Party Hat Gift Card Holder

I recently got to spend some time in the craft room, I was playing with some ideas and had pondered whether I could use an envelope punch board to make a smaller gift card holder. I love the ones that I have made recently but they use half a sheet of A4 each. Todays gift card holder is sized so that, you can get 4 from 1 sheet of A4. I also love that the party hats are created using an ice cream cone builder punch. They are super cute, I first saw the idea on Patty Bennet’s blog. It uses the punch to create a hat and the trim.

Measurements: 

Metric

Card -  10.5cm by 14.8cm

Score at – 4.5cm and 10.5cm

DSP and Inside White Panel – 4cm by 10cm

Imperial

Card -  4 1/8 inches by 5 ¾ inches

Score at – 1 ¾ inches and 4 1/8 inches

DSP and Inside White Panel – 3 7/8 inches by 1 5/8 inches

Tips and Tricks

• choose a DSP which works in small areas

• punch all the ice cream cones required

• add an ice cream cone to a sticky note (this allows you to line up the ice cream punch and create the hat trim.

You could decorate the hats any way you wishes. I am hunting for some pom poms to add to the top of the hat, I think these would make the perfect embellishments. How would you decorate yours?

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?

Sweet Birthday tags

Why is it that some times of the year are jam packed with birthdays? It is the birthday month and a bit in my world so was looking at my cards and tags. I used last weeks card as an inspirational idea to use for super simple tags.

When I wrap presents I usually use tissue paper, I have an interesting collection. One of my favourite colours is similar to Gorgeous Grape. The tissue paper has been in the sun too long and is now a gorgeous combination of Gorgeous Grape and Magenta Madness. I am shocked that it looks so good, it is definitely a lucky accident. I used these as the colours to create the tags.

When making tags I start with a piece of A4, I cut down the long side in to strips which are just under 2 inches (5 cm works ) these strips fit in most Stampin’ Up! tag topper punches. I then cut the strips in half (at about 10.5cm) these make the perfect size tags. You could make the tags shorter but most sentiments fit on tags this size as the tag topper takes off part of the strip and there needs to be a gap between the top of the tag and the stamp.

To add the muli coloured sentiment add the lightest coloured ink first and then add the darker ink just to the top half. The ability to see the placement as the stamps are photopolymer makes the double colour easier to do using tags rather than Stampin’ Write markers.

The video below shows how I made the different examples.

It is another choose your own colours and decoration project. Once you choose the stamp set, tag topper and colours you can just sit and play. I am thinking of other combinations, what is your favourite colour combination for birthdays?

Simple Adult Birthday Card

What a week! This week I have been struggling, a combination of failing to pace myself and being in a flare up has seriously reduced my crafting time. However I needed an emergency birthday card and decided to play with colours and see if I could make an adult birthday card with the Sweet Ice Cream Stamp set.

When I first saw the set, I thought that it was perfect for a children’s card and loved the sentiment. I was a bit worried that it wasn’t suitable for an adult, but I think the sentiment and then the bubbles/sprinkles, look good on an adult/ grown up card.

Measurements:

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (10.5 by 29cm scored at 14.5cm)

Inside White Panel - 10cm x 14cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5 by full length scored at 14.8cm)

Inside White Panel - 10cm x 14.3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.75" (4” by full length scored at 5.75”)

Inside White Panel - 3.75” x 5.5”

For the stepped up card I have added a layer which is the height of the card 14.5cm (or 14.8cm/ 5.75”) by 8cm (8cm/3.25”.)

The video below shows how to make, this super simple card. You could use any colour card base and different colours. I love that it works with Very Vanilla and Whisper White (it will work with Basic White as well).

I hope to get back in to the craft room soon. What have you been playing with?

Simple Sweet Ice Cream Birthday Card

One of the first Bundles which I loved in the January to June Mini was the Sweet Ice Cream Stamps and co-ordinating punch. I decided that I didn’t need the whole suite but I adored the stamps and punch.

This card doesn’t use the punch but it is a simple card which can be used to make multiples. I have used two of last years In-Colours Magenta Madness and Just Jade with Cinnamon Cider to create the perfect cone. I love the colours they are bright and perfect for a birthday. But the card could work with any colour you could choose, I would recommend using the Cinnamon Cider for the cone. I personally used a second and third generation image to create the cone. The card could also work with the other sentiments in the stamp set.

Measurements:

My Metric

10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (10.5 by 29cm scored at 14.5cm)

Inside White Panel - 10cm x 14cm

Metric

10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5 by full length scored at 14.8cm)

Inside White Panel - 10cm x 14.3cm

Imperial

4." x 5.5" (4” by full length scored at 5.5”)

Inside White Panel - 3.75” x 5.25”

The video above shows how I made the card.

To step the card up, stamp on a white layer, add lots of glitter (I used Stamps by Chloe  Sparkelicious glitter in Unicorn Sparkle, I have to say it goes everywhere though ) But you could add any glitter you may have. Do you prefer the glitter or the sequins?