How to make a simple sweet holder

In two weeks time I will be in Cologne for our annual Stampin’ Up! conference. It will probably be the last one I attend, so I want to make the most of it. Many people attending make swaps to share with each other. These can provide some great project ideas. So I needed to get a move on to make mine for this trip and I decided to adapt this sweet holder as my swap.

I did a YouTube and Facebook live to show you how to make my simple sweet holder swaps and you can find that at the end of this post.

I first made the sweet holder project shown in the pictures below as a treat for my husband for Valentine’s Day.

NB: These sweet holders fit a small Lindt teddy. If using a different-sized sweet, you may need to adjust the strip measurements to fit.

To make this Lindt teddy sweet holder you will need:

• Designer Series Paper (DSP) of your choice 15cm x 3.5cm (6″ x 1½”)
• Coloured cardstock to punch or die-cut a heart (or two hearts if you prefer) – I used the Endless Love die.
• Scrap of Basic White for your sentiment
• Ink pad to coordinate with your DSP choice
• Ribbon to decorate

Score the strip on the long side at 6.5cm and 8.5cm (2½” and 3½”).

Fold inwards and burnish.

Add a strip of tear & tape to one end and squeeze the ends together to stick.

Use a hole punch to punch a small hole in the end – you can see this in the picture below, opened out so you can see:

Stamp a background heart pattern on the heart using the coordinating colour ink pad.

Stamp a sentiment using your coloured ink on a scrap of Basic White and die-cut or punch out.

Add to the front heart using dimensionals.

Push a length of ribbon through the holes in the heart(s) and strip as shown:

Tie the ribbon in a neat bow.

For my swaps, I used one Basic White die-cut heart, stamping directly onto it. Use either a lighter and a darker coloured ink pad, for the hearts and the sentiment respectively, or use a single colour ink pad with a stamping-off technique for the hearts. Here are all my pieces ready to assemble!

I added the ribbon using a simple knot, which was quicker! Here are some of my swaps:

And here is the video of how to make them:

Thank you for taking the time to read my post.

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