As a crafter, I’m always on the look out for resources and ideas for upcoming crafting projects. I think every crafter is thinking about Christmas cards for much of the year. Last summer I spotted a beading kit to make little angels and thought they would be lovely to include in my Christmas cards for my family members and close friends. As Christmas approached I was struggling to think of a card design which would accommodate the Angels as they were quite bulky for a card. I also realised that they would need to hand delivered if I was going to avoid a hefty postage bill. I remembered that I had a tonic lantern die set in my stash which proved to be the perfect size to fit the angels. I cut a large window in one side of the lantern and framed that with a silver mirror card die cut frame. I used the dies in the set to cut the verso design on the remaining sides which I then lined with patterned vellum. I made an insert for the top of the lantern box to suspend the completed angel from and hold a battery powered tea light upside down so that just the flame protruded through above the angel. As there wasn’t anywhere to write my message on the lantern, I made a mini card and attached that to an Angel die cut made using a custom made wooden die in my stash. I made 10 lanterns in total and managed to hand deliver 9 of them, the tenth I posted partially completed with tape applied so the recipient just had to fix the last panel in place to complete.