Scrapbooking Grandma Crafts: 3D Valentine Mailbox

Saturday, January 21, 2012

3D Valentine Mailbox

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Posted by Mary |

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I got a couple of digital downloads for Cricut Craftroom. I got 3D Valentine Boxes and Valentine Sweets.
I have been wanting to make mailboxes for so long. Every where I looked the tin mailboxes were sold out.
So I went ahead and tried the 3D Valentine Boxes from Cricut.com. The bear on Valentine Sweets is just so adorable. I really like the mailbox too.

Digital Download:

3D Valentine Boxes - For the mailbox: Cut at 6" -

Valentines Mail: Cut at 3.917 x 1.597

Digital Download:

Valentine Sweets - For the Bear: Cut at 4"

Love - Cut at 1.972 x 0.972

Regular Cartridge:

CTMH Art Philosophy - for the label behind Valentines mail : Cut at 5.944 x 2.361

Finished Size - 5-1/2" L - 4-1/2" H - Door Opening is 2-1/2" W - 4" H

I made this box with some alterations of the image.

I did some experimenting with the assembling of the boxes and didn't care for how it went together.

Especially when using chipboard.

So, what I did was, I welded the 2 sides and top of the mailbox together in Cricut Craftroom. Making it one piece. I found it much easier to work with the top of the mailbox by doing it this way.

I cut all the pieces out in chipboard first. Then I cut all the pieces out with pattern paper.

On the pattern paper cuts, I cut off the tabs. Then I adhered the pieces(not the tabs) to the chipboard.

I used terrifically tacky tape to hold it together. I tried other adhesives and terrifically tacky tape worked the best.

I took 2 strips of pattern paper and applied them to the two end seams of the mailbox for a more finished look.