Santa's Little Helpers Christmas Shadowbox

Hi! Lynne here with a little something festive....I wanted to use this house shadowbox for a fun theme, and what's more fun than Christmas, right? I found these cute little elves at a local craft store and pulled out some terrific festive Graphic 45 paper and started playing.

This blown out view shows how the pieces fit together; the two in the middle have slits cut halfway through and they fit together to form an X shape. I like to cover all the pieces with patterned paper and sand & ink the edges before putting 3D items together.

I covered all the pieces and then glued my little house together; I find white glue is usually best.

The snow was made using Faber Castell  Pearl texture paste; I just spread it around with a palette knife, pulling it down to create an overhang.

I heat-embossed the fussy cut embellishments with clear embossing powder to add both sheen and strength. They were then attached with foam tape.

The elves and trees were glued in using a hot glue gun, and the twisted paper strips were attached that way as well. I attached wooden beads as "feet" in the same manner after painting them gold. Some of the paper strips were from the St.Nicholas collection, also by G45.

GYPSY SOUL ITEMS USED

Mini House Room Box, 4 cubbies

OTHER ITEMS USED

Graphic 45 Christmas Carol papers

Aleene's tacky glue

hot glue gun

clear embossing powder, Versamark ink
mini trees from Michael's
Faber Castell Texture Luxe-Pearl