Light Box project

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I love the way you show what you actually do in the various stages.
I have a crafty gene I do believe but it’s been neglected of late.
Shall look out for the night photo. Wonder what we shall see from you next Fruitcake. Well done as well…

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Thanks. I now wish I had taken more photos of my past projects during the making of stage, and sadly I’ve lost some pics as well. I also lost a load of images on photobucket when it changed to a paid for service, and now I have no way of recovering them.

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I have to echo what Dianne said, and say I love the process photos! The end result is so pretty, well done!

I agree with you about photobucket…their policy’s disgust me and I too have lost photographs, due to their large adverts obscuring the screen & photo’s. :frowning:

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I think it’s great that you took us through the stages of how you achieved the end result, well done, it looks lovely.:grinning:

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Brilliant !

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Well done Fruitcake. I wish I had your abilities.

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Fruity, you have a real flair for this! The beauty AND the practical side. And the impressive with the tool collection.

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Brilliant Fruitcake! :clap:

Am I the only one seeing two pictures there? I see the beautiful deer in the centre but I also see two white cats, one on the left being a tabby, snuggling up together behind the deer. :grinning:

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I had that issue once, but went in and logged in the other day and could access my old photos again…Have a try you might get in as well…
Just on there now.
It has a big sign about Hosting is not allowed but look for the manage my account, the small size letters…
It took me to the next page, where it offered me a monthly payment deal…ignore that and click where it says your photos…mine must opened up alright…
just uploaded and saved it to PB …no way though am I going back to it…the stamping alone is annoying… :flushed:

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now that is a full on project…the end barn and makeshift ladder upwards to another world… :crazy_face:

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Don’t know about cats, but there is a squirrel and a bird in the foreground :grinning:

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Fruitcake! That’s so creative! Superb workmanship and I echo Di’s sentiments! It’s great to see the step-by-step process!

The end result is absolutely gorgeous! I look forward to seeing it illuminate the darkness :slightly_smiling_face:

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Oh yes! I would never have spotted that if you hadn’t mentioned it, but now I can’t unsee them :relaxed:

@Fruitcake this is such a wonderful project, I am in awe of your skills! And like others, I love that you explain the whole process. I bet your lovely cousin was thrilled with the result :clap: :clap: :clap:

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It’s really lovely @Fruitcake, you are so creative.

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Very good you BH must have been delighted.
I’ve never seen such an attractive biscuit tin

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Thanks for your help. It worked, but unfortunately the photos I am looking for aren’t there.

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Lovely job.

One thing you might be interested in is picking up a junked LED TV from the kerb and removing the Frensle/difuser screen.

It is specifically designed to spread light evenly over an area… You could use it together with LED tape on this or another project to add a very even backlight. The screen is rigid plastic so it can be cut (or melted). I think it would be far more effective and efficient than your card. (and cost nothing)

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Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.

Here is the tin with the dark turned on. It’s actually better seen in daylight because you can pick out the details better.

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None of the pictures do it justice.
There are no cats.

There are three layers of card, each with a separator between them.
The first layer is made up of trees and a bird in flight just to the right of the stag’s ear.

The middle layer has the two deer and grass at the bottom.

The top layer has a bird in a tree to the left of the stag’s antlers, a squirrel rampant, underneath the young deer, and a bird singing under the stag’s forelegs.

I must stress that I only installed the lights. Someone else had already done all the hard work of making the cards and the tin.

I thought about trying to put lights between the layers of card, but the edges are so fine and delicate I was a-feared I would break them.

Sadly my Lovely Cousin spotted the lights in the tin yesterday, so it is no longer a secret, but she hasn’t seen them switched on yet.

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I think this project is Brilliant. I accept you didn’t do the original artwork, but you have taken it another step forward and made something that was pleasant into a thing that is worth displaying on the wall.

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See now I have seen that picture I just want to get in there and clean it up. My OCD is offended! :smiley: :smiley:

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I’ll pop the location directions on your Xmas Card Danny…No proper stairs here but still got a large Chimney…for your arrival that is… :laughing: :innocent:

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