Easy Access Sweet Treats

This is a little card -- 3"x3" -- that is just too much fun! And by that, I mean I've played with the little sliding door about a gazillion times over the past couple of days, ha ha!

I totally LOVE the new Sweet Treat Cups from Stampin' Up! (available for a limited time in the Holiday Mini)! In fact, I love them so much I keep looking for reasons to use them... they are just TOO cute! The challenge with these cups on my first card was getting to the treats without wrecking the project (all that hard work, I sure didn't want someone to have to break it apart!). So I looked at my stuff and remembered the slider cards that were really popular a few years ago. BINGO! Slider door for the treat cup!


The Bermuda Bay layer is popped up on dimensionals to make room for the penguin sliding door behind it. The key here is to stick the Sweet Treat cup to the back of the Bermuda Bay layer, NOT to the white card base. So you don't use the provided adhesive on the treat cups. Instead, put Sticky Strip on the other side of the cup and then stick it to the Bermuda Bay card stock. To be able to access the candy, punch a matching hole in the white card base exactly lined up with the hole in the Bermuda Bay layer. The sliding door will hold the candy securely in there until you pull on the tab to release the goodies!


For the tab, I stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzleberry onto Whisper White card stock and used the Round Tab punch to punch it out, and then cut the resulting tab in half. Then I glued it round-tab-up onto the Rich Razzleberry rectangle that was going to be the sliding door. Turning the slider over, I then used a 1-3/4" circle of Whisper White card stock stamped with the super cute penguin from my Cold & Cuddly set. The penguin is stamped in Jet Black Staz-On ink for a super sharp image, and then his belly is sponged with Crushed Curry. Sponging a light dash of Bermuda Bay around the edges of the circle completed it nicely. The cocoa cups (included in the Cold & Cuddly set) are stamped in Soft Suede on Whisper White card stock. The two cups on the Bermuda Bay layer are popped up on dimensionals. I added one more little cup of cocoa on the inside of the card.


I turned the slider back over and added another circle of Whisper White card stock. This time, I stamped For You from my Fundamental Phrases set and again sponged the edges. NOTE: place this circle UPSIDE-DOWN so the it will be read right-side up when you open the card. It's weird, I know, but it works.


I arranged my card so that the pull-tab is on the top, but you can place yours on the side if you like. Whatever works for your own design. Have fun with this!

Cheers,
Pia

Stampin' Essentials:

Stamps: Cold & Cuddly (116523), Fundamental Phrases (114968)

Ink: Bermuda Bay (115655), Rich Razzleberry (115658), Soft Suede (115657), Crushed Curry (115659), Staz-On: Jet Black (101406), Stampin' Write Marker - Basic Black (100082)

Paper: Whisper White cardstock (100730), In Color Textured cardstock -- package of assorted In Colors (115719)

Tools: 1-3/4" Circle Punch (112004), Round Tab Punch (108340)

Other Fun Stuff: Sticky Strip (104294), 2-Way Glue Pen (100425), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Sponge Daubers (102892), Sweet Treat Cups (116802)