Kates Christmas Decoupage Light Box Tutorial ...

Christmas Oval Decoupage Light Box

Equipment

Double sided tape

Pinflair or clear glue

Three sheets of gold mirror card

Once fake candle

Grand nesties Oval and Oval Scallop

Glue and pegs to hold

12 x 12 sheet of acetate

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Instructions

Using the grand nestie ovals and the grand nestie scallop ovals, select the 2^nd to smallest oval, and then locate the matching slightly larger scallop oval.

Die cut in gold mirror card three of the scallop ovals and two of the plain ovals (sorry you can only see two scallops from my photograph the glare was awful)

Cut four strips of gold mirror card measuring 29.5 cm (The full strip of an A4 piece of card) x 4.5 cm.

On each strip score at the 2cm mark, all the way down.

On the 2cm side of the 4.5 cm strip, cut slots like a comb, the smaller the better but big enough to glue on, bend these tabs at the score point.

Run the strips through your fingers creating a curve on each one, this will help you place the strips where you need them to go.

Using the plain oval as your base and the gold side up, add glue to the plain oval and then start to use the outer edge of the oval as your guide and start to stick your tabs on the plain oval.  You do this all the way around until it runs out and then you measure one of your other strips for the gap and then do the same with this. Repeat this for the lid.

Add a couple or so pegs to hold the joins whilst it dries.

Whilst it is drying, place two scallop ovals together back to back so that the gold is showing on top and bottom and glue in place.

Once dry add one of the smooth oval to each scallop oval, remember that one of them is the top so will show the gold under the rim and on top and one is the base so the gold will show up and the base will be white.

Now from your 12 x 12 piece of acetate cut 2 pieces measuring 15cm x 31cm

Add double sided tape to the bottom edge (the height here is 15cm however should you want to change the height you could)

Wrap the first acetate piece around the outside sticking the tape to the bottom gold upright.  Then trim the width of the second piece to match your space leaving enough room extra to add your tape before trimming and then add this to the first piece to create a full oval acetate surround.

Now choose two images from your

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And cut them out as normal, edge all of the pieces as best you can with pencil to hide the white edges.  Then here is the difficult bit.  Select the light sources that you want the candle to shine through and cut them out, but remember you need to cut them out on all of the added layers so that the light source will show through them all.  Key point, do not decoupage with sticky dots as you go, just do the cutting out.

Once both images are ready for layering, get your clear glue out (if you use sticky dots or non clear glue then the dots will be enhanced by the fake candle and show more)

Work one layer at a time direct onto the acetate.  The first layer you can use your double sided for, the rest requires the use of the clear glue. Add your dots and then add to the layer on the acetate.  Layering on a flat surface will not shape around the oval.

Swop to the other side and add your second image.

Now as all people cut images different sizes the next bit is a bit of guess work – measure the gap between the front image and the back then cut a piece this measurement x 15 cm (the height of the acetate) using double sided add this to the gap, to block out the light coming through. Do the same on the other side.

Now just to tidy up and again this differs depending on your own creation.  Cut a gold strip to go all around the bottom to hide the tape and ensure no light seeps through.  Do the same with the top.

And there you go.

I added with permanent marker, window panes onto one of my images due to the light sources being large.