Those who made votive placecards, I have a question about the paper and cutting...

ChrissynRicky Posted: Oct 10, 2005 08:06 PM

Those who made votive placecards, I have a question about the paper and cutting...

obviously b/c there's a curvature in the glass, how do you get the vellum paper to line up well along the sides???

rrrrrrggggghhhh!

JimmysBride Posted: Oct 10, 2005 08:08 PM

Re: Those who made votive placecards, I have a question about the paper and cutting...

You have to cut it in a curved shape to fit the curvature of the glass. I made a template first using heavy cardstock and then I traced that on the vellum. It took a little trial and error but it didn't take too long at all.

ChrissynRicky Posted: Oct 10, 2005 08:10 PM

Re: Those who made votive placecards, I have a question about the paper and cutting...

darn...that's what I thought. I'm using a paper cutter (straight lines of course) - I'm going to go the route you did!

THANK YOU!

JimmysBride Posted: Oct 10, 2005 08:13 PM

Re: Those who made votive placecards, I have a question about the paper and cutting...

I still used a paper cutter - definitely a time saver. What I did was that I traced I think 4 to a sheet of vellum then rough cut several sheets of the vellum simultaneously with the paper cutter. Then I refined the cuts by hand with scissors. Well... actually DH did. YEP, I MADE him help me!