Sour Cream Container Tutorial

Well here's another tutorial. They are known as Sour Cream Containers and if you google you will probably find heaps of other examples too. You can see some in my post about the goodies I made for Kelly.

Here are the supplies you'll need to create them.




Cut a 5 inch (12.5 cm) square of patterned paper. You could use plain or decorate your own too if you wish.









Apply double sided tape to one edge of the paper. Check the direction of the pattern if that's part of the design. Carefully roll the paper and stick the tape down forming a tube.









Pop your treat inside - I've used a mini chocolate bar (the only reason it has survived is that it has nuts in it) but you could use M&Ms, hair clips, an eraser just as easily.















Apply double sided tape to the inside of one end of the tube. Peel the backing off and seal it shut. When you do the second end, turn the tube 90 degrees, fold the sides and seal shut. This just adds some interest.


















Now, using the crimper, run about an inch or so through the machine - do as much or as little as you like. This seals the ends firmly and creates a decorative touch.


















Create a medallion from a combination of punched circles layered onto each other.














Cut a length of ribbon and twist it around to cross over itself. Tape your layered circles on top.














This is the medallion finished - then just stick it to the front of your treat somewhere - wherever you like the look of it.



















Thanks to my hand model in the final shot .... Miss 5.

Treat Holder Tutorial

I just LOVE tutorials - I love new tricks and ideas so I often find myself hunting out blogs with good tutorials.

I thought I'd see just how hard it was to create a tutorial .... here is one for the 88 little treat bags I have made to bless the ladies at our church's annual Woman's Thanksgiving Dinner being held next week.

This is how it looks side on ... and from the front. They are filled with 3 little heart shaped chocolates.

First, decorate your sheet of A4 card stock - this will make 3 little bags. Of course you can leave it plain or used decorated card if you prefer.
I used my 'Petals' roller graph to decorate mine with Real Red ink.Then you cut the sheet into 3 inch (7.5 cm) strips. You'll get 3 and a smaller strip left over - perhaps you could create gift tags with that bit - or donate it to your local kindy for the kids to create with.Ok so take one of the strips and fold it, right sides together .....Mark 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) from the folded edge, fold back on this line on both sides of the treat holder.From the side it now looks like this .... (woohoo we are nearly there)
Then using a punch (or by hand if you don't have a punch) cut a window into the bag, saving the cut out piece for the tag. I used a scallop punch in this sample.Then it's time to organise the goodies. I used a small cellophane bag and loaded it with 3 little heart shaped chocolates but anything will work - M&Ms, Kisses, home made sweets, bath salts, money etc ... fold the top over to secure the goodies inside and lay it inside the treat holder.Cut a small piece of ribbon, any colour you like, fold it in half and hold it behind the 'tag' you punched from the front earlier.
Now this is where being born with a couple of extra fingers would come in handy .... staple the tag, ribbon, bag and holder all together with one staple. I always set my tag slightly to one side - so the goodies can be seen through the 'window' and so that it looks deliberate instead of "oops I slipped a bit."
And then ta-da - there you have it, one super duper looking, easy peasy treat holder, simle enough for mass producing with the all important wow factor.

A Special Treat

My good friend Kelly is currently sitting her second to last exam ever - the last one is tomorrow afternoon. She has been studying hard but it is always hard to know whether you've done enough till the results come out so to help with the last minute study and as a wee pick me up for when they are over I put together some goodies and dropped them off yesterday. I did some baking and packaged up some chocolate in some creative ways and made a calendar for next year and a card. I then covered an old box and decorated it. I hope it does the trick.

The goodies on displayInside the box
A mini chocolate bar lurks in there.
This packaging is called a sour cream container - make a tube of DP, seal one end, crimp, turn and seal opposite sides, crimp. (Hmmm maybe it's time to write a tutorial)

And this is a strawberry, that I made from a template I found online here - I enlarged it so I could fit LOTS of M&Ms inside.