Emery board holder.

Lockdown as given me some time to spend in m  craft room to have a clear out and do some 

reorganizing. I found a handmade nail file  holder  given to me by my crazy friend Sharon.   She  embossed the card and smudged coloured chalks over the embossed area.

Seeing this inspired me to make new ones. They are quick and simple to do and require very little material , time. and tools.

Here is how I made mine.  A piece of white cardstock 7 1/2 inches x 4 1/4   . ( The length will vary depending on the length of your emery boards.) . Score length ways at    1  1/2   and 3 inches. turn card round and score  at 1/2 an inch   on the bottom edge.  

Cut away the side  pieces leaving the a small flap on the middle panel.

  I sponged  some ink randomly over the card before embossing it.  It looks pretty awful at this stage.

Some of that is down to the fact the ink hadn't had time to dry out before I took the photo, partly because the lighting was a little harsh in my craft room and partly because it is pretty awful. 

Once it started to dry out and had been embossed using a Crafters companion embossing folder it started to look a bit better.

I used a 1" punch to punch out a semi circle notch to make removing the emery board is easier.

 Time to glue the side panel to the bottom flap to seal the bottom. Then glue  the back panel down.

Using this  Pebeo  gilding wax and  a my middle finger and a very light touch, I  stroked on the gilding wax.

 The gold wax just finishes this off nicely. Enhancing the beautiful and  intricate patterns on the embossing folders. I found it's best to use a very busy heavily patterned embossing folder when using gilding wax.  It's easier to keep the wax on the raised embossed parts when the pattern is even.

 I got  a little carried away  making these and trying out different colour combo's .
 Another Less opulent way of decorating  these is to stamp and colour images of  your choice before you  score the card and assemble it. But I must say the treatment of inking and embossing the card makes it feel a lot thicker and more robust than just stamping and colouring.

I used pretty card panels on the one below.