Tea-rrific Tea Lights

Have you checked out the Paper Crafts magazine special issue, 350 Cards & Gifts? If you have, you might have seen this pretty project I designed that's featured on page 153. The tealights and slide top box are today's Paper Craft Planet 3d Tuesday challenge.

The tealights are super easy to make. Start by stamping a solid image stamp on plain white tissue paper. I used images from Verve's Petals and Stems set here. Use a circle punch to punch out the image and a handheld punch to make a hole in the center of the circle to thread the tealight's wick through. I found that placing a piece of copy paper behind the tissue before punching made it easier to get a clean cut circle.

After setting the tissue circle on the tealight, use a heat tool to heat the wax so that the tissue becomes covered in wax, adhering it to the tealight. The tealight's metal rim will become hot, so handle it carefully. I use a craft tweezers to hold the tissue and tealight in place while heating it.

The box is made from some cut and scored cardstock. You can find the box and box top template here on the Paper Crafts website--you'll have to scroll down a bit to find it, but I promise it's there! The box top is decorated with a strip of cardstock stamped to coordinate with the tealights. I tied a little tag around it to dress it up and it's all ready to give as a gift.

We'd love to see your take on the challenge, so be sure to use the linky widget here on the Paper Craft Planet blog to show off your project. You can also upload your creation to the PCP gallery using the keyword 3d110.

Materials Used:
Petals and Stems and Thankful Hearts stamp sets (Verve Stamps); Regal Rose Classic ink, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, and Whisper White cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Memento Dandelion ink (Tsukineko); Sweet Blush satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink); pink baker's twine (Divine Twine); button (Clear and Simple Stamps); 1 3/8" and 1 1/2" circle and 1/8" handheld punches (EK Success); tealights; heat tool; white tissue paper