Spellbinders Shadowbox Collection Release Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! I hope that the middle of the week finds you well! Today I am excited to be joining in on the Spellbinders Shadowbox Collection Blog Hop! You can find all the new Shadowbox products HERE.

These dies are such a FUN concept, and can be used in so many ways! My friend Kathleen used them on a layout, framing her photos! I am using mine on a card, but they would make amazing tags, mini albums and home decor projects as well. I will put all the blog hop info at the bottom of my post, but how about we get to my card first?

If you know anything about me, you know that I love woodland themed everything - it makes me think of my sweet Layton up in Heaven, and of my home state, Montana. So when I saw the Shapeabilities Layered Thinking of You Woodland Scene, I knew it was what I would use first! The Shadowbox dies come in three sizes, which determine the width of it, and I chose the Die D-Lites Adjustable Shadowbox Frame with 1/2" Border for my card today.

To start, I created the shadowbox from a sheet of 12x12 paper from Alexandra Renke (This is from her Nordic Christmas collection, but is a neutral. It can be used for anything!). You can make them in any size you want, so I chose my typical 4 x 5 1/4 inches, which would be sightly framed by my A2 card base. For the 1/2" shadowbox, your paper strips need to be 2 1/8" wide, and then you need 2 strips cut to the length of each side. So (2) strips that are 4", and (2) strips that are 5 1/4". How do I know that the width needs to be 2 1/8"? Well - because they told me in the initial email - lol! But, if you actually measure the dies - that is exactly their width. As I mentioned above, my friend Kathleen created a layout with these dies and she also did a great video, showing how she put her frames together. You can catch that video HERE - it is really helpful for watching the shadowbox come together.

Once the shadowbox was assembled, I adhered it to the front of a white A2 card base, that I had already layered a block of patterned paper to. The paper is a beautiful river scene from the Creekside papers by 1Canoe2. I LOVE this paper, but was never really sure how to use it on a card. Framing it with the shadowbox was PERFECT! It perfectly compliments the woodland scene that I will be creating next.

Next I diecut the Woodland layers. I started by diecutting them all from 130 LB cougar white cardstock, then cut the top Thinking of You layer again from MirriSparkle gold glittered paper. I covered the tree layer in WOW Sparkles - Your Carriage Awaits. Then I loosely colored the deer/bunny layer with Zig Clean Color Real Markers. Finally, I adhered the two Thinking of You layers together, with the gold on top.

I glued the Thinking of You layer directly to the top of the animal layer, and then popped it up with Darice thin foam tape to the tree layer. Because the tree layer was glittered, I added mixed media adhesive to the foam tape so it would securely attach. With that finished, I layered it to the middle of the card with the same thin foam strips.

Finally, I accented around the woodland diecuts with my signature iridescent jewels. Such a fun card to put together, don't you think? This will NOT fit into an envelope friends - you will have to mail it in a bubble envelope or attach it to a package/gift bag for best results.

So, how about we get to all the blog hop info that you need?

Giveaway:
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, February 10th 11:59 pm EDT. Winners will be announced in our blog hop post the following Monday. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.

Blog Hop Order:

Spellbinders
Becca Feeken
Hussena Calcuttawala
 Jung AhSang
Tina Smith
 Lea Lawson
Desiree Kuemmerle
Dawn McVey
Olga Direktorenko
Gemma Campbell
Sandra Nagel
Jennifer Snyder
 Jean Manis
Yana Smakula

That is all I have for you today! Before I close, I wanted to mention that there are recent updates on my CRAFTY SALES page, so head over there to check them out. I also wanted to invite you to follow me on social media. I would love to be crafty friends!

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Happy hopping, and have a terrific rest of your Wednesday!

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