Try these Easy to Make Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holders for Valentine’s Day or any occasion for a little gift or favor. Once you have the measurements and the piece of candy, you are ready to make a special treat!
This is basically just a strip of cardstock, scored to that it will fold over a piece of chocolate candy, like a Ghirardelli chocolate (yum!). Then you just decorate the front for whatever occasion you have.
Start with a strip of cardstock cut at 9 5/8″ x 2 3/4″. Score at 2 3/4″ and 3″; 6 1/4″ and 6 1/2″. With these measurements, you could get three strips out of one sheet of cardstock. Fold and crease on the scored lines. Open the strip back up and you will see above and below the score lines, one section is shorter than the other. You want the longer section to be the one that folds up to the inside.
Once you have identified the longer section, use the Classic Label Punch on that flap, inserting as far as you can, centered, to punch the opening for the chocolate. Put a piece of Tear & Tape as you see in the photo so you can fold up that flap and adhere to the inside, not quite up to the score line. You will want to stand the candy holder on the table making sure the bottom is flat as you adhere that flap.
Insert the chocolate candy piece to make sure everything fits right! If you do not have the Classic Label Punch, you can cut hand cut a slit or use the retired Word Window Punch.
Now you can proceed to decorating the front of the candy holder and even that little area at the bottom, where you see I put a die-cut piece.
For this candy holder, I used Petal Pink Cardstock for the base. Even though it is for Valentine’s Day, I used a piece of designer paper in the Best Dressed Designer Series Paper! It had this polka dot piece of Petal Pink designer paper so it was perfect for a little background layer. I stamped a heart with the Heartfelt Stamp Set and punched it out with the plain heart in the Heart Punch Pack. You can buy the stamp set and two punches together in a Bundle and save 10% if you wish. The plain heart is layered on a piece of Sparkle Glimmer Paper punched out with the scalloped heart punch in the punch pack. You could also use Silver Glimmer Paper. The little piece at the bottom is a die-cut from the Painted Labels Dies in the Peaceful Poppies Suite.
The hearts are popped up on Dimensionals so that I could run a piece of scrap ribbon underneath just to hold the flap closed on the candy holder.
This Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Treat Holder is made with the Flirty Flamingo Cardstock. The heart with foil accents is punched right out of the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper and layered on a scalloped punched Flirty Flamingo heart. Then these were layered on a Heart Doily. But the doilies come in Real Red and Flirty Flamingo…..so just turn them over and you’ll have white! The ribbon tied around this candy holder is a new one in the Occasions Mini Catalog, the Whisper White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon. One of the great things about this white ribbon is you can dye it any color you want with ink or Stampin’ Blends markers.
These Valentine Ghirardelli Candy Holders will be fun to make if you want to take some favors to the people in your office or a little treat for your family or neighbors or friends.
