WHALE OF A TIME SHADOW BOX CARD
Shadow box cards are so much fun to look at and much easier to make than it may seem! I used the Whale of a Time Suite for this card. I absolutely love all the Designer Series Paper and I have another card made with the same Suite and a snow globe.
WHAT YOU NEED
Pool Party Cardstock: 5 ½” x 8”, score at 4 ¼” and 5 ½” x 5 ¼”, score at ½”, 4 ¼”, 4 ¾” (122924)
Whale of a Time Designer Series Paper : (2 pieces) 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" 1/2" x 5 1/2" 1/2" x 5 1/4" (152460)
Contrasting Whale of a Time DSP: 1 1/2" x 5 1/4" and (2 pieces) 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Circle Die (2-3/4) from Layering Circles (151770)
Circle Punch 2-1/4" (143720)
Smooth Sailing Dies (149576) - a piece that creates the seaweed.
Tear and Tape Adhesive (138995)
Whale Done Stamp Set (152470)
Pretty Peacock Stamp Pad (150083)
Calypso Coral Stamp Pad (147101)
HOW TO
1. Score your pieces of Pool Party cardstock. The 5 1/2" x 8" piece is your card base. Unlike regular card bases, the sides of this one are not the same size. The smaller half is the back and the larger is your card front.
2. Put Tear & Tape or another strong adhesive along the outer two 1/2" sections of the other piece of Pool Party Cardstock.
3. Take one piece of 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" Whale of a Time DSP and centre it between the score lines and stick it down on the layering piece. Cut a circle out of both layers, using the large circle from the Layering Circles dies.
4. Lay your card base out flat with the smaller side to your right. Lay the 5 1/2" x 5 1/4" piece of Pool Party cardstock in front of you so that one 1/2 strip is on the left and the other two are on the right.
Fold the two right sections under. To adhere this to your card base, line up the left side with the fold and glue down the right side with the two right flaps folded under. (I highly recommend watching the video for this!)
6. Open up your card all the way and adhere the other piece of 3 1/2" x 5 1/4" DSP to your card back. Part of it will cover the edge that you just glued down.
7. To adhere the other side of your card, fold it over again so that the left side lines up just inside the fold of your card base. Remove the backing to the Tear & Tape and close your card. When you open it again, you should have a shadow box.
8. Decorate as shown using fussy whales from the Whale of a Time DSP.
