Celebrate!
It’s nearly time for the big day, so our Design Team post theme this week is, appropriately, ‘Celebrate’. Whilst it might be a bit late for crafting this project for Christmas Day, it’s a great little project if you’re having a celebration for New Year, or indeed anytime. First, I made the base to hold the gift. For my miniature, I needed a box 2¼” square and 1” deep so I cut a strip of thick black card 2¼” wide and 8½” long and scored it at 2¼”, 3¼”, 5½” and 6½”. I cut a circle from the middle square for the bottle. I reinforced all the fold lines before folding the box, adhering the 2” tab to the inside of the base. The aperture was slightly too small for the bottle so I cut a series of tiny slits all the way around the edge to widen the opening but ensuring a snug fit. Next, I cut two 2¼” strips of heat-resistant acetate. It MUST be heat-resistant acetate, otherwise it will just melt, like this… Each piece was scored at 2¼” and then ...