Spring Joy

I have my first Easter card...yes it's another shadow box card...what can i say, i love them.
This is also my first challenge entry.  For now I'm only doing The Paper Shelter "Animal Magic" challenge. 

The image used is from TPS.  I used my spectrum noir and some brads, old brads, from Oriental Trading.
This SBC (shadow box card) has a side hidden pocket verses my previous version of the top loading pocket.  Whit this one the tag is attached and swivels out...love it. 

Spring Day DT entry...

This is a new twist for shadow boxes.  Ive gotten into a shadow box kick.  My first project was a dual shadow box invitation for my kids birthday.  I took it a spet further and made this shadow box pocket card....I love it!!!  My next project will be to make it into a shadow box slider card... we'll see how that goes...
This SB card is also my entry for The Paper Shelter DT call.  I'm so excited and way to nervous even for me.
I'm still kind of new at this so I'm hoping to get the hang of it quickly...here's hoping.
I do have the color combos used for this image and will update later.
UPDATE

I used my spectrum noir markers
Hair TN6 & 7
Hat TB 3-4-5
Shirt LG 1-2-3
Pant GB1 CT2-3
Pant Patch PP4 IB1
Skin FS2-3
Cheeks Lips FS7
Grass LG 1-2
Fence TN5 & 7
Fence embellies DR2
Eyes IB1

 

How to make a paper shadow box

Watch "How to make a Shadow Box" on YouTube

In this video I go over how I made the shadow box invitation for my kids.  I had been looking for a tutorial specifically on how to make a shadow box and I was not having any luck.  I did find one that required the use of lots of paper folded accordion style, although it was a good idea it was not going to work for me because I needed to make 60, yes 60 shadow boxes.  As you can see in one of the pictures below my invitations are side by side shadow boxes that open up like a stand up picture frame. 

Now, I was having problems recording the video and had to record 6 times.  So, because it always happens this way (murphy's law) I think I didn't go over some things about the shadow box…like how I used a 3x5 inch hinge to connect my two shadowboxes and how I had to figure out where to score on the hinge so that I had a clean wrap around fold and a center fold to give the shadow boxes a way to open up smoothly…yeah, it was a long two days let me tell ya.

I also didn't go over (but added a blurb) about how if you're not going to make the pocket shadow box you can just glue down your sides, long sides first, and then go on from there.  That should be pretty self-explanatory though. 

OR how I didn't go over painting your rectangular tubes before gluing them on the pocket only if they are chipboard…remember you can't paint regular cardstock without it warping and you don't want that to happen.

Although I may have left out a few bits you can still follow what I'm trying to do…I hope.

If you have any questions let me know. 

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!