tissuebox and measurements help needed...

[ninajeanette2]

can someone plz explain me when i m making the tissuebox and following these instructions {
Two 5 1/8� x 9 1/2� pieces of cardstock (base)

One 6 9/16� square piece of cardstock (lid)

Four 4 �� x 4� pieces of cardstock (base layers)

Four 4 �� x �� pieces of cardstock (lid side layers)

One 4 �� square piece of cardstock (top layer)}}

how do 1/4 . 1/8 3/4 and those looks like on my martha stewart scoring board, i dont even know what comes first and what comes last,lol
i did try making the box tonight but i didnt manage it, it didnt fit properly together

please helpn silly little me

[cbet]

Yes, this is where metric is way easier to understand than imperial!!!

I'll try to explain without a picture:

Each score line on your Martha Stewart board is 1/8". So, the first score line past the 4" line is 4-1/8". The second score line is 4 - 2/8", which is the same as 4-1/4". (So if you score at every other line, you are scoring 1/4" apart).

1/2" would be 4/8", or every 4th line, skipping 3 lines in between.

3/4" would be 6/8", or skipping 5 lines in between. But the easier way to find it on the board is that it is 1/4" (2/8") less than the next full inch. So if you wanted to score at 4-3/4", you'd find the 5" mark on the board and go back to the left, skipping one mark and scoring two marks to the left.

If you wanted to mark the little lines, the measurements between the full inch marks would go like this:

1/8"; 1/4"; 3/8"; 1/2"; 5/8"; 3/4"; 7/8"

Does that help at all?


That piece that's cut at 6 9/16" - that would be 1/16" more than 6 1/2".

[53queenbee]

Think of it like pizza---but I see you are in Norway! (I am assuming you have pizza there like we do in the states--every street corner!) 1/2 of a pizza is MORE than 1/4 of a pizza which is More than 1/8 of a pizza.

1/8"; 1/4"; 3/8"; 1/2"; 5/8"; 3/4"; 7/8"; 1 (all) (my favorite part of the pizza share!)