I've LOVED the tealight boxes I've seen up. Here' my version. Instead of punching out a hole, the whole thing is made of vellum. I also was having problems with the little tabs in the corners holding, so I made a 1/2" strip (acored folded in half lengthwise) that goes all around the box. To balance it, I also did that at the bottom. You can't see it well, but there is a snowflake pattern stamped as well as the embossed flakes. You can only see the embossed flakes when the tealight is lit!
Date: Friday, June 4, 2004 GMT Views: 2379
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I love the look of the velum going all the way around.. Please give directions!
Thanks,K
PS Are the snowflakes dry embossed? If so, do you use the reg stylus or the empressor? Light table? Thanks
Instead of punching out holes and using putting in a vellumn window, I just used vellum paper strips. Also, the tabs would not stay for me, so I cut a 8 1/2 X 1/2" strip, scored it the long way, scored the short way every 2 inches, and coated the inside with mono. I used this around the top. To match it, I added a 1/4" strip around the bottom. I did another box and used eyelets at the top of each side to hold the paper strip on.
I stamped snowflakes on with a light blue and then dry embossed snowflakes as well. I didn't use a light table because I'm lazy and can kind of see through the vellum. I used the empressor to start the embossing and then went over it again with the regular stylus. (I find I tear the vellum less if I use the empressor first)
Have fun!
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