When I was in Germany as an exchange student many, many years ago, I purchased a set of wooden Christmas ornaments. They have moved house with me over the years since then and have adorned many a Christmas tree.
However, last year we had a two year old in the house who was captivated by the little wooden figures hanging from the tree branches. One of the consequences was that a little drummer boy lost his head. Literally.
I put my poor broken ornament away in the wardrobe in the spare room, not able to throw him in the bin. I didn’t know what I was going to do with him. That was, until I saw Scrapware’s shadow box...
As seen in Creative Paper magazine, issue 73.
The perfect home!
Scrapware's shadowbox comes ready to decorate and assemble. I've measured the size of the back board and cut some patterned paper to size, which I've used as the background upon which to create my snow scene.
The snowy fields are made by applying texture paste roughly onto the page. While the texture paste’s wet, press strips of frayed muslin on top, as well as loads of silver glitter.
The little Scrapware Christmas Trees are decorated with coordinating patterned paper. The stars on top of the trees are embossed with platinum embossing powder. Then texture paste has been applied randomly to the trees to resemble snow collecting in the branches. Silver brads finish the tree decorations.
Once I had created the backdrop for the project, I adhered it to the backing board of the shadow box, and glued the sides in place. Once dry, I slapped on a couple of coats of cream acrylic paint.
A Scrapware scallop strip creates a cute little curtain treatment at the top of the box. A Funky Star coated in silver glitter lights up the wintery night sky.
Shredded cotton wool fills the bottom of the box. I've nestled the drummer boy in amongst the cotton wool, gluing him really well to secure.
A Scrapware fence houses the title for the shadow box in the bottom corner. The Scrapware "Joy" word has been dunked in glitter and, when dry, adhered on top of a scalloped circle. A Scrapware Decorative Photo Corner in the RHS upper corner completes the shadow box.
Shadow boxes are wonderful for creating projects that have more dimension than ordinary layouts. Uses include memory boxes for baby handprints and first outfits, favourite toys or blocks, seascapes containing favourite shells collected during a summer holiday, collections of heritage keepsakes, holders for precious mementos, paper tole projects, or wedding invitations and flowers.
Kathie
To make the shadow box, you’ll need the following materials:
Scrapware 10x10” Shadow Box Kit (KT24)
Scrapware Chipboard Fence Set (CH80)
Scrapware Mini Christmas Trees (CS19)
Scrapware Funky Stars (SS01)
Scrapware Scallop Border (BD05)
Scrapware Scalloped Circles (SH06)
Scrapware Decorative Photo Corners (PC02)
Scrapware Word
Patterned Paper x3
Texture Paste
Acrylic Paste
Glitter
Pigment Ink
Embossing Powder
Brads
Cotton Wool
Muslin
Wooden Christmas Ornament.
