First off, you will need a piece of card stock measuring 5 inches x 11 inches (that is 12.5 cm x 28 cm for your metric girls), and a piece of cardstock measuring 5 1/2 inches x 5 1/2 inches ( 14cm x 14 cm)/
Taking your square piece first, score a fold at 1/2 inch and 1 1/4 inches on each side (1.2 cm and 3 cm) so there is a square in the centre that measures 3 inches (7.5cm).
Score the larger rectangle piece of cardstock at 5 inches (12.5 cm) and 6 inches (15 cm), so your card measures 5 inches square with a 1 inch spine.
Very carefully cut a square section out of the middle of the square section, approx 1/2 inch from the innermost score line. The square you cut out will be approx 2 inches (5 cm).
Fold all of your score lines and cut out the sections as shown below
This step is optional - cut a piece of acetate to fit inside your box section to cover the hole and adhere it in place.
Working from the back of the box, fold in your sides and then fold up the bottom and using some strong adhesive to hold it in place.
Snip small angles off the top flap of the box and decorate the front of it.
Next, adhere the box to the inner panel of your card. I have decorated my card with mats,etc so the box needs something that is going to hold it in place as the candles are a bit heavy... So I have used my trusty hot glue gun to ensure it doesn't fall off. Make sure you have the top flap of your box "open" when you do this so you don't accidentally glue it in place.
And then finish assembling your card
This is the finished front
And inside!
Stamps used in this tutorial are:
Cherrie with Ornament
21 comments:
Amazing!!!
I am def trying this out. Thanks for the great tut!!!!!!
Jess M
Great Master class! Like this box! )))
Fantastic Tutorial, thanks for sharing :o) *hugzz*
Absolutely fabulous tutorial hun! I can not WAIT to give this a go!
Hugs Kellie
This is awesome! I have *so many* tealights (I'm a former PartyLite consultant) and now I have a cute way to give them away! Thanks for the tutorial!
thank you for this great tutorial sweetie
it's a gorgeous one
hugs angelique
Thanks for the idea!
Hello Kylie,
Great tutorial, thank you for sharing this with us. You made a fantastic card. I'm working on it at the moment. I will let you now if I am finished;-).
Hugs and have a nice weekend,
Ellen
Love this card, thanks for the tutorial. x
Thanks dear, I am so happy that you show it to me :)
thank you! But if we do the second step "Taking your square piece first, score a fold at 1/2 inch and 1 1/4 inches on each side (1.2 cm and 3 cm) so there is a square in the centre that measures 3 inches (7.5cm)" we have 5,5 cm not 7,5! maybe we have to score a fold at 1,2cm and 2cm??? thank you
thanks for this tutorial! i've seen these a number of times on blogs, and have been wondering how to make them. now i can try one for myself! :)
Thank you so much for the wonderful tutorial, I've just made one and will blog it later. Mine is slightly bigger as my tealights were wider so I altered the dimensions to fit xxx
Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. I have been dying to make one since I saw one on Rainmac's blog. I've just finished my first one and here it is.
Hugs, Alison xx
Wow this is just stunning and thanks for the tutorial. I've just finished one style of tealight candle card, now I'll have to try this one.
Ive just tried making this card and unfortunately it hasn't worked out. I can't get four tealight candles into the card. Any suggestions where I may have gone wrong please? I've followed everything exactly as detailed above.
Great tutorial will have a try, thanks for sharing. x x
This is so clever! And so useful! I feel like I've found the perfect item to make for Christmas present, something I struggle with every year, even to the point that I make nothing because it's never just the right thing. (I hope that makes sense. lol) I've bookmarked this tut. So, thanks so much for this!
Thanks for this sweetie. You make it sound so easy. We will have to see what mess I make of it. Lol!!!
Hugs
Cathy
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Hi,saw Joey's and just had to have a look.It is Fantastic,must try and do one.I'm not that good at these sort of things but this is such an easy to follow tut.Thank you so much.xx
Just came from Joey's blog. Thanks for sharing the tutorial. It's beautiful and I will definitely give it a try.
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