Hearts Come Home Lantern

Hello, Crafters.

IMPORTANT: THIS PROJECT IS ONLY SUITABLE FOR BATTERY-OPERATED TEALIGHTS.

Yesterday
I created two projects using battery-operated tealights.

One is the 3D
project for my class tomorrow, and one is to share with you today.

I
started with one of our Clear Tiny Treat Boxes, which can be found
on page 195 in the annual catalogue.

Personally, I’d call them small
boxes, not tiny, because the size is 2″ x 2″ x 2″ (5.1cm x 5.1cm x 5.1cm)!

Small or tiny – what do you think?

It’s
an ideal size to hold a battery-operated tealight.

I started the project with a
length of our Vellum Cardstock (CS), which was two inches wide.

Using
the Softly Falling Embossing Folder, I embossed the strip but I had to
do it in two steps.

To start with I put my strip of Vellum in so the
horizontal side was paralell to the fold in the embossing folder.

I
positioned it so the opposite horizontal edge lined up with two
“snowflakes” on the embossing folder, and it was also near the top of
the S in Sizziz.

It wasn’t crucial that both parts of embossing had to
be lined up perfectly, as long as they were pretty close, that’d be
close enough!

Normally
when I do dry embossing, I make sure the fold of the embossing folder
goes through the Big Shot first, but on this occasion it wasn’t possible
because part of the vellum strip was protruding out of the side – it
was nearly 10″ long!

After
I’d cranked it through the Big Shot the first time, I lined the Vellum
up again with the two “snowflakes and the top of the “S” in Sizzix.

When
I was happy it was more or less in the position as before, I cranked it
through the Big Shot again.

Surprisingly, the Vellum felt quite rough
where it had been embossed.

I
placed my length of Vellum on the front of the box, judging approximately where the
centre of the strip was.

Using my fingers, I pressed on
the corner to get part of a fold. I took it away from the box, and folded
on the crease line properly!

I put the Vellum back on the box, and
flattened it around the next corner.

Then I took it away from the box again, and
folded on the crease line properly!

I carried on until I had four good
crease lines going around the box.

I adhered the two ends together using
Tombow.

Next
I took a strip of Whisper White CS that was long enough to go around
the box.

I lined up the small die of three windowless and doorless
houses from the Hometown Greetings Edglits so the top of the middle house was a tad down from the top of the Whisper White CS.

After
I’d cranked it through the Big Shot, I lined the die up against the end
of the last cut line, making sure I left a tiny gap between the two.

I
repeated this so I had five lines of houses, and I snipped beyweeneach set of houses so that the top piece of cardstock came away easily.

I lined this strip of houses on the front of the box, and used
Tombow to adhere the first three houses in place.

Then I went round the
corner, and adhered the second row of houses.

I continued this until I had completed all four sides.

Next I used the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch to punch out a decorative strip, which I adhered around the top of the box.

I
did toy with the idea of cutting off the lid and the two side flaps on the acetate box, but
I was concerned this would leave those three edges really sharp; so I
decided not to chance it!