Lacrosse Shadow Box Duo for Eileen Hull & Sizzix

Hello Maker Fans, today I am making a Lacrosse Shadow Box Duo. This post is for my Eileen Hull Inspiration Team project for Sizzix. This month the theme is Leftover Loves, the stuff on your desk, recycled items, leftovers from another project etc. My item was the netting surrounding a fancy pear. I have a box filled with weird netting type objects, from orange packaging, cheese cloth & those colored puffs used for bath soap. They come in quite handy & I may cheat by buying them just to recycle. Part of this project is also to bring awareness to Morgan's Message. Morgan was a Div 1 lacrosse player for Duke University. She was high achieving, artistic, beautiful girl that struggled silently with mental illness & at the age of 22, took her own life. You can read more about her story here. Her family created a non profit that helps promote mental health awareness, especially among female athletes. Please hop over & take a look. Donate if you can. Get involved it you can. The message from the website... "Morgan’s Message strives to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health within the student-athlete community and equalize the treatment of physical and mental health in athletics. We aim to expand the dialogue on mental health by normalizing conversations, empowering those who suffer in silence, and supporting those who feel alone. " 

Lacrosse is a big sport in my household & we are just winding down after being involved for about 14+ years. My husband played in college & then coached my son, who played through Varsity in High School. The school frowned on parent coaches, so my husband, wanting to still coach, wrangled my daughter into playing. She was all of 6 or 7 at the time. The learning curve was great as the sport is completely different from boys, & there are about 1000 more rules. It was quite funny to see my 6'5 husband try to wrangle these little girls into learning the sport as they giggled their way through practice. My daughter decided immediately to be the goalie & stayed in that position her whole career. I coached her and her goalie team mates for quite a few years as well.

Here is the ode to lacrosse box I made for my kids. Both my kids played high school under the number 24, in fact my daughter chose that number whenever she could as it was her older brothers. I love this keepsake and while it was challenging to figure out the logistics with the directional paper once that was done it was quite easy to make the boxes.I don't have a lot of step out photos but you can see how this box was made by going here. 

 I do have a hot tip for you. Placing the photo into the frame so it lines up well can be tricky. Putting Pixie Dots which are a removable adhesive dots makes it so much easier. Simply put a few dots on the back of your photo.

Place your photo on a grid background like a glass mat, lining up the top & side with the ruler guides. The photo will stay in position with the Pixie Dots. This makes lining up your frame super simple. Make sure your photo is at least 1/4" larger than the frame opening. 

Use a strong tape like Redline or Supertape & tape around the edges of the frame. Carefully lower the frame down on top of the photo, using the lines as a guide for proper placement. Shazam a personalized frame for your photo. 

To attach the 2 frames together the netting from a peach turned out to be just perfect. These pieces are just glued on and a tad fragile. I wish I had thought of it ahead of time as I would have used brads before the frame was built. It would have been tricky but more secure. 

Lastly I attached a chain & some charms to a lacrosse medal the kids had received. The clock represents all the time that was invested in the sport & of course their #24. Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you have a chance to check out my teammates work this month as we play with all things left over! Have a great day. 

Supplies:

• Eileen Hull Shadowbox Frame #2 by Sizzix
•  Thermoweb Pixie Dots
• "        "   Ultrabond
• "         " Redline Tape