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Pretty mermaid cut file template to make a colourful under-the-sea themed mermaid shadow box with your cutting machine...
Get your mermaid shadow box cut file from my store here...
Digital cut file for a shadow box with under the sea mermaid design
Ideal for Cricut and similar cutting machines or hand-cut papercutting projects
SVG, DXF, EPS and PNG file formats
For personal use & small-business commercial use
For physical/craft products only - no digital products, use, or sharing
When I was designing this mermaid cut file template for you, I wanted to create something colourful, magical, and with a real flowing, watery, under-the-sea feel. I hope that I've achieved it with this beautiful shadow box template! I certainly had lots of fun designing it and I hope that you'll have just as much fun making it, too!
There are quite a lot of layers for this mermaid shadow box, but quite a few of them are just small items to glue on to add some colourful fish! And one of them is a simple plain square to make the background. So it's still a nice easy project to make and I'll take you through step by step in any case!
If you want to print the instructions, you can do so by using the print button below. This will allow you to choose the parts of the page you do and don't want to print. The button can also be found on the top right of the page, and right at the bottom, beneath where the instructions end.
First, measure your own shadow box frame and resize the template in your cutting machine program to suit your own frame. I'm using a 20 x 20cm (8 x 8 inch) frame and the SVG file is sized to suit my individual frame.
If you need the measurements for my SVG, take a look below:
If you need help with resizing PNG files, there's some info and ideas on this page.
If you need help with downloading, opening, or using your SVG or other file types, that's here...
And I have some basic help with using a Cricut here, too.
My mermaid cut file template is in the colours you see above - with lilac (2 shades) for the mermaid and octopus, pale greens (2 shades) for the seaweeds, and yellow and pink fishes with a dark blue background.
I also made an alternative version, which you can see in the image below. This has the mermaid and octopus in an off-white (actually a very pale green) with teal and lime green seaweed and yellow and orange fishes and a paler soft-green background.
For both versions, I tried to think of watery colours - so blues and greens - to form most of the scene. The lilacs, pinks, and pale colours in my main version give a more mystical or magical feel to the project, or even a tropical look, which you might like.
The little fish are a good opportunity to pick bright spots of colours to really stand out against the water and seaweed, so you can have some fun with that.
Definitely experiment with colours and make it your own. It's a fun and colourful design so have fun and get creative with it!
Once you've chosen your colours and cut your layers, according to your usual cutting machine process, we can get on and start assembling your mermaid shadow box project.
If you need any help with getting to this point, check here and here...
All that you need to do now is pop your finished mermaid scene into your frame...
Get the mermaid cut file shadow box template from my store here...
SVG, DXF, EPS, and PNG file formats
For personal craft use or small-business commercial use (up to 200 products)
For physical (craft) products - no digital products, use, or sharing
The mermaid from this shadow box is also available as a separate SVG file, in case you want to make her separately. I also have my original mermaid SVG file (the one with the blue details above, that I created a couple of years ago) - you can find them both here...
I also have a set of 2 mermaid tail SVG files - find those here...
And a mermaid tail birthday card template, which could be really nice if you're making the mermaid shadow box as a birthday gift. See the card template here...
If you enjoy making shadow boxes, I have a growing collection - check them all out here...
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