Special Shadowbox

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Hi friends sharing a special project I made as a birthday present for my husband. He is a nature lover, an avid gardener and loves birds and butterflies . He also loves looking at houses and his catch phrase is "Enjoy". I tend to reach for Graphic 45 papers whenever I want to make something really special. So I made a special shadowbox using Graphic 45 papers and tried to incorporate all  my husband's favourite elements!

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I have used mainly the gorgeous Graphic 45 Artisan Style papers to make this project. 

The lovely light bulb is from Prima.

Made the peacock by layering 3 diecuts and adding pearls and glitter. Added flowers , leaves , fruits ad butterflies at different depths.

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A tiny bird nests on the rooftop hidden from direct view by the hanging flowers!

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Another little bird nests atop lovely flowers near the pillars of the house. Many of the  flowers in this shadowbox were made using the technique  of Sospeso Transparente .

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A pair of peacocks were  cut and layered atop the same peacock design to give a 3 D look.  I have used a lot of   flowers and butterflies fussy cut from snippets of paper and jazzed them up with glitter.

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Added tiny pearl  hearts on the feathers of the   peacocks.

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More butterflies, flowers and cute mushrooms on this corner! I used so many different dies to make the foliage as I wanted a medley of different leaves just like in nature!

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This picture shows the multiple layers of the shadowbox. I think from this view you can fathom the  many hours I spent making this project. It was indeed a labour of love!

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The shadowbox has a protective glass frame and I decoupaged it with matching paper from the same paper stack collection.

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Supplies used: Dies :  DMC Foliage and Leaves 9,Little Birdie Meadow Foliage,Little Birdie Fresh Foliage,Little Birdie Fern Forest,Little Birdie Fern Foliage

Papers : Graphic 45 Artisan Style, Graphic 45 Nature Sketchbook,Graphic 45 A Ladies Diary, Graphic 45 Baby to Bride for the sides of the  shadowbox

Shaker Box

 

Shaker Box

Hi friends my daughter's current favourite colour is purple and I altered this box for her using a lovely purple paper from Stamperia. 

Shaker Box

I added a die cut Peacock , lots of purple butterflies and shaker elements. Made a shaker using the Fuse tool. I seem to get a hit or miss  result with the fuse tool and this time it was a big miss as the edges turned out ghastly . 

Shaker Box

Rather than throw it into the bin I managed to somewhat salvage the project by adding purple glitter strips on the edges to create a frame! Hehe glitter truly can salvage many a crafty blunder...what do you say friends ....?

Papers : Stamperia. Dies : Sizzix,Provocraft
Linking to  

All Sorts Challenge

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

Shopping Our Stash Letter B- I used Birds, Butterflies and Box