A5 tea = light card tutorial

Good afternoon everyone. I promised you guys I would share how I made the tea light card that has been featured a lot lately but in the larger size of A5 card.

This is going to be a long post with mutiple pictures. (Apologies for the pictures being upside down it wasnt when I uploaded it but they are appearing on the screen that way not sure why)

I have managed to make this using 3 peices of A4 card stock rather than the specialist 14*14 card stock you would need otherwise.

Firsty place you A4 card stock onto your boxer board (any other scoring board which has inches on it) butt it up using the shorter side and score at 6 inches and again at 7 inches
see picture below

 

You will need to do this on 2 peices of your card stock.
Cut your card stock at the 7inch score line so your left with this

Do this on both peices
(do not discard these cut off's as you can use them later on)

Fold and burnish your score line and then stick the two folded flaps together to create your card

Now for your box to hold the tea lights.
You will need to cut your longest side at 10 2/8 inch, heigth stays the same (A4

Now score along the shortest edge (longest edge butted up against the edge) and score at
7/8 then 1 6/8 then then 6 6/8 then 7 5/8
turn your card 90 degrees and score at
7/8 then 1 6/8 flip it and do the same the other side
Fold and burnish all your lines it should look something like this

Then cut your ends so they look like this.

What I do next is ink all the edges

You will need to then attach all your backing papers so that its completley covered for when you start to assemble your box.
Use a nestie or anything you have to create an aperture on the front of your box then attach ascertate to create the window.

This is one I have completed

Once you ascertate is in place you can asemble your box, you will notice there is no back to it. 

ou can either stick this straight down to your card base or use one of your off cuts from earlier and just slide that into the back of your box to create
a full box (remember it is your choice I do this becuase it gives the box a bit more stablity.

You can decorate your card anyway you like I have made these for both xmas gifts and birthdays. I create a pocket on the inside of the card with a tag so that you can write on the tag but it is entirely up to you how you finish off your very own creation, have fun with it.

Here is a finished example

 A trick I learnt after making a mistake with this is you will need to attach ribbon around your box so that it holds the flap at the top closed keeping your candles safely inside. Do this before you stick it down to the card base. It just means the receipent can access the box easily without having to rip it open and ruin the card in the process.

I hope this is helpful any questions please dont hesitate to ask. It seems lot more complicated than it really is and to actually do your cutting and scoring it only takes about 5 mins, its the decotating and the personal touches that takes all the time.

Hugs

Marie 

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