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Show someone how much you care with these machine cutting files for a candy cake box, pockets for tea, pictures, sentiments, etc, and flowers. The cake has a paper icing for each tier.

The candy cake box can be used to create a special occasion packages., as an add on to an exploding box, or by itself as a favor or with a card.

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Cake box tops areIn red

Icing with fold lines

Bottoms of cake box are blue and have an extra Cut below middle circle

Flowers Leaves Pockets for tea packets or small items or notes. The pocket with extra fold also has a cut line to thread ribbon or paper through

Making Candy Cake Box – Page 1

1. Machine cut box parts from cardstock.

2. The bottom box is slightly smaller than the top to fit. Fold and use a strong glue to attach flaps.

3. When box tops and bottoms are set / double sided taped, align top with bottom using the holes for a guide. Make sure that the bottom is even on the sides.

Good Side

Add glue to flaps

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Making Candy Cake Box – Page 2

4. Fold icing in half and glue / DST to cake top

5. Use the optional dividers for the bottom tier.

6. The top tier will fit a Hershey’s kiss and is approximately 2 cm (¾” wide)

7. Embellish with flowers, gems, glitter glue. Add tissue under candy.

Optional Pockets

1. Fold and glue to card or explosion box.

2. There is a space on the larger 3D box for a ribbon or paper. If using paper make sure it is small enough to fit in holes, and can be glued down.

3. Fill pockets with individually packaged tea, photos, sentiments, Jewellery, candy, gift cards, etc.

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Making Flowers

1. Use the flowers and leaves, machine cut from cardstock

2. You can use store bought or make use of materials you have on hand. Make sure that the pens / pencils are withdrawn so no ink gets on flower.

3. If you don’t have a foam Molding Mat, you can trim a dense sponge. Put a hard surface under sponge.

4. Put no more than 2 flowers or leaves on foam. Lightly spray about 12” (Cm) away from flower. Don’t let it get too wet or paper will tear, if this happens you will have to let the cardstock dry.

5. Make sure that the pen isn’t extended if you use the bottom of a pen to shape your flower.

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Making Flowers – Page 2

6. For the pink flower, stamp with a sponge to get a textured look, make sure to press clearly and don’t smudge.

7. After lightly misting, turn flower over and go from back, using a circular motion with a stylus or pen.

8. Turn Over, and using a circular movement in the middlemake the center indented.

9. Do this to the outside petals.

10. To make flower center, stamp /color both sides, Using tweezers curl petals inside and glue. Glue all flowers together, letting it dry between gluing layers,

11. Do the leaves in the same way, starting from the back with stylus or pen and turn over and add additional molding. The leaf in the picture was cut out from printed cardstock.

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Making Flowers – Page 3

1. Brad Flowers: Using a brad, each flower has a hole in the center. You can shape and use a brad to set off flower.

2. The flower in the sample was distressed around edges and glitter glue was added.

3. Glue flower to top of box. Box can be attached to MyFav Exploding Box.