Punch Board Gift Card Holder

In my last video I showed you one of my favourite simple gift card holder. YouTube is full of other gorgeous examples of ways to make gift card holders. Today I am showing one of my favourite holders which is super simple, and is the same size as an A3 card and fits into the Stampin’ Up! envelopes. You could send them with a card or they also look well on a Christmas tree with the decorations. I can whip a few up really quickly (normally when the Thomas tells me he needs a present on short notice.) I personally like them to be simply decorated but you could add layers if you wanted to. My future videos will show the other options for this type of gift card holder.

I love that you can choose your own decoration, my original version used a piece of Night of Navy which I had made to be a snow background using the Stampin’ Chalk marker- the video can be found here. I a simply added a Snowman using Snowman Season Stamp Set and the Snowman builder punch. I used a Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Write marker for the nose and then Magenta Madness for the buttons and added Shimmery Crystal Effects. I love the way the buttons look, but you do have remember to let the Crystal Effects dry, otherwise it adds interesting texture to the snowman but not the buttons.

Measurements

Metric

10.5 cm by full length

Score at 5cm

Punch at 1 inch on envelope punch board

Inside Panel - 10cm x 13.5

Imperial

4 1/8 inches by full length

Score at 2 inches

Punch at 1 inch on envelope punch board

Outside and Inside Panel – 3.75 inches x 5.25 inches

I love the snowflakes, I am very impressed with myself using dies. Do you prefer the snowman or the snowflakes?

Simple Gift Card Holder

When you ask people what they would like for their birthday and they will regularly answer a gift card. It can make it difficult to come up with ways to give the voucher as a present. One of my favourite ways to give gift cards is within a holder. My favourite video can be found here

I have changed the measurements to suite my requirements, also so they are a little easier to follow, I am not keen on mini measurements (you may have noticed which is why I tend to change my metric cards into my metric, my head doesn’t work sometimes due to brain fog.)

Measurements: 

Metric

DSP – 23cm x 10.5 cm

Score at – 7cm, 14cm and 21.1cm

Inside White Panel – 6.5cm x 9.5cm

Imperial

DSP – 9 inches x 4 inches

Score at – 2 3/4 inches , 5 ½ inches and 8 ½ inches

Inside White Panel – 2 ½ inches x 3 ¾ inches

I adore the Happy Birthday stamp from the Sweet Ice Cream Stamp set and I think that the treat yourself stamp is perfect for any gift card, it doesn’t have to be a birthday present.

I have a few more gift card holders to share. But this is the easiest and quickest way to create a cute card holder. I love the Pool Party version, which is your favourite?

Hotel Chocolat Ribbon Bag

I haven’t met very many people who are not keen on chocolate. I know that a few chocolates will cheer anyone up and are greatly appreciated. My favourite are the Gems and my parents favourite Dark Chocolate Brazil nuts are from Hotel Chocolat., they come packaged in the Ribbon bags, they look super pretty. Although they are prettily wrapped, I like to add to the beauty by using gorgeous paper to wrap them in. I try to change the packaging for every celebration.

The original bag uses the gorgeous In Good Taste DSP, I made the second bag with the gorgeous Fine Art Floral DSP from the January to June Mini Catalogue (available from 5th Jan). It is a gorgeous combination of stunning painted flowers and abstract patterns. I love the colours and that the flowers are a large design perfect for large bags and creations.

One of my favourite packages is this gorgeous bag. The video below shows how I have created this bag, I have used the Fine Art Floral DSP but any designer series paper will work.

Instructions

Imperial -

Piece of DSP measuring 9.75” x 11.5”

Score on long side (11.5”) at: - 1.75”, 5.5”, 7.25” and 11”

Score on short side (9.75”) at: - 1.75” flip the paper and score at 2”

Metric -

Piece of DSP measuring 25cm x29cm

Score on long side 29cm at: - 4.5cm, 14cm, 18.5cm and 28cm

Score on short side 25cm at: 4.5cm flip the paper and score at 5 cm

I need to restock up on Ribbon bags, but I hope that you like these which do you prefer, the masculine version or the floral version?

Gingham Gala papers

Today I have updated my gallery with examples I have made using the Gingham Gala papers from the Gingham gala suite. The Colours are Balmy Blue, Daffodil Delight, Grapefruit Grove, Highland Heather and Lemon Lime Twist. One side of the papers has small checks and the other larger checks. There are some interesting ideas on Pinterest where people have added to the papers to make them look like Tartans.

At first when I was playing with the papers, I wanted to make a baby card. I think it was the Balmy Blue checks, however, after stepping back and looking at the colours again, I was ready to play again but without ‘Baby’ popping in to my head.

I have used a number of different stamp sets for my examples.  I wanted to show the versatility of the papers. Although there are limited designs and colours in the papers, they can be used with so many sets. I think that they are a fabulous addition to any stash.

 I have tried to limit the number of examples using the Butterfly Duo punch as I don’t want to tease you with an item which you can not buy. Stampin’ Up! has switched the ordering off, however they have ordered some more and the ordering should be switched back on in March.

The video below shows the examples I have made using the papers.

I especially love the Lovely Lattice card, I am a secret Wink of Stella addict. I would recommend using thick Whisper White if you are planning to watercolour with it though. I hope you like my examples.

Santa's Workshop Box

In my Santa’s Workshop examples, I showed a Santa Box, made using the Santas Workshop speciality DSP. It is super super cute, I must confess that I CASEd the idea from Scrimping Mommy she made an amazing castle box. Whilst mine does not look like a castle the basic design is the same. The dimensions mean that the largest die cut (the Santa and list) will fit with a boarder. I had planned to do a video but haven’t got round to it (someone stole all my spoons again.)

I used the dies to cut out Santa, the elves and Mrs Santa (Mrs Claus sounds better) from the DSP. Of course you could use the stamps and colour using blends or Stampin’ write markers. It works with either option.

The dimensions are:

Box:(Poppy Parade) - cut card to 8 15/16 x 8 15/16 score on all four sides at 3"

Lid:(Poppy Parade)- cut card to 4 1/2” x 4 1/2" score on all four sides at 3/4"

4 x Decoration Panels: 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” (5 if want to add panel to top of box.)

I hope you like the box. I love it. I hope to create a video soon.