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Wednesday 29 April 2020

A Shadow Magic Box


The latest subscription box by Craft Box UK includes a Snipart shadow box. These never come with instructions on how to put together and it occurred to me that whilst it is easy for me as I have assembled a lot of these over the last 3-5 years it might not be so obvious to others. So I have today created by shadow box using the kit from Anna Hersom - please note that I have added ephemera from my own stash to the supply that came in the kit so it is highly unlikely that you will recreate something exactly like mine but I hope you find the step by step helpful.




Take the back piece and top piece with lots of slots in and align as shown above - if you don't get the piece on the left orientated correctly it will not fit on the box and you run the risk of putting glue on the wrong side.


Locate the pieces that go into the central part of the box to make the compartments and lay them out in the order they go in before adhering in place. I find it easiest to do this in the order shown in the pictures below. 





Find and orientate the side panels - note the side panels have two gaps in them and the top and bottom panels only one. Adhere in place.
 


Now take the top piece as shown above and adhere this over the top of the constructed box.


Now complete the front of the box by adhering the remaining square piece over the top - this covers all of the slots and gives the box a finished appearance. 


I find it easiest to decorate the box at this stage. I cut papers to fit in each compartment - the measurements I used are written on the box picture below.




I then fill each compartment with bits and pieces. If you are going to hang it on a wall you do not need the remaining pieces of chipboard that come in the kit. If you wish your box to stand freely on a table then you need to add the remaining pieces as shown in the photos below.



Finally here are some close ups of the compartments - the depth of them despite using a lightbox for photographing them makes it quite difficult to get really light pictures because the depth of the box creates its own shadows hence its name.