My Chocolate Themed Swap Card

I made this card for a swap a few months ago. I always intended to make a tutorial of it. For me a picture is worth a thousand words....SO I took quite a few as I made the card and template.

If you are interested in supplies for this card please visit my SCS Gallery Posting #1 or Posting#2. All the inks papers and stamps are listed there.

This View--->

is to help you see the candy bar decoration when the ribbons are pulled to get the treat.

When making this card I wanted to include chocolate bars, because after all it had a chocolate theme.

The main thing I wanted to share in this post is how I made the candy bars pop up, and how I covered them. I used the same technique I had seen used in full size candy bar holders.

The paper was cut to 2.5"x7 1/2, I stamped , and cut the red strip to cover the fronts and sides and over lap the back by 1/4 inch this red strip was not scored but bent to match after the brads were attached later. The box strip was then scored at: 1-1/2"; 1-7/8"; 4-7/8"; 5-1/4" .

Holes were then punched with a 1/16th in circle punch, into the 3" section at 1 1/4" depth: at 3/4"; 1-1/2";

2-1/4" between the scored lines that make the 3" section.

The red strip was held in place and then punched again.

Next, The red strip and the ends of the ribbons were secured by the brads.

The sides of the box were then glued together, and the horizontal slot tool was used to cut the slots for the ribbon directly accross from where the brads and ribbons this does not have to be exactly across but at least above the half way mark on the card.

So you can see easier how the ribbons are threaded. I will show the box open with the ribbons, threaded through the slots. I how ever do thread the ribbon after the box is assembled.

At this point the box should look like this---->

Making sure there are no twist or turns in the ribbon.

The last step is to secure the box securely to the front of the card.

I used an unknown brand I purchased online at the "Taylored Expressions Blog", (but it is similar to, Art Accentz Terrifically Tacky Tape the 1/4" width., by Provo Craft, Stampin Up also has their own), to hold the box securely on the card because the ribbon will be pulled to eject the candy bars from the top it is important to adhere the box well. Do not skimp on the tape for this.

Next adhere the box to the card front. Be careful not to stick the ribbon to the tape. the ribbon should go down behind the box between the rows of tape, and out at the bottom. I trimmed the ribbon after I got the candy bars installed.

The candy bars are inserted into the box with the two side ones facing front and the middle being backwards if you are looking at the candy bar, packaged by the manufacturer.

Therefore the red and green strip of paper though both cut at 1.5"x3" are scored differently.The two outside pieces , in my case red, is scored at 1/2";7/8";1-5/8";2" where as the center piece,green, is scored at 1/2"; 7/8";1-7/8";2-1/4". I used zots Zip strips to adhere these around the candy bars. The seams should all be facing the back of the card. I stamped the papers with "sweet" from the sweet spot set and cut out flowers and leaves and adhered the flower to the center andthe leaves to the side. So it looked very presentable before placing it in the boxed front.

When they are inserted in the box the ribbon acts as the bottom and holds the candy bar in place. When the ribbon is pulled it raises the candy bar up. The ribbon should be adjusted until the candy bars sit behind the box unseen and then should be trimmed a little longer then the bottom of the card. I always pull and loosen the ribbon a few times to make sure it is functioning properly.

I hope this tutorial is helpful and instructive. If you have questions feel free to ask I will try to answer them. ... Happy Stamping...K