhombus, fan, folded round).
Sample size 4 side 100 × 100 mm.
A layered gift box: each layer a floor and free walls, nested under a lid — lift the lid and the walls fall open like a flower, each face holding a photo or a message.
Yes, commercial use included; Free adds a watermark grid at 1K, Pro exports 4K without it.
Yes — from the 4 side 100 × 100 mm sample or your own size, with the dieline redrawn.
Yes, with Pro: the die files (SVG, PDF / AI, DXF / CF2) and the CMYK print PDF; designing on the die is free.
The sample is ivory (C1S board) 300 gsm with matte lamination, on a dieline drawn at the size you type.
An explosion box is a square box with a lift-off lid; inside are nested cross-shaped sheets, each layer with four flaps folding up around a shared square base. Lift the lid and the flaps are no longer held, so they fall open on all four sides like a flower, revealing photos, notes and small pockets on each flap and a gift in the centre. Each inner layer is a few millimetres smaller than the one outside it so they fold neatly.
300 gsm ivory C1S like the sample is stiff enough for the flaps to spring open yet still fold neatly; the outer layer can be 350 gsm and the inner layers 250 gsm to keep the folded stack thin. Photos glued to flaps should be on thin photo paper or 150–200 gsm C2S so the flaps don't sag.
Matt lamination on the flaps keeps photos glare-free and makes them last through repeated opening; the lid can carry foil, spot UV or a ribbon. Deep creases help the flaps open straight.
Each layer is its own cross-shaped file: the base square in the middle and four flaps around it; the inner face of each flap is what the recipient sees when the box opens, the outer face only shows when folded. Orient photos and text to read when the flaps lie flat outward, and keep 3–5 mm clear of the base creases.
Four flaps per layer, each taking a photo of about 70–85 mm on the outer layer and smaller inside; about 12 photos in all, or 8 photos plus 4 messages.
The shared base is about 90–95 mm, so keep the gift under roughly 70 × 70 × 70 mm so the innermost flaps still close over it.
Three is the usual choice, with room for 8–12 photos and messages; four gives more room but is thicker and needs a bigger box.
Small light gifts such as sweets, a candle, a bracelet or a ring box; the base is board, so heavy gifts make it sag.
The box structure can be printed and die-cut in volume; personal photos are usually printed digitally and glued by hand, which suits made-to-order gift shops.