Flying Deer Shadow Box - Open House Door Prize

This 7 by 10 front opening shadow box is a dollar store find, and although the frame is made of unpainted wood the window is plastic.

Using the Dashing Deer framelits, and Hearts Come Home framelits die cuts, I added a string of mini lights to create this 3D Lighted Window Box, which will be the main door prize at my Open House on Oct. 13.

The sky was made using an emboss resist technique using the Star of Light stamp set and white embossing powder,  The moon was masked off using a 1 1/4" circle punchie.  Color was applied using a brayer.

The houses were die cut and layered with the lights in between. The extra lights were adhered behind the stars in the sky.

Because the deer were die cut in copper foil I painted only the outside lid with copper shimmer paint.  I added them using a strip of card stock accordion folded that gave them the ability of movement.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Star of Light

Inks:  Versa Mark, Petal Pink, Lovely Lipstick, Blueberry Bushel, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry

Papers:  Shimmer White card stock, Copper foil

Accessories:  Detailed Deer Thinlets, Hometown Greetings Edgelits, 1 1/4" circle punch, dimensionals, mini lights (battery), white embossing powder, wood shadow box, copper shimmer paint

Hearts Come Home Lighted Shadow Box - a case

This lighted Shadow Frame box featuring the Hearts Come Home bundle and created by Kathryn Simpson was featured on Demonstrator Planning Place. I was immediately enthralled by the project and decided to make one to see how it went using the  tutorials she made on You Tube.  This tutorial is in 3 parts and are very easy to follow.  Look for   Part 1,  Part 2  Part 3 on You Tube.

It was easier to make than I thought, and I plan on making a number of them for Christmas presents.

Unfortunately I was not able to find a 6 by 6 shadow frame box so I used an 8 by 8" shadow box instead. I managed to find some micro LED lights (20 on a string) and have ordered more from Amazon.

This is the first Shadow Box I made.  I made the background by first clear embossing the snowflakes from the Night of Bethlehem stamp set and the Santa and sleigh from Heart Come Home.  Then I used Night of Navy ink and a sponge to cover the rest of the background, wiping the ink over the embossed images with a paper towel when finished (Embossed Resist Technique). To make the sky look more wintery and snowy I apply Wink of Stella in wispy circles across the sky.

After the background was finished, it was adhered to the thick card board backing of the Shadow Frame with Tear and Tape adhesive.  In the bottom right corner a hole was punched with the Crop-o-dile to allow for the insertion of the microlights.

Three layers of Whisper white cardstock were used to used to die cut the layers - 8 by 5", 8 by 4 inches and 8 by 3".  After die cutting, dimensionals were placed behind the layers.  I might try foam adhesive strips on another project. I decided not to colour the houses as Kathryn did and left then white.

Attaching the lights between the layers using glue dots was a bit tricky but I finally got the hang of it.

The background on this one was made a little differently as I placed a moon in the sky by masking it with a 1 3/8" circle post it note.

This time I used white embossing powder and used the brayer to apply the ink- and find the sky is much brighter.

I need a bit more practice, but I really like the results.  Thanks so much Kathryn Simpson.

Here's both frames together:

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Hearts Come Home, Night of Bethlehem
Inks:  Versa Mark, Night of Navy (Daffodil Delight if adding a moon)
Papers;  Whisper White
Accessories:  Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies, Clear or White Embossing Powder, Dimensionals (regular and mini), Micro LED lights (non stampin up), 8 by 8" Shadow Box frame, Wink of Stella (optional)

Hearts Come Home Tag

In two weeks I will be doing my last class of the year - on tags and ornaments.

One of the tags that will be made is one made using the Hearts Come Home stamp set and coordinating framelits/edgelits "Hometown Greetings"

I started with a 3 by 2" of  Whisper White and die cut the top of the tag using the tag top die from the Hometown Greetings die set.  It has a little heart for a ribbon aperture.

On a 3 by 1 7/8" piece of Night of Navy card stock, I first white embossed the moon, Santa and sleigh and snowflakes in white.  Then I added a die cut of a house, snowman and trees and added it to the bottom.  Behind the house I added a small piece of gold foil, making it look like the windows are lit up.

The sentiment in the middle is only half the sentiment from the stamp set.  It is stamped in Night of Navy on Whisper White and matted with Gold Foil

At the top I added a Whisper White bow made using  the Bow Builder punch.  In the center of the bow is a gold faceted gem.

Some silver trim cord was inserted through the heart- shaped aperture.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Hearts Come Home

Inks:  Versa Mark, Night of Navy

Papers:  Whisper White, Night of Navy, Gold Foil

Accessories:  Hometown Greetings Dies/Edgelets, Silver trim cord, Bow Builder punch, Gold faceted gem, White embossing powder, Clear Wink of Stella