How to Create a Beach Themed Shadow Box for Shells - with Creative Embellishments and Buttons Galore

Turn an average shadow box into a treasured memory keeping Shaker Shadow Box

I love the beach.   It's a peaceful place for me and a theme I use in my crafting quite often. 

Creative Embellishments has the most wonderful chipboard designs for beach and sea related projects. 

I bought an inexpensive wooden shadow box and thought I would alter it and make my own personal beach.    I have a "before" image below. 

I grabbed a few of my favorite pieces from Creative Embellishments beach  designs and lightly dabbed them with acrylic paint.  

Starfish and Sand Dollars

Sea Shells

Beach Words Set 2

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Creative Embellishments -Seahorses

Creative Embellishments  -Starfish and Sand Dollars

Creative Embellishments -Beach Words Set 2

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This piece of home decor has a bit of a twist because  I turned it into a shaker to hold sequin shaker mix, but to also hold some of the tiny shells found on the Caribbean Islands from a recent cruise vacation. 

The shaker mix is from 28 Lilac Lane /Buttons Galore and More's sequins and Beads collection.

This is Aqua Dreams LL690 

The outside edge of the box was covered with some rope to hide the edges of the  acrylic shaker window.  Sometimes you have to get crafty to hide the rough edges.  

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Creative Embellishments -Seahorses

Creative Embellishments  -Starfish and Sand Dollars

Creative Embellishments -Beach Words Set 2

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          Creative Embellishments - Shaker Set

Shellebrate - Mermaid Shell Card - Spellbinders Card Kit Extras for July

Mermazing -Spellbinders Card Kit of the Month

Spellbinders Card Club of the Month  for July is absolutely MERMAZING! Actually it's called " Shellebrate" and there is a ton to "sea" in this kit. 

Packed with seaside cuteness and overflowing with adorable dies and embellishments from the ocean.  

The kit comes packed with paper, cardstock, stickers, die cuts, stamps, glitter pearls and even the adhesives you need.   In fact, this is what's included in July's kit:

Card Kit of the Month Membership

The die set for this month is magical with a mermaid theme , plenty of starfish, shells and adorable sea critters. 

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This card today was created with just the paper pad, die cuts, stamps set and stickers that can be purchased individually from the store.  Spellbinders calls them EXTRAS. 

The cool thing about Extras is that you can still play along with Spellbinders beauty each month even if you have not purchased the full card kit.

Every month the EXTRAS change a bit.  Here are the EXTRA products available in the store from July's card kit:

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Shellebrate Foam Stickers Stickers - Card Kit of the Month Extras

Shellebrate Paper Pad - Card Kit of the Month Extras

Shellebrate Clear Stamp Set - Card Kit of the Month Extras

Shellebrate Foam Glitter Sentiment Stickers

Shellebrate Die Cut Shapes Set

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You can find information on the card club here: 

 Spellbinders Card Club information

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Spellbinders invites you to share your creations with them

on Instagram (#SpellbindersClubKits) or by uploading them to the Spellbinders club gallery Shop Here ******************************************************************** Card Kit of the Month Membership  Spellbinders Card Kit Extras Past Club Kits - Limited Offer ****************************************************************************** Shellebrate Foam Stickers Stickers - Card Kit of the Month Extras Shellebrate Paper Pad - Card Kit of the Month Extras Shellebrate Clear Stamp Set - Card Kit of the Month Extras              Shellebrate Foam Glitter Sentiment Stickers          Shellebrate Die Cut Shapes Set

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Tool and Accessories Main Attraction

Tool and Accessories Main Attraction

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Seaside Beach Card Using Lace Die - Spellbinders APG of the month

Seaside Beach Card Using Spellbinders APG Lace Die

Spellbinders APG-Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month - Spellbinders monthly die club, features the gorgeous graceful dies designed by Becca Feeken.   Her die designs are well known for their delicate lace effect.  
I think  it also makes for a cool seaside wave effect.  So that is the direction I went. 

Scroll down and see a quick video tutorial created by Becca Feeken showing how she uses her die set. 

Here is the image of the APG die set for the Month of May. It's a nested set to provide a variety of design options.  
I used the largest intricately designed die as a background mat and the smaller inside dies as the card.  

These dies are only available through the club and are limited to the month of May, so hurry before they are sold out.

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month Membership

from: Spellbinders / FSJ

Video Tutorial by Spellbinders /Becca Feeken

Here is a quick video by Becca Feeken. 

Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey have some wonderful coordinating stamp and die sets for embellishing.  The matching stamps look fabulous with layered inks.   

My ink choices are shown below.  I layered the stamps with different ink colors starting with the lightest color to the darkest - in an effort to keep the ink pads from getting muddied.  

 Keep in mind - if you want a clean clear crisp stamped image, you need quality inks.  You can't go wrong with some basic quality staples - like a rich brown and black ink.  Distress inks do not provide crisp stamped images. 

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           Beach Treasures Stamp Set                                              Beach Treasures Die Set - $23.95

                from: Spellbinders / FSJ

Turbo Teal Ink Pad from: Spellbinders / FSJ

Huckleberry Fusion True Color Fusion Ink from: Spellbinders / FSJ

Cocoa Powder True Color Fusion Ink Pad

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The smallest embellishments on a card can make a giant impact.  Let's take the little acrylic stars used on the card from Buttons Galore and More.  They provide a bit of texture and interest on the face of the card - along with a bit of iridescence in real life. 

Buttons Galore and More - Sparkletz  - Starry Sky SPK119

 Here are the papers I used from chose from Reminisce's Seaside Collection.  If you love all things oceany, you're going to adore the rich bold colors of the ocean in this collection.   

Reminisce Collection Kit 12X12Seaside

Time to seriously consider Spellbinders Clubs if you aren't already a member.  You can find information on the various club selections  and inspiration gallery here.  

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Spellbinders even invites you to share your creations with them on Instagram (#SpellbindersClubKits)

or by uploading them to the Spellbinders club gallery

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See all the Spellbinders Monthly Clubs Here. 

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Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month Membership -

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month  from: Spellbinders / FSJ

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Beach Treasures Die Set - $23.95 from: Spellbinders / FSJ

Beach Treasures Stamp Set

Reminisce Collection Kit 12X12Seaside

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Turbo Teal Ink Pad from: Spellbinders / FSJ

Huckleberry Fusion True Color Fusion Ink from: Spellbinders / FSJ

Cocoa Powder True Color Fusion Ink Pad

Buttons Galore and More - Sparkletz  - Starry Sky SPK119

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Spellbinders -Small Die Club

Spellbinders - Card Kit Club

Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace (APG) Die Club

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Spellbinders - Glimmer Hot Foil Club

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