how to make a paper cut shadow box

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Fold the bottom strip over the top, back and forth creating the zig-zag paper spring. When it is the proper depth for your shadow box, add a glue dot to seal the end and cut the long remaining strips of paper off thus creating a little spring. In the Birds on a Wire shadow box I added 2 little spacers.

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Here is a shadow box made with white cardstock: And here is a shadow box made with pastel cardstock: You also need a way to cut your paper layers. You could use a knife, but I used a Cricut. I have the free templates for this shadow box paper art design in my free resource library (see the materials list below).

A shadow box consists on multiple layers of paper cut designs in a frame that is lighted up by a LED strip placed on the back. The different layers compose a landscape that you can customize and you can add some special effects that will make it even more realistic!

You can frame your custom shadow box design in two ways 鈥?either put it in a store-bought frame, or use the box pattern in my template set to make a frame from cardstock. To use a display frame, just flip it over, take off the back, and set your custom shadow box inside face down.

Basically, paper cut-outs are layered on each other in a box with a glass frame. A light source goes behind the cut outs, and makes each layer glow. Generally, the more layers, the cooler the effect! I’ll show how I made this shadow box, providing tips here and there.