Tri Fold Gift Card Holder

Here is a quick and easy gift card holder just in case you need an idea at the last minute! And really you could add any embellishment to it so it would not have to be Christmas-y at all!

This is the front view. The holly is punch art made using the 2" x 1 3/8" Oval Extra Large punch and the 3/4" circle punch and it was attatched to a "belly band" that fits snug around the gift card holder so the gift card will not fall out.

Here is what it looks like open. If you look really closely (at the middle section) you can see that there are three mini glue dots in a row and that is were the gift card would go.

The measurements for this gift card holder are: 11" x 2 1/2" and scored at 3 3/4" and 7 9/16". The belly band is: 6" x 1 1/4" and scored at 1 3/4" and 4 3/8".


Very simple, easy and great to make in a hurry!

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Annie's AG Themed Card

I am so excited I was invited to be apart of Annie's all girls 'American Girl' birthday weekend! Annie is Lou's daughter and she is turning 11 this week!

This weekend is all about Annie and one of the things she loves dearly...her American Girl (AG) dolls! So I knew the card I was going to make for her was going to have an 'American Girl' feel and here is what I came up with! Pinks and purples and stars and strips and even some bling! I really had a blast making this for her!

The stars were punched out of Brushed Silver, Melon Mambo, Perfect Plum and Rich Razzleberry card stock using the small star and the large star punches. They were mounted onto a piece of Vellum card stock that was layered on top of Melon Mambo strips. Then I added a few Basic Rhinestones to add some bling!

The greeting I made using a few different stamp sets and then mounted it onto a crumpled piece of Silver Waffle paper.

When you open the card it has a place for a gift card. I made my own for her. Here is a close up of the gift card that I made. I die cut the letters and numbers using my Big Shot and the Timeless Type alphabet in Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry card stocks and then layered them. I mounted the letters and numbers on to a piece of Perfect Plum card stock and then onto a piece of Brushed Silver card stock that has some more Silver Waffle paper tucked in between the two layers. Then of course a few more rhinestones aka BLING!

I stamped the "happiness" stamp all over the Melon Mambo card stock on the inside of the card. Here you can see it.

I really had a ton of fun making this special card for my friend Annie! Happy Birthday!!

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Rudolph the Gift Card Holder- CCMC-HM6

It's nearing the end of Week 6 over at the Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Edition and it is time for our Saturday Challenge! Do you want to be entered into a drawing for one of two $75 Stampin' Up! merchandise gift certificates or two FREE passes to the NEXT edition of Create with Connie and Mary? If so, then head over to the Create with Connie and Mary blog and subscribe to the Holiday Edition and play along with us in the Saturday Challenges! It is never too late to join...you will have access to all the past projects and tutorials no matter when you join us!

This week we have been creating using the Jolly Bingo Bits, Bingo Card, Sweet Snowglobe and the Jolly Old Saint Nick stamp sets in the Holiday Mini Catalog. Our Saturday Challenge this week is a sketch challenge! As soon as I saw this sketch, I knew I was going to make a gift card holder!

My gift card holder measures 2 1/2" x 3 3/4". The colors I used were Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Wild Wasbai.

I used the reindeer stamp in the Jolly Bingo Bits stamp set as a template for my reindeer on my gift card holder. Here is how: I stamped him using Early Espresso ink onto Early Espresso card stock and then cut out his head. Then I used the Extra Large Snowflake punch to give him some bigger antlers that would tie into the sketch this week.

The sentiment is from the Fabulous Phrases stamp set and was simply stamped on to Whisper White card stock and then cut out and glued to the Crumb Cake card stock.

I finished off the gift card holder by tying a piece of the 1/2" Cherry Cobbler Seam binding around the whole thing to create a closure.

Be sure to check out the other design team members creations this week using this fun sketch too:

Connie Babbert- Inkspired Treasures
Cristena Bagne- Gettin' Crafty
Jenn Picard- A New Ink on Life
Mary Brown- StamperCamper's Corner

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Wedding Cherry Blossom Card Holder

Here is a wedding card/gift card holder I made for a wedding we went to about a month ago. In the picture you can see the invitation to the wedding and then the card/gift card holder I made to match to give them.

It took me a little while to figure out the right dimensions for all the layers and so the gift card would fit inside just right, but I got it all figured out and think it turned out good! I wrote our message for the bride and groom on the inside, added the gift card, put the belly band around the whole thing and called it good! (After I got done folding it and adding the gift card, it was heavy and thick, so I figured it would be ok with out an envelope.)

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