Friday, January 22, 2010

Valentine's Day Candy Box






I wanted to get my hands dirty with all my new goodies. I know I made a number of cards already with the Butterfly Embosslit from Stampin' Up but I still can't get enough of it! I love butterflies. Believe or not, I have a whole Swarovski Crystal Butterfly Collection. Someday I'll have to take a picture of it and post it on here. Anyway, I'm getting off track! Here's a candy box I made. I decorated the top of the box using the new scallop punch and some butterflies. I used a leaf image form PTI's Turning a New Leaf stamp set and the hearts are from Stampin' Up's I {heart} Hearts stamp set. I decided to use a heart for the box closure. So cute, isn't it?
For directions for making this cute little candy box, click here for Angie's Candy Box video tutorial. Some helpful tips for making the box, I found it easier to mark the placement of the brad with a pencial and then punch it out with a 1/16 punch instead of trying to use a paper piercer. (No damage to the box that way and it definitely looks a lot neater.) I did this to the heart closure too. I was able to fit 3 Ghirardelli chocolate squares in the box. My favorites are the caramel ones! YUM!

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