Do you have a green thumb? I do not. No problem, I created a paper succulent garden shadow box. Perfect for someone like me with no ability to keep plants alive or a nice gift for a plant lover.
SUPPLIES
- Paper Succulents
- Wooden shadow box
- White card stock
- Glitter card stock
- Hot glue and craft glue (i.e. mod podge or art and craft glue)
- HTV
DIRECTIONS
Start by checking out my tutorial on creating paper succulents (free SVG included).
Create enough paper succulents to fill your shadow box. The box I created used nine paper succulents.
Measure the inside of the shadow box and cut out card stock as a backing. You can use the shape tool in Cricut Design Space to cut a basic square. For my box, I cut a square out of gold glitter card stock and used craft glue to adhere the card stock backing to the inside of the shadow box.
Use hot glue to adhere the paper succulents to the shadow box.
Add a word to the front of your shadow box. You can add whatever word you want as long as it spans the full width of the shadow box so you can glue it to the edge.
Below I included two options for you that I used: Thrive and Create. The cut files below come with two layers: the original word and an offset layer. The two layers give the word more structure to span across the shadow box.
TIPS
- Because the little tails on my words are super thin, I cut the word out of HTV and used my Easy Press Mini on the low setting to adhere to the card stock offset shape.
- If you need a more structured and ridged base for the word, cut the card stock offset shape twice and glue together.
Finally, glue the word to the edge of the shadow box frame with hot glue.
The download comes with PNG and SVG cut file for your cutting machine and a personal/commercial use license. Tag @craftara.creates on Instagram to get all the heart emojis from me.
