Find out how you can make your very own Light Up Christmas Tree Box Frame using our Stepping into Christmas Deco-Large Collection!



Making the box frame

  1. Cut a piece of Mirri to 29cm x 34cm
  2. Place landscape on an Adorable Scoreboard and score at 1cm, 3½cm, 17½cm & 20cm
  3. Turn portrait and score at 2½cm and 5cm on both the left and right-hand edges of the Mirri
  4. Cut a rectangle aperture into the main section measuring 15cm x 10cm
  5. Cut away the excess, leaving flaps above and below the aperture
  6. Cut Snowfall Acetate to fit behind the aperture and fix it into place with Hi-Tack Tape
  7. Cover the back of the inside with a piece of the co-ordinating cardstock from the Deco-Large set
  8. Measure up 7cm from the bottom edge of the box and cut a 3cm rectangle large enough for the battery pack to fit through.

Assembling the Deco-large with lights

  1. Starting with the top layer of the Deco-Large, secure the lights to the reverse using Hi-Tack Tape to hold the wire in place
  2. Move onto the next layer, cutting a small slit in the larger layer and threading the wire through. Continue to do this, fixing each layer with foam pads. (Double layering foam pads may be required, depending on the thickness of the wire and amount of lights used.)
  3. Once all lights are fixed in place, bring the main wire out of the hole in the base of the box
  4. Slide the battery pack through the slot created earlier and fix the Deco-Large in place on the background image using foam pads
  5. Decoupage the tree decorations and wreath
  6. Fold the box structure along the scorelines and secure with Hi-Tack Tape.

The Battery Pack Holder

  1. Cut Mirri card to 9½cm x 16cm
  2. Score portrait at 2cm from the left-hand edge
  3. Score landscape at 5½cm, 7½cm, 13cm & 15cm
  4. Keeping it landscape with the horizontal line at the bottom, cut up each scoreline to the horizontal line
  5. Fold along the scorelines to create an open top box and fix together using Hi-Tack Tape
  6. Fix this box to the reverse of the project, ensuring the bases are at the same level.

To Decorate

  1. Cut seven strips from co-ordinating cardstock, measuring 3mm less than the width and length of the edges of the frame and fix into place
  2. Fix sentiments on foam pads to the top right and bottom left-hand corners
  3. Embellish the top left corner with three Diamond Sparkles of two sizes and a green bow, and the bottom right corner with 3 different sizes of Diamond Sparkles. 
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