Not every project turns out the way I intend for it too. This one was a prime example. I had planned to create a paper flower HEART shadow box to show you today. After making all of the roses and assembling them onto the heart I discovered they did not fit into the frame I had for them! So I had to start over completely with what I had on hand, and now we have the box you see above (try to ignore my reflection in the image 😂 ).
I do enjoy making paper flowers. This is something the Cricut is required for, as well as a lot of patience. They do take quite some time to put together as welll. The flowers in this box were made for a different project where I ran into the same issue-they were to big for the frame they needed to go in so I had to get creative and make something else.
Materials needed for this project include:
- cricut machine
-12x12 cardstock in colors of your choice
- one sheet of patterned cardstock for the background
- hot glue
- shadow box frame ( I got mine from Michaels and it opens from the front. Make sure it's deep enough to fit the flowers).
- Cricut vinyl in white
The first thing that needs to happen is you need to cut out all of your flowers. I don't have any photos of this because I had these flowers cut and ready to go from awhile ago. A simple rolled paper flower template from Cricut Access will do. I used the rolled rose template and ended up with about forty roses total. The number of flowers you cut will depend on the size of your frame. Once you've cut and assembled your flowers they will look similar to the ones in the image above.
Next you will begin to assemble your box. I suggest placing the roses where you want them BEFORE you glue them to the inside. This saves you from figuring out later that they either don't fit, or you just don't like where they've been placed. I also placed my printed sheet of paper under the roses at this point to see where it would look best. It didn't cover the entire inside of the box so I had to be strategic about where the roses went so that you couldn't see the paper was too small.
If you're happy with the placement you can go ahead and glue the roses inside using your hot glue gun. You will notice in the first image that I also added some 3D hearts to my box. I had those left over from another project and wanted to use them up!
Now, it's time to add the message to the front of your box. I did this using the Cricut and some white vinyl. Before cutting the words out on the machine, I mirrored my image in the software. I do this because I think it looks cleaner to have the image on the inside of the glass and not on the front of the box. It will last longer and make the box easier to clean if needed. Using vinyl is something that takes practice and a lot of patience. It can be tricky to weed off of the backing and also tricky to transfer over to the item you're placing it on. I have a video below of the process.
That's it! A pretty paper flower shadow box that you could gift a loved one or keep for yourself. I realize there is not a lot of instruction on using the Cricut in this post so if you do have one and have some questions on how to use it let me know, I am happy to help. The purpose of this post was to show you how I created this box so I hope you enjoyed it. I can't believe we are already more than half way through our 14 days of crafts! There is still so much more to come! Check back tomorrow to see how to make a Scrapbook Heart Frame. Bye for now!