Customize Your Mini Heidi Swapp Lightbox!
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As soon as I saw the new Heidi Swapp Mini Lightbox, I knew I had to have one for my studio! I love the larger original Heidi Swapp Lightbox - my daughter has one in her room - but didn't have the space for it in my jam packed craft room. The mini Lightbox is the perfect solution!
Mini Heidi Swapp Lightbox
If you aren't familiar yet with the Heidi Swapp Mini Lightbox, here's a photo for comparison of how it looks next to the larger original Heidi Swapp Lightbox:
Heidi Swapp Lightbox Comparison
The mini box is about 2/3 of the height of the original box, and has four tracks instead of three. The smaller size is great for desks at work, tabletop displays at parties, and a variety of other applications where space is at a premium!
Like the original Lightbox, there are alphabets, words, emojis and backgrounds available for the Heidi Swapp Mini Lightbox. But see that word "Create" on my Mini Lightbox? That is a custom piece that I created!
Thanks to the availability of the Blank Mini Word Strips for the Mini Lightbox, it is easy to create your own words or design elements.
Heidi Swapp Mini Lightbox Blanks
To make this project, you just need:
Heidi Swapp Mini Lightbox [Scrapbook.com, Amazon]
Heidi Swapp Mini Blank Word Strips [Scrapbook.com, Amazon]
Cricut Explore (or other die cut machine) [Scrapbook.com, Amazon, Cricut.com]
Self-adhesive Vinyl (like the gold stainless I used) [Amazon, Cricut.com]
Vinyl Transfer Tape [Amazon, Cricut.com]
The available design area on the Mini Lightbox Blank Word Strips is 1" by 6". To make a design, just open a file (or type a word) in your machine's design software, and resize it to less than 1" by 6". Then follow the manufacturer's instructions for cutting the vinyl, and use the transfer tape to adhere it to one of the blank word strips.
Die Cut Vinyl for Heidi Swapp Lightbox Words
By combining your die cut machine with blank word strips for Mini Lightbox, the possibilities are endless for designs! Make quotes, decorative elements like swirls, use different colors for words, or different fonts.
What do you want to make for your lightbox?
