I even got to use kraft card stock, and lots of foam tape for this gift card holder which just fits into an A2 sized envelope. The kraft/white/plaid card stock is by Jillibean Soup. I was able to get 4 gift card holders from the one sheet -- and that is all I had. But that means I now have four items towards our Christmas Craft Sale stock!!!! I used a Sizzix plaid embossing folder for the white mitten band, a Sizzix die for the snowflake and the tiny tag die is by Tim Holtz.
A gift card tucks right inside!
EDITED** to answer questions:
I cut two mitten shadows, scored the back side about 3/4" down from the top of the mitten, added glue above the score line and attached the two shadows together. They are attached just at the top of the mitten and the score line means the card opens nicely and looks good from the back - ie, no wobbly or buckled crease lines.
I cut it at 5.25, but just kept increasing the size on my Gypsy until I knew it would fit into an A2 envelope.
To cut the inside piece, I laid another mitten shadow off the edge of my mat (on the Gypsy), so only the bottom portion would cut. I had to fiddle with it once it was cut, to be sure that a gift card would fit in it ... kept trimming down the straight edge 1/8" at a time until I could easily slide a gift card in once it was glued down. You have to leave room for the glued edge! After punching the straight edge with a circle punch (punched half a circle) I textured it with the plaid embossing folder and glued it down on the curved sides.
Hope this helps!
Happy Friday - have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by today.
Great gift card holder! Nice paper! Thanks for joining us over at the BBTB2! DT Member Carri :)
ReplyDeleteSuper cute, Karen! (but so was your last entry) Great gift card holder and I love the kraft. Thanks for playing again with us at BBTB2 and Woohoo for your Craft Sale. These are sure to be popular. xxD
ReplyDeleteI like the gift card holder idea. Did you weld the two mittens together with Gypsy or tape together? The Sizzix plaid embossing folder looks better on your mitten than mine since your mitten is larger. I tried it on a larger mitten also. What size did you cut the mitten? 5", 6",...? Like the Tim Holtz tag also.
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Thanks for the comment Melissa ... I cut two mitten shadows, scored the back side about 3/4" down from the top of the mitten, added glue above the score line and attached the two shadows together. They are attached just at the top of the mitten and the score line means the card opens nicely and looks good from the back - ie, no wobbly or buckled crease lines.
ReplyDeleteI cut it at 5.25, but just kept increasing the size on my Gypsy until I knew it would fit into an A2 envelope.
To cut the inside piece, I laid another mitten shadow off the edge of my mat (on the Gypsy), so only the bottom portion would cut. I had to fiddle with it once it was cut, to be sure that a gift card would fit in it ... kept trimming down the straight edge 1/8" at a time until I could easily slide a gift card in once it was glued down. You have to leave room for the glued edge! After punching the straight edge with a circle punch (punched half a circle) I textured it with the plaid embossing folder and glued it down on the curved sides.
Hope this helps!
(The embossing folder was brand new, so I HAD to try it immediately. Otherwise I likely would have added Swiss Dots).
Cheers, Karen
too cute! love this :) thanks for sharing this with us also at bbtb2
ReplyDeleteLove it! What a cute idea!! Thanks for playing with us at BBTB2.
ReplyDeleteDo you have info about Gift Card envelopes to share? i hope you will do something on it.
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