Embossed Christmas Candle Covers
Project Description: Make your own embossed Christmas Candle Covers with vibrate colors using Grafix metallic Foil Board and Vellum.
Designed by: Tami Sanders
Difficulty: Easy
Materials:
- Grafix Metallic Foil Board: Red, Green and Gold
- Grafix Vellum
- Spellbinders Paper Arts Wizard Machine
- Impressabilities Snowflake Embossing Template
- Paper Trimmer
- Scissors
- Bone Folder
- Scoring Tool
- Anywhere Hole Punch
- Hammer
- Setting Mat
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Strong Double Sided Tape
Steps to Make This:
- Cut 2 pieces of Red Metallic Foil Board measuring 5″ X 6”. —-Repeat the following steps for both pieces:
- Create a “sandwich” to emboss foil board using Wizard Machine. To make a “sandwich” stack from bottom to top as follows: emboss plate, embossing template, foil board {face up}, embossing mat, and cut plate. Follow manufacturer directions if using another die-cut machine.
- Run “sandwich” through the machine to emboss the foil board.
- Trim foil board close around the embossed border.
- Score foil board at ½” across both short sides to form tabs.
- Use anywhere punch, mat and hammer to punch holes at the center of embossed snowflakes. Avoid punching holes in scored tab areas.
- Cut 2 pieces of vellum in your choice of color measuring 5 1/4″ X 4″. —-Repeat the following steps for both of the foil board and vellum pieces:
- Apply strips of double-sided tape around edges of backside of foil board, applying just outside scored tabs at sides and avoiding holes. Place pieces of double-sided tape between any holes along the sides.
- Remove backing tape and adhere the vellum to the foil board.
- Score piece at 2 7/8” down center of the shorter side. Be careful when scoring if there are holes along the line; score lightly to avoid breaking through the vellum.
- Use a bone folder to fold and crease ½” tabs towards the center.
- Fold in half along the scoreline and crease with a bone folder.
- Apply double-sided tape to tabs – foil side up – on both sides of ONE of the foil board pieces.
- Adhere other foil board pieces to one side of the taped piece by overlapping the tabs – making sure the top and bottom edges are even.
- Fold up foil board pieces along score lines and overlap tabs at ends and adhere to form cover.
- Two opposing corners of the cover will be slanted.