Shadow Box Ideas!!
Hello Friends and welcome to today’s Demo!! Today we will be talking about building Shadow boxes and some ways to create a special scene within!
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This first Shadowbox card is made simply by taking and cutting a piece of cardstock and cutting it along the halfway 4.25” point. Our shadowbox will be 1.25” depth, 5” wide, and 4” for the height. We will score at 4” for the width of the card, then at 5.25” for the 1.25” depth, then again at 9.25” for the 4” width again. This will leave us a 1.25” and a tab at the end to adhere. Here’s our folded card base!
Use a circle diecut to create a window in the front of the card.
Now to create the middle section for the floating additions! After cutting a 1” strip, score 0.5” on either side so you can fold each tab opposite ways! Adhere this to the inside base to create a platform.
Using the three die cuts below, assemble this adorable bird-nest card! Attach a bow of ribbon to tie it all together and taa-daa your first Shadowbox card!
Now we are going to make a larger shadowbox design!
Since we are using a frame die-cut with greenery and a fairy, we will create our base to fit it perfectly. We will be having quite a bit of layering so we’ll need a deeper box- let’s go with 2”!
Using two standard black cardstocks, we will want 2” for the depth, 5” for the card, and .25” for the anchor tab- cut both at 7.25” by 7”. Score both at 5” and again at 7”, leaving the residual .25” tab. Take one piece to become the front of the card by die-cutting a rectangular window!
Now it’s time to layer and build your scene!
Creating floating tabs in the center of the shadowbox lets you layer elements in different depths! Elli chose to let the fairy stand out more by cutting it out of Stardream black, and the background out of green. With the mushrooms, red caps let the white spots pop through, various green grass gives dimension for the Whittle Snails to sit! Lastly, hanging stars were made by attaching iridescent twine to the top of the card.
Look at this adorable scene that came to life! Shadowboxes can be as intricate or simple as you want!
Here is another adorable, straight-forward shadowbox design!
Using Stardream cardstock, cut and score a 3” x 11” carstock strip, score at 3” and 1” intervals to create a shadowbox with the dimensions 3”x3”x1”. Using a 2” circle punch, create a window in the front of your shadowbox card!
This card uses LawnFawn’s Magic Iris Fall Leaves Add-on and Poppy’s Whittle Lion die cut to create such a cute King of the Jungle card!!
Those are our three shadowbox cards today!!
These three designs demonstrate that you can make a shadowbox look however you'd like!! From intricate scenes to delicate frames- what a world to explore!!
You can make them as small as cards, or find your ambition and use these techniques to build an even bigger scene!!
Thanks for tuning in, my creative friends!
See you next time!!
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