The Summer Mini Catalogue is here! Here is one of the products found in the Summer Mini - Sweet Treat Cups. Used in conjunction with the new 1-3/4" Circle Punch, they can add dimension and small gifts to your cards. Also in the Summer Mini are padded envelopes specially designed for cards using the Sweet Treat Cups.

The Sweet Treat Cups have an adhesive stip on the back of them so, once you have put in what you want, you can stick it to the front of your card. Then you can used the 1-3/4" Circle Punch to punch out a circle from card in a complimentary colour and adhere that over the top to cover up the edges of the Sweet Treat Cup. Very easy. However, with this method you will need to destroy the card to get to the gift. Another way to do it is to create a trap door in the card so that the recipient can get whatever you placed in there out without pulling the card apart.

Here is one idea on how I used the Sweet Treat Cup for a Christmas card. On the side of the card there is a tab which can be pulled. This opens a door on the inside of the card, which releases the lollies. This is one of the projects we will be doing for the December workshops.

There are so many (small) things other than "sweets" that you can gift in these. Over the last couple of weeks, a number of fellow demonstrators have been pooling their ideas on what you can put in a Sweet Treat Cup...

Lolly ideas:

• M&Ms, mini M&M's, Smarties, Pebbles
• Skittles
• Tic Tacs
• Jaffas
• snakes
• rolled up licorice
• mini marshmellows
• check out the bulk bins...

Other edible ideas:

• sunflower or pumpkin seeds
• glitter
• cake sprinkles
• small biscuit
• coffee beans

Other ideas:

• confetti or rice for the bride-to-be
• flower or vegetables seeds for planting
• snow globe
• buttons or beads
• tealight candle
• screws, fishing hook, etc for a masculine card
• cat food (for a cat lover), bird seed for a bird lover ?!?

I think that these Sweet Treat Cups are going to be a lot of fun to play with and you will come up with some other inventive ideas for filling them.

• Click HERE to contact me to get your own Summer Mini Catalogue or to place an order for the Sweet Treat Cups, 1-3/4" Circle Punch and Padded Envelopes.
• Click HERE to find out more about the December workshop projects.