Christmas Shrine

Hello!

Here's my grungey take on Christmas with my christmas shrine.

First of all you will need:

Cardboard or Foam core board to construct shrine

Craft knife

Ruler

Tissue paper or pages from a book to cover shrine

Inks

Christmas bits and pieces

 

Take a piece of cardboard or foamcore board and cut a 6" x6" square:

Now measure 1" in from the edges as shown above and cut out the centre 5" x5" square:

Measure the exact length of internal sides and use these measurements to cut 4 pieces of foam core board 1" deep

Like so:

Now to cover the foam core board with paper (this makes it easier to stick the sections together:

Spread with PVA glue:

and cover:

Cover the front frame too:

Now attach the four edge pieces again with PVA:

Reinforce with some paper and glue around the joins:

Finally stick the back section on:

And the shrine/shadow box is done!

Now for my Christmas shrine I used an arched piece of foam core board and covered it with 7gypsies tissue paper and coloured it with green Pine Needles and red Fired Brick Distress Inks.

I used old Christmas decorations and florist decorations to give a Christmassy feel to my shrine!

 

Hope you enjoyed my take on Christmas!

Happy Crafting!

love,

GlitteryKatie

 

Comments

[ali]

superbulous mein glitterous one xxx

[Lynne V]

Beautiful, it would make a great table centre.

[Eleanor]

Brought a smile to my face, such a cheery, nostalgic look. I've never used foam core board, hmmm, must try it.
xx

[jayne]

Wow Love it !

[Carmen]

GORGEOUS!