Shadow Box Cards Tutorial
In this comprehensive tutorial, Nicole Haupka shows you how to make sentiment shadow box cards with ease!
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If you love animals, then these super-cute shadow box cards are just your cup of tea!
They are fun to make and the extra depth allows you to build multi-layered scenes with your favourite dies. The challenge, of course, is to measure everything right before you start. Every now and then we all struggle with the scoring board and who hasn’t wasted sheets of cardstock just because they were missing a few millimetres here and there? Time to introduce the brilliant Craftables Box Card die from Marianne Design!
This die is easy to use and will work every single time. Nobody ever needs to know that you didn’t measure and cut it all out yourself. The die will do all the work for you, including scoring lines, so all you need to focus on is assembling the box and filling it with cute die-cuts, stamped images or sentiments. I suggest you keep the layers inside the box as flat as possible. You could add foam tape to make some elements stand out more, but keep in mind that the card folds almost flat for posting.
The Craftables Box Card die is larger than most dies. Therefore, it’s important to check the size of your cutting plates beforehand. If the box die is too large for your die-cutting machine, you can buy ready-made card blanks instead (for example, Crafter’s Companion’s Die’sire Fancy Card Blanks). These will feature a slightly different design but you can still turn them into amazing 3D cards!
For my collection of projects, I decided to show you what effects can be achieved when combining different dies. It’s a good idea to invest in dies that allow you to build scenes, e.g. grassy borders, clouds, skylines, trees and flowers. Simply glue them onto the two strips which are attached inside the box. A greeting panel can be added on the reverse. Acetate strips are a great idea for floating elements such as balloons. Get out your die-cutting machine and coloured cardstock, and create something amazing!
Die-cut two strips, as well as the reverse of the card blank. Secure the aperture die with tape in the centre and cut out the front. Do not remove the tape from the dies
Die-cut the front and reverse as well as four flaps from coloured cardstock. Layer them onto the white cardstock and fold the flaps
Die-cut different shapes and affix them to the strips. Fold the ends of both strips and attach them to the inside of the box
