Cosmo Cricket Beach Shadowbox Frame
Skill Level: Intermediate
Time to create project: 1 1/2 hours
Supply List:
Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Crafting kit
Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Ready-Set-Chip
12×12 Shadowbox Frame
Tombow permanent Mono Adhesive
Ranger/Tim Holtz Vintage photo Ink pad
10″ piece of Jute cord
12″ paper trimmer
Scissors
4 photos measuring 3 1/2″ square
Stipple brush or ink applicator
Pop Dots or foam squares
Instructions:
1. You will need a piece of Boardwalk patterned cardstock, red side up to use as your background piece to create your layout.
2. Cut a piece of Umbrellas measuring 7 3/4″ x 7 3/4″ Ivory side up. Ink the edges of this piece using your ink pad and inking applicator.
3. Cut a piece of Carbonation patterned cardstock 2 1/4″ x 12″. Ink edges yellow side up.
4. Cut the strip from the borders patterned cardstock that has small multi-colored dots. Ink edges and adhere to the yellow piece you just cut above. Then attach this piece to your red 12″x12″ background paper about 1 1/2″ in from the left hand side.
5. Mount your 4 photos spacing evenly on your ivory wood grain patterned cardstock from step #2 above. Attach the round red flip flop chipboard piece in the center of the 4 photos from your Ready-Set-Chip. Mount this entire piece on to your red background about 1″ from the top and 1″ from the left hand side.
6. From your border sheet cut out the saying “There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.” Cut just the saying out, ink the edges and adhere to the right of your photos.
7. From your Ready-Set-Chip sheet find the 3 water pieces at the bottom and remove. Place pop dots along the back of each of these pieces and fasten to the page as shown making sure you leave approximately 1/4″ all around the edge of your red background piece so it fits into the frame appropriately.
8. Now attach the other Chipboard pieces to the water pieces as shown using pop dots.
9. Cut five 1″x12″ strips from Carbonation, striped side up. Fasten all 5 of these together overlapping the ends slightly, creating one very long strip. Now attach this strip around the outside edge of your frame.
10. Take your second sheet of Boardwalk patterned cardstock and cut out 4 strips of circles cutting close to the row. You will place these on the front edge of your frame, fitting in place as you go.
11. Load your 3 dimensional layout into your 12″x12″ frame and secure.
12. Remove the following from your Ready-Set-Chip sheet;
Life Ring
Octopus
Letters to spell “Smile”
13. Fold your jute cord in half and tie a knot leaving a loop on the end that is folded over. Weave this through the top notch of the Life Ring, underneath and up through the notch on the right hand side and trim ends to desired length. Adhere this to the right front side of your frame. Adhere Octopus and letters as shown.
