Thursday, November 5, 2009

House Shadow Box

Here's a house shaped shadowbox card....the measurements for this shadowbox card is slightly different from the previous ones posted. This so reminds me of the SU Christmas Designer Series paper even though I hadn't used any here. The subtle small dots from the Big Shot Exclusive Texture Plate #1 is just the right touch. Finished card size: 4-1/4" x 4-1/2" x 1". When collapsed, this will fit into a A2 size envelope.

Card front: finished off with a poinsettia on 1-1/4" Circle Punched Very Vanilla, popped with a dimensional on 1-1/4" Circle Punched Brown Suede. For this Shadowbox, the ribbon is wrapped around the entire card.
Those poinsettias: are from the Boho Blossoms punch (the medium size flower). The centers of the poinsettia are from the small punch in the Crop-o-dile. They are popped with dimensions on to the back panel and also the middle panel.

Top view:

Measurements for this shadowbox:
(1) 6-1/2 x 3-1/2 for Front, on 6-1/2 side: score 1" right and left side
(1) 5-1/2" x 3-1/2" for Middle panel, on the 5-1/2" side: score 1/2" right and left side
(1) 6-1/2" x 3-1/2" for Back panel, on the 6-1/2" side: score 1" right and left side
(1) 1-1/2" c 4-1/2" for roof
The front panel is using the 1-3/4" Circle Punch.
The middle Panel is using the 1-1/2" Circle Punch:


Roof: Panel is cut 1-1/2" wide, after using the scallop punch, roof should be finished 1-1/4" wide. Mark 1/2" from the scallop edge, then trim off 1/14" to "o" to create the roof angle.
Tip: place cut roof CS into Petals-a-Plenty impression folder before using scallop punch.

Using the middle panel as a template: lightly mark with a pencil the top and bottom of the punched center circle to ensure stamped image will be correctly centered.

Use the Stampin' Write Pens and Stamp-a-mah-jig to position the message:

For the Poinsettias: Use the Boho Blossoms medium size flower and the Crop-o-dile small punch for the centers (in Crushed Curry CS) - Adhere using Tombow or 2 way Glue Pen.

Position the completed Poinsettias on the Back and Middle panels. They were popped with dimensionals.
Complete shadowbox part of the card. Last step is to adhere roof - there is a 1/2" overlap on the top edge. The height of the card should not exceed 4-1/4".
Supplies:
  • Stamps: Sweet Seasons
  • CS: Real Red, Brown Suede, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry
  • Ink: none
  • Accys: 1" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin' Write Pens in Real Red, Brown Suede, and Old Olive, Stampin-Up Petals-a-Plenty Textured Impressions Folder, SU Exclusive Big Shot Texturz Plate Backgrounds #1, Ribbon Originals Mistletoe Ribbon (Holiday Mini), Boho Blossoms Punch, Tombow Glue Crop-o-dile, Dimensionals

Thank you for stopping by today....................HUGS...............

5 comments:

Lorri said...

SWEET CARD!! How do you dream these up? I just KNOW you dream in color, too. Thanks Patti! You are incredibly creative!

Kylie said...

Another fabulous shadow box card. These are great Patti.
Kylie xo

Tami Black said...

Thank you so much for sharing such a great card and for giving us ALL the directions. I've done shadows before with success, but love this version and I'm most definitely casing!

helen said...

You are so creative! Thank you for sharing.

Jeanne Nielsen said...

Love this card! Such a nice idea! TFS!