Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Always & Forever Shadowbox

I wanted to share this shadow box that I made for a friend of mine who's daughter just got married about 3 weeks ago. It was one of my projects I made last weekend during our scrap retreat/swarm. I have made a few of these before and they make beautiful gifts. I hope I inspire you to try making one~they are a lot of fun and the end result is great!!

I started with 12 x 12 black paper as my base. The base layer I used patterned paper cut at 11 3/4 x 11 3/4. I wanted to format around a 5 x 7 photo so I cut a mat size 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 in cream,  a 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 in pink and 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in black. Attaching a satin ribbon bow around the cream layer. I then cut a mat size 6 7/8 x 8 1/2 in cream, 7 1/4 x 8 7/8 in pink and 7 1/2 x 9 3/8 in black for the next layer. I used the Sweethearts cartridge to cut the dove at 2" and embossed it with the cuttlebug~swiss dots folder. I used the gypsy to weld the "Always & Forever" at 1.12 x 3.19 each word separately and the & symbol at 1.22 using Lyrical Letters cartridge. I welded the date at .49 x 2.06 and cut it on vinyl for easy placing. I used a SU punch for around the date. The pretty flower piece on the side of the layout I found at Michael's. Pretty ha??
Thanks for visiting,
Sherrie

Challenges: My Craft Spot Monday challenge #1~tie a bow over at: http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/

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16 comments:

  1. Evening Sherrie,

    What a nice shadow box. I have yet tried making one myself. You are making it very tempting. I love the flora going up. TFS!!!

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  2. Gorgeous layout!! Love all of the flowers that look like they are just growing right on your page! The bow is sweet! Beautiful!!

    Thanks for joining in the fun at My Craft Spot!

    Kimberly

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  3. This is so pretty. "Always and Forever" is my and my husband's song, so of course I'm going to like this, and what a beautiful wedding gift it makes.

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  4. This is so pretty...what a great gift this will make! Love all the layers...so elegant. TFS!

    ~Sharon C.

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  5. Beautiful! The flowers on the side and the shimmer in the paper is gorgeous!

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  6. Hi Sherrie, your shadow box is beautiful, great job. Thanks for becoming one of my new follower, now I am your new follower. Glad momo sent us!! Looking farward to seeing more of your super projects.
    Cheers
    fran

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  7. Beautiful shadowbox, you did an awesome job!

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  8. Wow... this is very nice!! Love that flower thing on the side, what is it???
    TFS
    LindaP

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  9. Sherrie,
    Your shadow box is gorgeous, absolutely stunning. I am sure your friend will love it
    Hugs,
    Stacy

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  10. This is absolutely gorgeous. Such and elegant gift!! Your friend must hav loved it!

    I made a shadow box for my girlfriend and she loved it. Such a great gift to have!

    Laurie

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  11. This is just so lovely and such a wonderful, thoughtful gift! I love making shadow boxes...it's so nice to be able to display a few precious memories on the wall for everyone to share. Love this!

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  12. This is beautiful!
    Thank you for stopping by my blog and becoming a follower.
    I'm now a follower of yours!

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  13. BEAUTIFUL!! I love shadowbox 12x12s. I can't believe I am not a follower- I totally thought I was :) I am here enough. I'll follow now, thanks for following us. -Paper Panther

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  14. Oh My!! What a beautiful shadow box. I'm a new follower sent by Momo. Thanks for stopping by and following me.

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  15. What a very elegant frame! It's beautiful. Thanks for stopping by my blog and becoming a follower. I'm a new follower of yours. Momo sent me.

    stacy
    www.mycraftingtime.com

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