Merry Christmas Shadow Box

Hey everybody! I hope you’re having a great week – we’re halfway to the weekend! Our new challenge launched this morning over at Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog and I’m stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MLCCB #56 – Anything Christmas Goes! I made THE cutest little round shadow box featuring papers and die cuts from the Keep It Simple Scandinavian Christmas Collection! This could easily be used as a Christmas ornament or a wall decoration. And the coolest part is that the circle is an upcycled chipboard packaging ring from a new vacuum cleaner I bought a while back… there were three of them in the box (different sizes) and I saved them all from the landfill! Yay me! ;)

I started by covering the inside and outside of the ring with 3/4″ strips of paper from the Keep It Simple Scandinavian Christmas 6×9 Collection Pack. I used my Cricut Joy to cut a circle which I adhered to the back of the ring. I picked out several die cuts to create the little scene from the Scandinavian Christmas Gnomes and Santa & Friends Die Cut Pieces. A heart was added to the gnome’s letter popped up on a 3D foam square, and then I addded the gnome and tree on pop-up elements I made from CutCardStock Cougar 100# Smooth White cardstock.

I framed the sentiment on a scrap of red patterned paper from the Collection Pack and popped it up on a 1″ double-sided foam strip. I framed the ring with alternating drops of Nuvo Wedgewood Blue and Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops, and added a bow and hanger from Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine.

Here’s a shot of the back. I covered the ends of the twine hanger with a small stitched circle cut from the same paper using a Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Die, which completed the project. So fun!

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Products used:
CARDSTOCK/PAPER: Keep It Simple Scandinavian Christmas 6×9 Collection Pack, Cougar Smooth 100# White cardstock
DIES/PUNCHES: Keep It Simple Stitched Circles Nested Dies
ACCESSORIES: Cricut Joy, Bearly Art precision craft glue, Big Shot, upcycled piece of chipboard packaging from vacuum cleaner, Keep It Simple Scandinavian Christmas Gnomes and Santa & Friends Die Cut Pieces, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares (small white), 1″ double-sided foam strip, Nuvo Wedgewood Blue and Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops, Doodlebug Design Lily White Doodle Twine

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing this project and will link up with us this time! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,