DIY Shadow Box Project – Love Gives Us Wings

Nothing says I Love You like a homemade shadow box filled with Hearts & Flowers. Learn how to make your own below.

You can show that Special Person just how much they mean to you, add some flowers to your heart, and fly away as a butterfly on delicate wings. Love gives us freedom to fly high and grow into ourselves. This is a special Thank You to those who helped.

Instructions for Shadow Box

I used a limited background palette of cool colors: Pure Silver text and silver cover, Blue Sodalite and silver gilding flakes. The love was added with warmed Hinted Gold topped with Garnet Plum. Lots of flower cuts and a few little pearls add a bouquet of affection.

Save the packaging. You will need the cardboard for a working paper base, and the cellophane for wings to lift the flower covered butterfly. Using a 12″ shadow box with a 3/4″ clearance inside will give you the room you need. This was a fast and fun little project and I hope you enjoy it also. Happy gifting.

Here is my list of materials: MATERIALSList-paper-papersLove

Here is my printable steps:INSTRUCTIONS-Paper-PapersLove

Printable “Happy Loving Sentences”: Paper-Papers Love w more PDF

Love Give Us Wings: Paper-Papers Love 1 – PDF L Gives UW

Materials for Shadow Box

• FAV Shimmer (If a color is not available please utilize “Shop Color” Tab.)
  • Blue Sodalite 107 lb Cover
  • Garnet Plum 107 lb cover
  • Hinted Gold 81lb Text
  • Pure Silver 81 lb Text
  • Pure Silver 92 lb cover

About the designer: My name is Susan from Arizona. I sew, do house repairs, drawing, colored pencil, taxes, accounting, and just started teaching the papercrafting classes at the local Michael’s Hobby Store. I use the Cheery Lynn and Memory and Cottage Cutz dies the most, the papers I have, that get used the most, are the shiny ones. Love, Love, Love the shimmer papers, and so do my students!