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Shadowbox Collection includes 3 sets of dies that each can be used to make shadowboxes. The different sets will give you different border width of the box (1/2", 3/4" and 1") and each of the sets can be used to make a shadowbox of literally any size as long as you have a sheet of paper big enough for it. And all of these will work in die cutting machines with 6” opening, so you don’t need to have the huge machines for it.
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I want to create a box for an A2 card. I’m using the 1” border die to make my box, it’s the S4-981. To calculate the size of the box I need to add 1” as this is the width of the border of the box on each side of my card, so total 2” to the card width and card length.
For an A2 card and 1” wide frame the width is 6 1/4”, the length is 7 1/2”.
With these dimensions, once my frame is assembled, the opening in the center will fit an A2 card perfectly. Following this formula you can easily make a box for any size project. Just add the width of the box twice to the width and length of your project. For 1” wide box you add 2 inches, for 3/4” wide box you add 1 1/2” and for 1/2” wide box you add 1”.
Once you have your dimensions you can start pre cutting your paper to make the sides of the box. You’ll need 4 pieces of paper. 2 shorter pieces and 2 longer pieces if your box is rectangular. If your box is square, the size of all 4 pieces will be the same.
The length of both pieces is already determined - it’s the outer box dimensions. The width hoverer is determined by which die set you are using. And it’s specified for each set on the product page. It’s 4” for 1” wide box, 3” for the 3/4” wide and 2.15” for the 1/2” wide box. I’m using the 1” wide box so paper dimensions for my box are 4” wide x 6 1/4” long and 4” wide by 7 1/2” long.
I hope this explains the logic of how you need to calculate the desired dimensions of the box and the paper.
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