Pinky's World Projects: tea light box

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Monday, 3 November 2025

Let there be light!

I was searching through my craft room for something

entirely different but came across a drawer full of

tea light candles and decided to make some little

boxes to hold one.

These will go to our local St. Vincent de Paul shop

and help me use up loads of paper!!!

It holds one of the small candles (Ikea).

I did a tutorial here if you fancy cutting into

some stash!

Measurements needed to make one

Base - 7 6/8" x 7 6/8"

Score on all four sides at

5/8", 1 1/4", 1 7/8", 2 4/8"

Belly Band - 2 3/4" + one wee notch x 8 1/4"

I used old paper scraps from SU, two daisy punches (SU),

card candi, and red ink from my blending brush.

I would like to enter these into

Paper Rock Scissors - use paper and or scissors

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - candle in the wind

The Outlawz - no cards

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Another tea light box idea

So on my mission to use up my tea lights and my retired papers

I have come up with this little box.

Simple enough and easily adjusted to fit whatever size you might need.

You can watch my video here.

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For this one I have used my love retired papers again

but the flower has been stamped using the lovely

Daisy Lane stamp set and matching punches large and medium.

The ink is grapefruit grove from a retired in colour a few years ago.

Measurements needed to follow along

Box - 3 5/8" x 7 6/8"

Score short side at 6/8" on both sides

Score long side - 6/8", 3 1/2", 4 1/4", 7"

Belly Band - 7" x 1 1/2"

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Kreativtanten - in the garden

Classic Design challenge - September challenge

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creatalicious - anything goes option friends

So my hand is much better but still have to put splint on

for a few hours a day.

I have been enjoying walking around golf course

as hubby plays his golf.

It is so beautiful out there and it's a nice change from the back garden.

Mother nature has worked her magic right on my doorstep.

Wednesday, 8 September 2021

Use your stash!

With taking a rest from crafting my mind was full of ideas

to use up what stash I have and this is one of them.

I designed a little box to hold my metal candle holders

which I picked up (quite a lot) from Ikea.

They were greatly reduced and I thought I'd use them for something

but they just lay in the bottom drawer!

So here is what I made.

The candle holder has been stamped in stazon

and the boxes have been made using my retired paper stash.

You can watch my video here

This size of box also fits the 2 1/4" candles.

Measurements needed to follow along

Paper - 8 1/2" x 3 3/4"

Score long side - 2 3/4", 3 1/2", 6 1/4", 7"

Score short side - 3/4" both sides

I would like to enter these into

Lil Patch of Crafting friends - anything goes

Classic Design Challenge - anything September

Through the Purple Haze - anything option rounded corners

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Welcome to my newest follower PAT CLAYTON!

Thanks so much for following my wee blog.

Thursday, 28 March 2019

Tea Light box in Forever Lovely

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This is the candle box I made to match yesterday's card.
I used the same dsp teamed up with crumb cake card.
The little poem inside is off google and is perfect for
giving to someone who has just lost a family member.

How I made the Candle Box
1. Cut piece of crumb cake card 9 1/4" x 4 " and score at 4", turn and score at 4"
Fold to form a book shape.
2. Cut DSP 3 6/8" square (3 pieces) 1 1/8" x 3 6/8" (2 pieces)
3. Cut a 6 1/4" square of crumb cake.
Score at 1/2", 1 1/2". Turn and repeat on all sides.
Score and cut waste away. Using circle die 2 7/8" in centre of score lines.
This fits the older Ikea round candle holder. Adjust to suit your own candle.
3. Add double sided tape as in pic below and add your ribbon.
Seal up final edge using wet glue.
4. Finish forming the box shape.
5. Cut a piece of crumb cake 8cm square to seal bottom of your box.
6. Cut two pieces of ribbon 10" long. Add double sided tape to front
of your book shape and stick the ribbon. Glue your dsp to cover the front and ribbon.
Add double sided tape to inside left for other ribbon, and cover with dsp.
7. Adhere your spines and insides with dsp.
8. Glue your candle box in place on right hand side of book.
9. Decorate the front by punching two pretty labels in cake crumb.
10. Type out your sentiment (or stamp it) in matching hex colours
and punch using the pretty label punch.
11. Add sentiment to one label using dimensionals and glue second one so it shows at bottom.
12. Stamp 3 flowers in lovely lipstick, and 6 leaves in soft sea foam and cut out.
Add to front of your box.

If you find this difficult to follow, comment below and I will do a YouTube video for it.
EDIT: sorry haven't had time to make video but hope this photos will help.

I would like to enter this into:
Crafty Catz - make it square/anything goes
Southern Girls - someone special
Aud Sentiments - anything goes/no Happy Birthday
Simon Wednesday challenge - anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes (2)

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AUSSIE ANNIE
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