With trick or treating on the brain, I decided to use Stampin' Up's new Treat Cups for today's card. The Treat Cups are a blast! They coordinate with the Sweet Centers stamp set, shown in the Holiday Mini Catalog. To begin, use the 1-3/4" circle punch to punch a hole in the front of the card. Fill the Treat Cup with whatever goodie you have in mind--you can use candy or buttons or sequins--you have tons of options! Don't put the Treat Cup through the hole just yet.
After the Treat Cup is filled, it will need to be backed with another piece of paper, to seal in the goodies. For this sample, I cut a piece of Elegant Eggplant (to match my card) to 3"x3". Then I punched out the circle from the middle of my stamped image and mounted that to the 3x3 mat, so that it would show through to the front of the card.
There are different takes on how to do this. My solution was this: After I had sealed the cup to the mat, I put some Dotto (repositionable adhesive) on the mat and then inserted the Treat Cup through the hole in the card, pressing the corners of my mat to the inside of the card. Items sealed with Dotto can be pulled apart without destroying the paper. Once the Treat Cup is removed, there will be a hole in the card, so you may want to punch another circle and place it on the card's inside, so that it shows through. You also could stamp a greeting there.
I've bought more candy to make more Treat Cup cards (no really, the candy IS for the cards!), so I hope to have more samples soon!
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