Daisy Lane Shadow Box

This is a great card which has a 3D effect but lays flat for mailing. When closed, this card looks like an ordinary card, but open it up and it becomes a shadow box.

A 5 1/2 by 10 1/2" piece of Lovely Lipstick card stock is scored at  1/2, 4, 4 1/2, and 8 1/2" inches.  A  rectangular opening is made between the  1/2"and 4" score lines, using square framelits and the Big Shot, a ruler and exacto knife, or a paper trimmer.  This is the top of the shadow box.

Punched Flowers in Lighted Shadow Box

I purchased the shadow box in a local dollar store.  The wood frame is unfinished, and I have chosen to leave it that way

Inside I created a scene incorporating a punched tree, punched flowers and a fussy cut bird.  The background is Balmy Blue card stock embossed with the Brick embossing folder with glitter embossing paste randomly added over the embossed surface.  Around of the inside edge I added a string of battery operated mini lights.

After the tree  (Sweet Silhouette dies) was added to the left side, a fussy cut bird (Bird Ballad DSP)  and 3 flowers were added.  The word "inspire" (Sweet Silhouette dies) almost looks like it is flying in the sky attached to the back of an airplane.

Each flower is made using the following:   Daisy punch Large 3 and /or Medium Daisy punch 3;
1 3/8" scallop circle punch 2 and a 7/8" circle punch for the center.  The leaves are made using the Petal punch and the Leaf punch.

The petals are shaped using a bone folder; the scallops circle punchies are snipped at an angle all the way around.

All layers are adhered together to form the flower, after which an Old Olive Petals and Leaves  are added.

Flower 1:

Layer 1:  Daisy punch 3 in Blackberry Bliss
Layer 2:  Medium Daisy punch 3 in Highland Heather
Layer 3:  1 3/8" scallop circle punch 3 Crushed Curry
Center:  7/8" circle punch in Early Espresso

Petal and leaf punchies added in Old Olive card stock






Flower 2:

Layer 1:  3 in Medium Daisy punch using Blackberry Bliss
Layer 2:  2 in  1 3/8" scallop circle Petal Pink
Center  :  1 7/8" in Crumb Cake


Flower 3:
Layer 1  Flirty Flamingo Daisy Punch 3
Layer 2:  Petal Pink Medium Daisy Punch 2
Layer 3:  Crushed Curry 1 7/8" Scallop circle
Center:  7/8" circle punch - Early Espresso

An Easter Butterfly Shadow Frame

I found this 3 1/2" by  5 1/2" shadow box frame in the dollar store.  There were only 2 left, one bright green and one orange, and were being sold for the grand price of $1 each.  Needless to say I grabbed them up.
The first thing I did was sand them down and paint them first with a coat of white paint followed by 2 coats of black.

I made one of the two frames into an Easter shadow box.

The background is a piece of Petal Promenade DSP which I sponged with Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody, Balmy Blue , Crumb Cake and Basic Gray to create the colourful backdrop for the beautiful butterflies.

The branch looks real enough, but honestly it is made out of paper.  Five branches were die cut using Early Espresso card stock using the Seasonal layers Thinlet dies These were adhered  together to give the branch a 3D look.  The leaves were made by cutting apart a leaf punchie.  Each leaf was then folded in half to give the leaf a more realistic look.

Another branch was made for across the bottom, and 3 real chocolate Easter eggs were adhered to this.

Using the butterfly duet punch, four butterflies were punched out of the SAB Butterfly Gala DSP, and another two were fussy cut. All had their edges sponged with Basic Gray ink.  The butterflies were adhered one on top of the other and then to the background by the thorax only.  Another butterfly was punched to be placed on the outside of the frame.

I made 2 small roses to add to the outside frame underneath the butterfly.

All I had to do now was place the butterfly background into the shadow box frame----