Blue Awning Shadowbox Class

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Blue Awning Shadowbox Class

• Summer CHA 2008

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Blue Awning Shadowbox Class Sponsored By
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Wilton Logo
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DECORATIVE CORNERS

• Paint each of the decorative corners and allow to
  dry.
• Foam brush the glitter glue over the paint on the
  corners and apply the glitter. Allow to
  completely dry.
• Add the grand adhesion glittered flower stickers
  and the punched scrolls to decorate the corners.
• Complete the corners with an embossed sentiment
  sticker.
• Add the corners to the box after it is completely
  finished. This step should be completed at home
  to allow for safe travel of your shadowbox.

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PREPARING THE BOX

• Gently remove the bottom divider from the middle
  section of the box.
• Adhere this divider into the first section of the
  box, creating three sections on the left side of
  the box. Use the journaling card from Panel 3 as
  a guide for the placement of the divider. The
  journaling card should fit snug into the bottom
  panel on the left side.
• Adhere the strips of the stripe patterned paper
  together and adhere these to the outside of the
  box, center the patterned paper on the box,
  leaving a small white border showing above and
  below the paper.
• Cut the navy dot paper into strips. Trace each
  side of the bottom area of the box around the
  scallops and cut out. Adhere these strips
  individually onto the box, leaving a white border
  on the outside edge.

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PANEL 1

• Adhere patterned paper to background of panel
  with foam tape
• Adhere journaling card to center of background
  with foam mounting tape
• Thread embroidery floss through tag and attach to
  right side of journaling card
• Cut the journaling tag in half and adhere one
  half to the bottom left corner of journaling card
• Add an embossed sentiment sticker and two self
  adhesive pearls
• Complete the panel with a photo

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PANEL 2

• Adhere the patterned paper to the base of the
  box.
• Apply foam mounting tape to the back of the tag.
  Add the journaling tag die-cut to the center of
  the tag with a layer of foam mounting tape.
  Adhere the white lace across the tag and trim it
  off at the edges.
• With foam mounting tape, adhere the chipboard
  word Love.
• Tie a piece of the seam binding tape into a knot
  and glue at the base of the hole in the tag.
  Fold the remaining piece of binding tape in half
  and adhere to the back of the grand adhesion tag
  sticker.
• Attach the grand adhesion tag sticker to the
  bottom right
• corner of the tag.
• Gently bend the wings of the butterfly punch and
  glue it to
• the letter O.
• Remove the backing from the foam tape and adhere
  the tag
• to the center of the box panel. Add a small
  photo to the
• grand adhesion sticker.

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PANEL 3

• Cut the journaling card to fit evenly into the
  bottom left panel of the shadow box.
• Adhere the chipboard flower to the right side of
  the journaling card.
• Gently mould the two small punched flowers and
  adhere to the stem of the chipboard flower.
• Add a self adhesive pearl to the center of the
  chipboard flower and one to the center of the
  letter I on the journaling card.
• Complete this panel with a photo and then add
• an embossed sentiment sticker across the
• flower stem with foam mounting tape.
• Add enough foam mounting tape to the back
• of the journaling card to bring it up to the
  same
• height as the top of the shadow box.

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PANEL 4

• Remove the box and wrap the top and sides of the
  box with the patterned paper.
• Cut the transparency in half to make it shorter
  which will allow the entire design to fit inside
  this panel. Adhere the transparency to the box
  with a liquid glue which will dry clear (try to
  apply glue to the darkest
• areas of the transparency.
• Glue the punched scalloped square to the
• underside of the bottom right corner of the
• journaling card. Adhere this to the panel with
• foam mounting tape.
• Adhere the journaling tag die-cut with foam
• mounting tape to the center of the journaling
• card.
• Add a vertical photo to the panel.
• Apply the grand adhesion tag sticker to the
• bottom left corner of the journaling card.
• Complete this panel with an embossed sticker
• and glue the butterfly to the transparency.

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PANEL 5

• Stamp the background paper with the gold ink and
  the floral stamp to create your own unique
  background.
• Adhere the background paper to the box.
• Evenly adhere the two journaling pockets into the
  box, the bottom pocket is raised higher in the
  box with additional foam mounting tape.
• For the top pocket, add thread through a small
  chipboard button and adhere it to the tag. Add
  the blue journaling circle die-cut with foam
  mounting tape. Gently mould the two punched
  flowers and adhere to the journaling die-cut.
  Add a pearl to the center of the flower.
• For the bottom pocket, tie a piece of navy ribbon
  into a knot and adhere to the tag. Add the lace
  across the pocket. Adhere the remaining piece of
  the green journaling die-cut to the pocket. Tie
  thread through the medium chipboard button and
  adhere with foam mounting tape. Add two pearls
  to the green die-cut.
• Complete the pocket with an embossed sentiment
  sticker.

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PANEL 6

• Adhere the background paper to the panel.
• Open up the journaling pocket and remove the
  ribbon. Re-fold the journaling pocket
• Adhere lace across the top flap of the journaling
  pocket.
• Add two small pieces of foam mounting tape to the
  inside of the journaling pocket flap to raise it
  slightly.
• Adhere the chipboard scroll to the front flap.
  Complete this area with a knot of seam binding
  tape and a pearl.
• Complete the inside of the journaling pocket with
  an additional sentiment sticker and a photo.
• Adhere the journaling pocket to the panel with
  foam mounting tape.

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PANEL 7

• Adhere the patterned paper to the background of
  the panel.
• Using a glue that will dry clear, adhere the
  transparency onto the patterned paper, evenly
  spaced top to bottom and across the panel.
• Add a photo to the center of the transparency
  with foam mounting tape.
• Place small pieces of foam mounting tape to the
  punched scrolls and adhere them to the top of the
  transparency.
• Complete this panel with a small glittered grand
  adhesion flower sticker