Today I'd like to share a fun project I will be teaching at my craft group's annual holiday gathering. We hold this event each year in December, and it is a chance for all of us to slow down and connect over some fun projects and more than a few snacks! I have been meeting with this wonderful group of ladies for about 8 years, and they have become like sisters to me. A few members have come and gone in that time but the relationships remain, and we have all made some amazing friendships over the years.
Feathers and Frost is one of my favorite sets in the new holiday catalog, and this year I wanted to create a gift item that could be given away as a bit of Christmas cheer. This bright and homey square luminary is easy to make, uses limited supplies, and looks lovely all lit up!
Supplies:
- Feathers and Frost Stamp Set or line art set of your choice
- One sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" Real Red card stock
- Real Red ink pad
- One 12" x 12" sheet of DSP or patterned paper
- One sheet of Thick White card stock
- One sheet of vellum
- Four small strips of gold glitter paper
- Stitched Shapes die (or other square and oval die set)
- Embossing supplies Gold embossing powder, Versamark pad, embossing buddy, and heat tool
- Real Red and Old Olive Stampin' Blends (light and dark of each color) or other coloring tools of your choice
- Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
- Foliage die or punch
- Battery operated tea light
Instructions:
1) Cut one sheet of Real Red card stock into two pieces measuring 4 1/4" x 9". Score both pieces at 4 1/4" and 8 1/2" along the 9" side. Trim the corners of each 1/2" section as indicated by the black areas below. (Feel free to click the diagrams to enlarge: My blog loves to cut larger images off at the edges.)
2) Cut four 4" x 4" squares of designer series paper.
3) Cut four 3 1/2" squares of vellum.
4) Prep all four pieces of vellum with your embossing buddy, stamp the square bird and feathers image from the Feathers and Frost set (or another image of your choice) in Versamark ink, and heat emboss with gold embossing powder.
5) Run a small strip of adhesive in only a small center section of each 4" square of DSP and affix the DSP squares inside each Real Red panel. This will keep the two layers in place while you die cut a square window from the center of each.
6) Choose a square die slightly larger than the image stamped on the vellum pieces and die cut a window from each square section of the luminary. Cutting through both the card stock and DSP allows you to easily cut the same window on each panel. (Tip: Number each panel and the DSP that fits it lightly in pencil as you go. No matter how much we try to center our cuts, no one is perfect!) Set the DSP pieces aside.
7) Center the gold embossed image in the center of each window and adhere to the outward-facing side of each Real Red panel. (It will not matter if the vellum is straight as the edges will be hidden!)
8) Adhere the DSP squares over the vellum on the outward-facing side of each Real Red panel, making sure the inside edges are flush with the windows cut in the base and that the border around each piece of DSP is even.
Note: If you are using a different stamp in your window which requires cutting your square opening a different size, you may need to trim down your 1/2" tabs to be sure they don't show when the box is assembled in the next step.
9) Assemble! Fold along score lines. Orient both base pieces so that the 1/2" score faces the same direction. Apply strong adhesive to the outward-facing portion of tab C and adhere it to the back side of panel D. Apply strong adhesive to the outward-facing portion of tab F, and wrap it around to adhere it to the back side of panel A. This will form a box with an opening in the center for your tea light.
10) Decorate! This is the fun part! I used a strip of gold glitter paper cut in a banner shape at the base of each window and layered the Joy sentiment stamped in red and cut with the smallest stitched oval die over the top. For the upper left corner of each window, I fussy cut the poinsettia and leaf stamp colored with Stampin' Blends, and I layered them over some punched evergreen boughs.
Now that I have made one of these, I have plans to make them in all kinds of color combinations! What combo will you try?
Thanks for stopping by today, my friends! Happy crafting!
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