I got this brilliant idea from my upline, Janet Wakeland. I just took the idea and tweaked it a bit so that I didn't use as much card stock. All my Club Members are getting one of these as an extra treat from me with their January Club Orders. Enjoy!
- Sweetheart, special flyer, $15.95 (Clear) or $21.95 (Wood)
- Taken with Teal 8 1/2 x 11" Card Stock, page 157, $5.50
- Real Red 8 1/2 x 11" Card Stock, page 156, $5.50
- Whisper White 8 1/2 x 11" Card Stock, page 155, $7.50
- Taken with Teal Classic Ink Pad, page 157, $5.95
- Full Heart Punch, pages 186-187, $15.95
- Modern Label Punch, pages 186-187, $15.95
- 1/16" Circle Handheld Punch, page 186, $8.95
- Small Heart Punch, page 11 of Occasions Mini, $5.95
- Linen Thread, page 183, $4.50
- Real Red 3/4" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon, page 183, $8.95
- Heart Treat Cups, special flyer, $2.95
- Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, page 194, $99.95
- Extended Cutting Pads, page 194, $19.95
- Extended Premium Crease Pad, page 194, $19.95
- Fancy Favor Bigz XL Die, page 200, $39.95
- Sticky Strip, page 192, $6.95
- adhesive
- scissors
- candy or other treats
1) Cut a piece of Taken with Teal Card Stock to 4 1/2 x 8 1/2". By cutting it to this size, you don't waste as much card stock when you run the card stock through the Big Shot since you are cutting some of the flaps off anyway.
2) Place the Fancy Favor Die on your work surface with the cutting side up and the Sizzix label on the left side (and upside down).
3) Carefully place the teal card stock onto the Die so it covers the top of the box on the left side. You will not cover all of the flaps, but that is okay since you are going to cut them off anyway.
4) Build a sandwich of Extended Cutting Pad, Die with card stock placed on it as shown in the picture above, Extended Premium Crease Pad, and shim of heavy card stock if needed. Run through the Big Shot.
5) Undo your sandwich and remove your cut and scored card stock. It should look like this:
6) Cut off the bottom flaps and the side flap.
7) Turn the card stock over so the score lines are indenting the card stock.
8) Carefully stamp the scalloped border heart image from the Sweetheart Set in Taken with Teal Ink onto the center panel about 1/4" from the bottom. I used the Clear Mount version of the set, so it was really easy to see where I was positioning my stamp by lining up the block sides and bottom.
9) Slide the stamped card stock into the Full Heart Punch so that the center of the heart is centered inside the punching area.
10) Put tiny pieces of Sticky Strip at 4 points around the top rim of a Heart Treat Cup. If some of the Sticky Strip sticks over the edge of the rim, trim it off with scissors.
11) Remove the protective red backing from the tiny pieces of Sticky Strip and insert the Heart Treat Cup into the punched out heart. Do NOT remove the protective backing on the bottom rim of the Treat Cup!
12) If using a large candy like I did, you can go ahead and insert it into the cup. If using smaller candies like M&Ms, wait and fill the pouch just before tying it shut.
13) Turn the card stock over so the opening to the treat cup is face up. Place strips off Sticky Strip along the bottom of the center panel and along the edge of one of the side panels as shown here:
14) Remove the protective red backing from the bottom strip of Sticky Strip and fold the left flap over and press firmly to adhere.
15) Remove the protective red backing from the Sticky Strip on the right flap and fold it closed. Press firmly to adhere.
16) Stamp sentiment from Sweetheart Set in Taken with Teal Ink onto a scrap of Whisper White Card Stock.
17) Punch the sentiment out with the Modern Label Punch so it is aligned to the left side of the punch.
18) Punch a scrap of Real Red Card Stock with the Small Heart Punch.
19) Adhere the small heart to the right side of the punched sentiment.
20) Use the handheld circle punch to punch a small hole in the left side of the punched sentiment.
21) Thread a small piece of Linen Thread through the small hole in the punched sentiment and tie a loop.
22) If using small candies like M&Ms, fill your pouch now.
23) Wrap a piece of Real Red Polka-Dot Ribbon around the top of the pouch and start tying a simple overhand knot.
24) Slip the loop of Linen Thread onto one end of the ribbon before you finish tying your knot.
25) Trim ends of ribbon and Linen Thread as needed.
You may or may not need a shim when using the Fancy Favor Die. All Big Shot Machines and Dies are slightly different. Some will need a shim and some won't. Just experiment with your machine, dies, and various thicknesses of materials to be cut (card stock or Designer Paper) to determine if you need a shim or not.
The card board which comes packaged with most of the Dies makes an excellent shim. Or, use a piece of card board cut from packaging of our Designer Papers.
Cut only one piece of card stock at a time for best results. If you try to cut more than one at a time, the score lines might not be distinct enough.
Make sure you stamp the heart image so the tip of the heart is only about 1/4" from the bottom of the card stock. Otherwise, the punch won't be able to get in far enough.
It's always a good idea to stamp images first and then punch them out. It's just easier to line things up that way especially since you can easily turn our punches over so you can see what you are punching!
Nestle Crunch hearts fit snuggly into the Heart Treat Cups and some of them are wrapped in Real Red foil! Reese's Peanut Butter hearts also fit snuggly into the Heart Treat Cups, but I'm not using them in case of peanut allergies.
You can also fill these pouches with small candies like M&Ms, Skittles, or conversation hearts or with non-edible treats like buttons, brads, bath salts, confetti, rice or bird seed to be thrown at a wedding, etc.
You could make a similar pouch using our round Sweet Treat Cups sold on page 21 of the Occasions Mini and the 1 3/4" Circle Punch.
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Posted by: Term Papers | 03/12/2010 at 12:59 AM