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48 | December 2019
Mailing
Tube
Candles
Send a warm
greeting with a
set of cardboard
candles in an
entryway or
on a table in front
of a window.
What You Need
■Crafts knife ■Mailing
tube ■Chipboard
■Hot-glue gun
and glue roll ■White
spray paint
■Yellow cardstock
1 Prep the
mailing tube
Use the crafts knife to
cut one end of the
mailing tube at an
angle. Trace that
opening onto a piece
of chipboard. Cut out
the chipboard circle
with scissors and
glue to the mailing
tube with small dots
of hot glue.
2 Create
wax drips
Apply hot glue at
the seam of the
chipboard and the
mailing tube, letting
it fl ow down to create
wax drips.* After
the glue hardens,
spray-paint the entire
mailing tube.
3 Make the
candle fl ames
Fold a 4×4-inch piece
of yellow cardstock
in half and cut out
half a fl ame shape
on folded edge.
Create fi ve cutouts for
each candle. With
folds touching, glue
the backs of the
fl ame pieces to each
other using an all-
purpose glue stick.
Hot-glue the fl ame to
the chipboard top.
❋AMBER’S PRO TIPS
For the best waxlike
glue drips, Amber
recommends a
high-temp glue gun.
“It makes the glue
‘meltier’ and more
likely to drip,” she says.
Go slowly; after a
section dries, you can
fi ll in gaps. Several thin
coats of spray paint
smooths it all out.
Craft a
big “match”
from a
dowel and
a felt ball.
[IN HER WORDS]
GET TO
KNOW
AMBER
Ten reasons you’d
love to have her join
your crafts night.
JOB TITLE
”Crafter, blogger, and
glue-gun slinger.”
BEST WAY
TO SUM UP LIFE
RIGHT NOW
”Never a dull moment.”
FAVORITE
CRAFT SUPPLY
”Stickers.”
BEST
CRAFTING SKILL
”Speed. I’m a
very fast crafter!”
CAN’T LIVE
WITHOUT
”My family, my planner,
and the occasional
Tate’s Bake Shop
chocolate chip cookie.”
LATEST
OBSESSION
”Sewing. I’m hooked
on creating colorful,
quirky clothing.”
SECRET
PASSIONS
”Awesome shoes and
afternoon naps.”
I START MY
DAY BY
”Checking Instagram.
Embarrassing,
but true.”
HIDDEN TALENT
”I speak fl uent
Pig Latin.”
WORDS TO LIVE BY
”Making makes
us better.” ■
