Veteran’s Day Shadowbox

Create This Easy to Make Some Gave All – Veteran’s Day Shadowbox.

I will show you how to create this easy to make Veteran’s Day Shadowbox. This design uses both cardstock and vinyl.

As a daughter and wife of veteran’s I wanted to create something that would be a tribute to their service. My father actually earned both the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medals during his service in World War II, among other medals. My husband was in the military during peace time.

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Veteran’s Day Shadowbox

Author: Carla Arlene Creations

Equipment

• Cricut Maker
• Brayer
• Green Cutting Mat
• Blue Cutting Mat
• Scoring Wheel/Stylus

Materials

• 1 Sheet of Purple Cardstock
• 1 Sheet of Black Cardstock
• 2 Sheets of White Cardstock
• 1 Sheet of Bronze Metallic Cardstock
• 1 Sheet of Red Cardstock
• 1 Sheet of Blue Cardstock
• 1 Sheet of Gold Foil
• Red Vinyl
• Blue Vinyl
• 1 Shadowbox 12×12
• Glue
• Spray Adhesive
• Foam Glue Dots

Instructions

• Step 1. Cutting Out the Veteran's Day Shadowbox
• Upload the white square. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Upload the white pieces. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Upload the red pieces. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Upload the blue pieces. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Upload the brown star piece. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Select all and attach. Change the dotted lines from basic cut to score lines.
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• Upload the bronze stars. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Upload the gold pieces. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Upload the purple pieces. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Upload the blue vinyl wording. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Select all and attach. (This will keep the words togethers for when you cut it out).
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• Upload the red vinyl wording. Check to make sure the size is correct.
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• Select all and attach.
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• Step 2. Assembling The Purple Heart and Bronze Star
• Starting with the white pieces of the medals.
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• Starting with the purple heart pieces.
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• Glue the purple piece for the bottom of the medal in the middle of the white piece.
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• Next glue the purple heart on top of the gold heart.
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• Next you will want to put glue on the back of George's head.
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• Glue George's head on to the purple heart in the center.
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• Next you want to glue the purple pieces to the white pieces of the ribbons.
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• Now glue the small purple piece on to the small white ribbon piece.
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• Now your purple heart medal is complete.
• Next put the bronze star medal together.
• Starting with the large white bottom piece of the bronze star medal, glue the red ribbons on it.
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• Now glue the long blue piece that goes down the middle of the bottom of the medal.
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• Next take the bronze star pieces.
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• The star that was cut out of brown cardstock has score lines on it. Fold the star on the score lines to give it shape.
• Once you have the brown star folded on the score lines, put glue on the back of it.
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• Now glue the brown star on to the bronze star.
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• Next glue the small bronze star onto the middle of the brown star.
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• Take the two white pieces of the bronze star ribbons.
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• Take the small red ribbon pieces and glue them on the small white ribbon piece for the bronze star.
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• Glue the large red ribbon pieces on to the white ribbon piece of the bronze star.
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• Place them on the white ribbon leaving a little of the white on the sides show.
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• Next glue the blue piece in the middle of both of the small and large ribbons.
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• Step 3. Assembling the Vinyl Wording and Medals on the Veterans Day Shadowbox
• Sarting with the red vinyl wording.
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• Using the weeding tool peel the vinyl leaving the letters.
• Next weed the pieces out of the letters that are left.
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• Place the transfer tape on top of the red vinyl wording
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• Using scraping tool to make sure the lettering adheres to the transfer tape.
• Turn the red vinyl over and peel the back off
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• Once you have the red vinyl wording ready take the square white piece of cardstock
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• Place the bottom of each medal on the sides of the white cardstock square and then using them as a guide center the red vinyl wording the middle of the square.
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• Use the scraper tool to add the wording all gave some to the white cardstock square, then peel the transfer tape off gently
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• Now your white cardstock square should look like the picture below
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• Next take the blue vinyl wording and do the same steps you did with the red vinyl.
• Weed the blue vinyl wording
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• Blue vinyl wording weeded
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• Using transfer tape add the blue vinyl wording "Honoring Our Veterans" to the bottom of the white cardstock square
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• Now add the blue vinyl wording "some gave all" to the top of the white cardstock square
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• Next place the medals on the white cardstock square, start with the bottom pieces of the medals. Using foam glue dots, place the dots on the back of the heart shaped piece and place it on the white cardstock square. Then place the foam glue dots on the back of the bronze star and place it on the white cardstock.
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• Starting with the purple heart medal, add the top piece of the medal, make sure to overlap it with the top of the heart shaped piece.
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• Next add the smaller ribbon above the purple heart medal and then the larger ribbon.
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• Now you are ready to add the top of the bronze star medal, make sure to overlap the top of the medal like you did with the purple heart medal.
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• Next add the smaller ribbon then add the larger ribbon on the bronze star medal
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• For the next step you will need a 12×12 sheet of black cardstock
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• Once you have the white square centered on the black square of cardstock you are ready to start gluing them together.
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• Put glue on half of the white cardstock and then glue it to the black cardstock.
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• Now you are ready to glue the other half of the white cardstock to the black cardstock.
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• Now you are ready to put your veterans day sign in a shadow box.
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Happy Crafting!

Carla