{Sweet} Surprise Box (LPS sneaky preview) & template

Edited to Add: ACK in my sugar rush, I almost neglected to let you know that you could win this set; just visit the Little Paper Shop blog here & read all about it (winner will be announced tomorrow: Monday)

I'm in love with the newest delectable stamp set from Little Paper Shop (available in just 2 days!) Makes me feel like a kid in a Candy Shop! ynuk ynuk ynuk. This is the first time I've made a box with a window. Let me tell you, they are as addictive as sugar!

When this window box is chock full of sugah (like me--i drank a rock star. Bad hopped up stamper! Those energy drinks just cannot be good for ya. Gotta stay awake somehow though! LOL) Well anywho, when the box is full, the candies hide the gumball machine...and then it's a nice little surprise when everything is all gobbled up! :O)



1-New & Nifty: sneak peek at the new LPS set {Sweet}!
2-Stamping 3 kinds of 3D candies
3-Creating a surprise box (template & tutorial)
4-Inspiration

{Sweet} from LPS

This is a wee sneak peek of the newest set from Little Paper Shop
It's called {Sweet}
It's being released on Tuesday May 26th!

I can see myself using this set over and over and over. It lets ya play with lots of colour & all the glittery shiny goodies that you have in your stash! YUMMY!

-2-

...make 3D candies

Stamp: {Sweet} from LPS (releases on Tuesday May 26!)

• Paper: (used here: Neenah White)
• Black ink & clear embossing powder
• Copic markers: (R29 Lipstick red, RV11 Pink, R59 Cardinal, YR07 Cadmium Orange B-16 Cyanine blue G14 Apple Green, Cadmium Yellow Y15 R-29 Lipstick Red, BG45 Nile Blue, BG-15 Aqua
• Silver Zig painty pen
• Sakura Stardust glitter pen
• Crystal lacquer
• Clear plastic envelope or any packaging (for candy wrapper)
• toothpicks or squewers (for Lollipop handles)

Gumball machine:

A) Stamp 2 gumball machines

B) Colour the top of one & the bottom of the other

C) Start with the gum ball machine with the bottom coloured and adhere punched out circles to the globe part of it for dimension. (These are 1 inch in diameter) It makes it like a chipboard embellishment--nice & sturdy.

D) Cut out the globe with the gumballs that you coloured & adhere it. Add sakura glitter pen & Crystal lacquer to it:

Wrapped Candies :

A) Stamp 2 of each candy (4 all together: 2 small & 2 large) These are embossed in black.

B) colour one (I used Copics so the colours wouldn't bleed when lacquered.

C) Cut the ends off of the coloured one



D) Stick the coloured candy ends onto the uncoloured candy



E) Cut little bits of clear plastic for the 3D candy wrapper (this is just a clear envelope, or it was a clear envelope in a former life, teehee)



F) Adhere clear plastic to the uncoloured candy middles

G) Stick Coloured center on top of the clear plastic

H) Finally, add Crystal lacquer & glitter. Then eat 'em!<--or maybe not. ;o)

Lollipops:

A) Stamp Lollipops & colour (I used Copics so the colour wouldn't bleed)

B) Glue sticks to the Lollipops (I stuck 'em on with Crystal lacquer & these sticks are cut from the bottom of wooden handles Qtips. toothpicks or squewers would work well.)



C) Cover the to the lollipop with Crystal lacquer



D) Add glitter (this is Dazzling Diamonds)

-3-

...make a box with a sweet surprise inside





A bit of chatter about the Template:

When I started to use this template, I was confused as to why the bottom tabs were designed the way they are (it's an old SU template that I took the dotted lines out of.) The tabs left a strange portions sticking up inside at the bottom of the box, huh?...

But then I thought 'why not stick a sweet little gumball machine on those strange tabs & when the candy is all eaten out of the box, there'll be a surprise! GRIN! (I am still 5 years old at heart) hehehe

Maybe that's why it was designed like this, not sure...There's the original template here as well (with the dotted lines) to use as a score guide, if you like.

Click to Download the Template PDFs
(or click the pictures for the JPG versions) :O)

• & Naturals White cardstock for box
• Acetate
• Hobby blade (aka Exacto knife)
• Tim Holtz Design ruler
• Scissors
• Paper piercer (or large needle) to score
• Needle & thread (to embellish with stitches)
• Oh So Sticky tape (or other strong adhesive)
• Dimensional foam tape
• Ribbon

Step 1) Create the box:

A) Print box template
B) Roughly cut it out & score lines (where the little ticks indicate--or use the score guide as an indication if you prefer.)
C) Score the window, line up ruler with the score line & measure in 3-8 of an inch



Step 2) Score gently around each side of front to make a guide for cutting the window (I'm using a paper piercer for a thin score line.



Step 3) Cut the window. The score line acts as a nice groove for your blade. I treated myself to a fresh blade replacement. What a HUGE difference that makes.



Step 4) Use cut out cardstock scrap from window as a guide to cut a piece of acetate. This is a card box cut up. I love the sturdiness of them.



Step 5) Dry fit window & trim if necessary. Add adhesive to the window. (This is Oh So Sticky Tape)

Cut the box out in detail & crease the folds...



Step 6) Stick window inside the front of the box



Step 7) Pierce & stitch around the window, if you like



Step 8) Add a scrap stamped gum ball machine to stick to the back of the fancy one



Step 9) Adhere fancy gumball machine to the scrap one (so that it will show through the window when the box is assembled)



Step 10) Adhere the two large flaps together as shown & assemble the box (the small flaps should be on the outside--I realized after I took this photo, sorry)



Step 11) Attach candies with Foam tape or dimensionals



Step 12) Add a box (just loop a bunch of that really affordable skiny satin ribbon & tie it in a knot & cut the ends then add a candy

and...that's all she wrote! (the sugar wore off) ;o)

or did the sugar wear off???...
-4-

Two kinds of Inspiration
options for Ya:

1. Inspire your creative spirit: more sweet projects with this sugary set by my Fabulous LPS Peeps ---> Icons in the sidebar at right. :O)

2. Inspire your giving spirit: Stamping for a great cause! It costs $5.00 to register; there are challenges & giveaways, but most inspirational of all: raising money for the Alzheimer's Association.

'Jen Tapler and Susanna Boyd have been hard at work organizing "Stamping Out Alzheimers": an amazing event that you won't want to miss!! For a mere $5 donation you will have access to exclusive challenges and fun prizes from numerous different companies. And the best part..... 100% of the proceeds go directly to the Alzheimer's Association!

Little Paper Shop is hosting a sketch challenge on the Stampin' out Alzheimers forum and would love for you to join us. At the end of the event we will be drawing one name from all the entries to win 4 - 4x6 stamp sets. That's over $60 in value! But the only way to enter is on the Stampin' out Alzheimer's forum! Hope to see you there!'

LINKS up there offer a spot to sign up. :O)

Here's the sketch, if you'd like to register & play along:

Cute sketch, huh? No need to have LPS stamps to play,
but if you've got 'em feel free to ink 'em!!! ;O)

Hope your day is sweet as honey
& rich with creativity!

(today the ol' blog should be called: Sugah Rush!!)

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