I made these cute little ladybugs full of retired eyelets to give to my Hostesses and the first to place their orders for the July Clubs. They are really easy to make and so cute! You could fill them with jelly beans, M&Ms, buttons, ribbon, etc.
Just pull gently up on the head to pull up the Tag Punch body so the hole in the backing will be revealed to get the goodies in and out.
To make the ladybug you
will need the following supplies:
- red card stock (I used
Riding Hood Red)
- Basic Black Card Stock
- Sweet Treat Cups
- 1-3/4" Circle
Extra-Large Punch
- 1-1/4" Circle
Large Punch
- Extra-Large Tag Punch (formerly Tag Punch)
- Itty Bitty Shapes
Punch Pack
- Sticky Strip
- 2-Way Glue Pen (or
Mini Glue Dots)
- SNAIL
- wiggly eyes
- pencil
- Paper Snips
- treats
1) Punch a 1
3/4" circle in the middle of a scrap of red card stock.
2) Place a Sweet
Treat Cup on top of the punched scrap so the circle in the middle is centered
under the treat cup.
3) Trace the
outside edge of the treat cup with the pencil.
4) Cut out the
circle. You should have a thin ring of red card stock.
5) Put small
pieces of Sticky Strip around the top edge of the Sweet Treat Cup lip (not the
back side which already has adhesive hidden by the protective ring).
6) Remove the
protective backing on the Sticky Strip pieces and lay your ring of card stock
on the Sweet Treat Cup lip. Press in place.
7) Punch a 1
1/4" circle in the middle of a scrap of red card stock.
8) Place the Sweet
Treat Cup on top of the punched scrap so the circle in the middle is centered
under the treat cup.
9) Trace the
outside edge of the treat cup with the pencil.
10) Cut out the
circle. You should have a thick ring of red card stock.
11) Remove the
protective backing from the back side of the Sweet Treat Cup lip and lay your
Sweet Treat Cup on the thick ring of card stock so the circle in the middle is
centered. Press in place.
12) Punch out a
tag shape from a scrap of red card stock.
13) Punch two 1
1/4" circles from a scrap of black card stock.
14) Insert the
scrap of black card stock back into the 1 1/4" Circle Punch so you can see
a thin edge of black card stock on the side of the previously punched out
circle. Punch.
15) Repeat step 14
so you have two thin curving pieces of black card stock.
16)
Adhere one of the 1 1/4" black circles to the top of the red tag
piece.
17) Adhere the two
thin curving black strips to the back of the black circle attached to the tag
so a bit of each pokes up at the top of the circle.
18) Adhere the
other black circle to the tag to cover the backs of the antenna.
19) Trim the ends
of the antenna if desired.
20) Repeat steps 7
through 10.
21) Lay the thick
ring of red card stock on your work surface.
22) Place the tag
punch over the hole in the middle of the ring.
23) Put small
strips of Sticky Strip below the tag and on either side on the red card stock
ring.
24) Remove the
protective backing from the Sticky Strip pieces and adhere the thick ring to
the back of the Sweet Treat Cup.
25) Adhere wiggly
eyes to the front of the head with 2-Way Glue Pen or Mini Glue Dots.
26) Punch out 6 small circles from a scrap of black card stock.
27) Adhere them to
the top of the Sweet Treat Cup.
28) Gently pull
the tag punch out part way by pulling on the head.
29) Fill the Sweet
Treat Cup with goodies.
30) Push the tag
punch back in place.
These are just da bomb!!! totally adorable!
Posted by: Gaynel | 09/14/2010 at 08:25 PM
Just adorable! I never purchased the treat cups because of the difficult mailing factor. I just love this idea of using them just for holders and cute gift presentation. They will be on my next order! TFS!
Diane
Posted by: Diane Simpers | 08/15/2010 at 01:54 PM
super cute idea! this will be on my punch art inspiration of the day tomorrow.
Posted by: Kim Score | 08/10/2010 at 02:14 PM