Recycling Crafts - Valentine Shadow Box

Cardboard Doll house

Recycling crafts are a  passion of mine more so because it gets a lot of  appreciation from my hubby to whom most of my other projects merit just a "hmm"!
I hate to cut up pretty paper and to feel better about it, I converted a cardboard box into a shadowbox in this recycling craft

Recycling craft

I cut and glued the flaps of the box to make the compartment of my shadow box

Recycling craft

I used pattern paper to  line the compartments of the box in this recycling craft.

Recycling craft

Here is the side view of our shadow box

Shadow Box

My daughter claimed the shadow box as her Valentine present and promptly upgraded it into a doll house.

Doll house

On a die cut banner added some quilling and punchcraft flowers

Quilled Flowers

I really managed to stretch a single 12 x 12 sheet of pattern paper here..I die cut it, punched it, cut borders out of it and also used it to make punch craft flowers

Punchcraft flowers

My daughter loves all things cute and cuddly and she added some furry friends to the doll house

Doll House

My kiddo sculpted a "valentine" play dough rose for the bunny in her doll house

Playdough rose

We added a romantic pair of hedgehogs in one "room" of her cardboard doll house!

Shadow Box

I stuck a scallop and flowery border on the "terrace" of our recycling craft house

Shadow Box

Here is a closeup of the homemade stick pin

Stick pin

Most of you may be knowing how to make one..but I made my first pin only recently and was surprised how easy it was.

Stick Pin Tutorial 

Choose a long pin the kind with a bead or crystal on one end. Add jewelry caps and beads and the trick here it to secure them firmly with a dot of hot glue so that the beads dont fall off!

Stick Pin Tutorial 

Easy wasnt it!

Recycling crafts

If you are on pinterest you can pin the collage for easy reference later on.

Shadow Box

Edited : This project was selected as honorable mention at  Crafters Corner expressions of love theme