Love You Stacked Hearts Shadow Box - Tutorial

Supplies needed:

• Cutting File available here from 3dcuts.com.

• Card stock - I used the 65lb Cardstock Neenah from Amazon - affiliate link below- for the white and Michael’s recollections for the red and black. All are 8.5” x11”

• 1/4” Foam dots

• Art Glitter Glue

• Frame - 8 x 8” shadow box frame

• 12” 1/8” red satin ribbon

Major Parts Sizes - as download.

Measure the inside of you frame first. Cut the 8 layers to match that. Mine were:

• Layers • 7.5” square

• Back Layer 8” squar

The SVG download will include the 8 layers of the design in one stack as shown to the right. You will need to separate those in 8 different files as shown below. If you need to resize for your frame, group all together, resize proportional, ungroup and separate. Precision is important to this design.

The designs will also come in separated formate for SVG, PDF, PNG, and DXF. Choose what works best for your software and cutting machine combination.

Steps for completing the Love You Stacked Hearts Shadow Box:

Special Note: I update the instructions online. Check here for adjustments and additional information.

1. Download the cutting files for your cutting machine here from the 3dcuts.com store. https://3dcuts.com/heart-valentine-projects/love-you-stacked-heart . For those of you that are reading this as a pdf I recommend viewing it online at my tutorials page at this url.https://3dcuts.com/love-you-stacked-heart-tutorial . There all the links will be live.

2. Load the files into your cutting software following the steps for your cutting machine.

• For the Silhouette:

• SIL Files from uploaded SVG purchased from 3dcuts.com:

  • The SVG files may need to be turned into cutting files. Click here for detailed steps on how to use SVG files on your Silhouette. http://www.3dcuts.com/tutorial-upload-svg-silhouette

  • DXF files can be opened in the basic edition of Silhouette Design Studio but often require modifications. I recommend using the Designer Edition and using svg files. DXF files do not always maintain file sizes and you may need to adjust according to sizes noted above.

• For Cricut Explore: Here is a guide for importing into Cricut Design Space. http://www.3dcuts.com/tutorial-adding-3dcuts-files-to-cricut. Remember to ATTACH files before cutting in Cricut.

• For Brother ScanNCut: The svg files will need to be transferred to files for your particular machine. You can change SVG files to FCM files at http://www.canvasworkspace.com/ or Google "How to import SVG files into a ScanNCut" for links to tutorials. Some models of Brother Scan N Cut can directly import the SVG files. Some files are on 12” mat so you may need to select 12 x 24” mat for correct sizing.

3.  Cut the files.

• It is best to have good quality card stock and a good blade and clean, sticky mat. I use the Premium blade and the Nicapa mat.

4. Assembly

• The assembly steps are detailed in the video below. Here is the YouTube url https://youtu.be/ilPjk7oKGbU

5. Share

I love to see your finished projects. Please send photos to me at marji@3dcuts.com or share your photos on facebook, facebook crafting groups, pinterest and instagram.

• https://www.facebook.com/3dcutsPaper

• https://www.instagram.com/3dcutspaper/

• #3dcutspaper

6. Give

Who are you making this for? Enjoy giving.

Paper choices make such a difference. Here is a beautiful project completed by Sue Obrien and shared on Cricut Crafters & Makers hosted by Jennifer Maker FB Group. This is such a pretty combination along with the white frame.

Other Valentine projects from 3dcuts.com: