Gift card holder

Saturday Blog Hop – Christmas Gift Card Holders

December 5, 2020 By Connie | 4 Comments

Happy Saturday! This week’s blog hop theme is “Christmas Gift Card Holders”. I’m excited to see what everyone comes up with for this one! I do have several people I give gift cards to and I like to dress them up a little! Since my wrapping is almost always snowman or snowflake themed (along with my Christmas cards!), I went with a snowman gift card holder, too! Isn’t he CUTE?

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 4 x 10-3/4 Basic Black cardstock.
- With 10-3/4″ at top, score at 1-1/2 and 5-1/2
- With 4″ at top of Simply Scored, score at 1/2 and 3-1/2 from top to second score line ** DO NOT SCORE THE 1-1/2″ hat brim portion on each side
Cut away the long side tabs, clip the tabs, and round the top and bottom with the Detailed Trio Punch.

Fold as shown. Add Tombow Monoadhesive to the side tabs and fold in, then under hat brim to secure.

For gift card insert, cut Heartwarming Hugs DSP to 2-3/4 x 6-1/4
- With 6-1/4 at top, score at 1-1/2, fold flap up.
- The insert will slide into the snowman base holding the gift card.

Decorate:

Face: 2-1/4 x 2-3/4 Whisper White cardstock, emboss with Winter Snow Embossing Folder, add to base.
Eyes: 2 small buttons from All Dressed Up Dies cut from Basic Black cardstock, add to face with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
Nose: 3/4 x 1-1/2, cut a triangle and add to face with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals
Hat trim: 1/2 x 4 Heartwarming Hugs striped DSP, adhere to hat brim
Whisper White c/s: 3 x 3, stamp holly leaves from Christmas Gleaming stamp set with Memento Black Ink, color with Old Olive and Real Red Stampin’ Blends, hand-cut. Stamp greeting with Old Olive Ink, hand-cut. Adhere both to hat brim with Stampin’ Dimensionals
Add Wink of Stella to holly.

Isn’t that just the CUTEST gift card holder? I think so! OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Connie and Mary website, then on to creative Mary Brown, or head backwards to see Brenda Nelson’s fabulous card and see what everyone did with this challenge!

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CCMC551 – Painted Seasons

March 7, 2019 By Connie | 1 Comment

Happy Thursday! Time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge…a beautiful color combination! Painted Seasons is really becoming one of my FAVORITE stamp sets…so easy to get beautiful images with the “disINKctive” style of stamps!

My card today has a SURPRISE, too! It’s a gift card holder and card combination!

Stampin’ Details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Petal Pink cardstock, scored at 4-1/4 and folded.
A 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 piece of Floral Romance Designer Paper was added across the front.
A 1/4 x 5-1/2 piece of Fresh Fig cardstock was added across the DSP.
A 2-3/4 x 4 piece of Whisper White cardstock was scored at 1/4 on three sides.
The unscored side has a 1″ half circle punched out for the pull-out.
The 1/4″ flaps were folded under and adhered to the base card.
Two of the Painted Seasons flowers were inked with Petal Pink Ink, then Fresh Fig sponged on top in the center, then stamped on scrap Whisper White cardstock. They were cut out with the Four Seasons Framelits. They were added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
The three leaves were stamped with Mossy Meadow Ink on Mossy Meadow cardstock and cut with the Four Seasons Framelits. They were adhered under the flowers.
It’s Your Day from Itty Bitty Birthdays was stamped with Fresh Fig Ink on the card holder.
Some Fresh Fig Mini Ruffled Ribbon was wrapped around the gift card, then tied with White Baker’s Twine to hold the card tightly.
Once you pull on the ends of the ribbon, the gift card slides out!

This is perfect for those gift card gifts! OK…make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team’s ideas this week over on Create with Connie and Mary!

Holiday Gift Card Tree

December 23, 2015 By Connie | 5 Comments

I’ll probably be off-line the next few days to enjoy our families at Christmas. I wish you all a VERY Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

A few weeks ago, I was commissioned by my son to make a Gift Card “basket” for his work holiday party! I decided to do a Gift Card Tree with some of my favorite Punch Art characters! I can’t believe it, but I did forget to take closeups of each of them individually…so this full shot is all I have! Hope you can see it ok. There is a Snowman, an Elf suit, a Penguin, Rudolph and Santa suit. I used the Gift Card Framelit for the base. Inside the holders are gift cards to various restaurants around town.

Sorry, I’m not going into details on each one, but the base is the bottom of a decorated gift box and I wrapped around some retired Real Red Striped Ribbon. Inside the box is some floral foam to hold the skewers in place and shredded tissue on top to hide the foam. On the back of the gift card holder, I added a little rectangle of cardstock with Sticky Strip around it to form a pocket for the end of the stick to slide into and hold secure.

You like? It was a hit at the party!

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CCMC Saturday Blog Hop – Gift Card Holder

December 12, 2015 By Connie | Leave a Comment

It’s Saturday and time for the Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop! This week’s theme is Christmas Gift Card Holders! I love giving a gift card or certificate in something special. This pocket holder for Stampin’ Up!’s gift certificates are my favorite to make! Of course, I’m using the Snow Friends framelits…even looks cute without the stamp set! I was inspired by a card that Janet Wakeland made using just the cut out snowman shape!

Here are the details:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Crumb Cake cardstock and scored at 1-1/4 and 4-1/4. The corners are rounded with the Project Life Corner Rounder Punch.
A 2-1/4 x 5 piece of Merry Moments Designer Paper is adhered to the bottom portion under the flap.
The pocket is formed by added Tear and Tape Adhesive to the insides and then adhering the flap to the front.
The Cherry Cobbler piece is cut 2 x 4, then punched with the Ornate Tag Topper Punch and tied with some Silver Cording in a bow. It is added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals, making sure not to adhere to the back of the pocket.
A small Silver Metallic Doily is added to the front of the tag.
The large snowman from Snow Friends Framelits was cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and added to the tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Jolly from Christmas Greetings Thinlets was added on top of the snowman with Tombow Monoadhesive Glue.
A green Home For Christmas Enamel Dot was placed on the top hat cut from Basic Black cardstock.
Finally, the greeting from Embellished Ornaments was stamped with Tuxedo Black Ink on the flap of the pocket.

I think my customers who buy gift certificates this month will LOVE this holder, don’t you?

OK…I’m excited to see what the rest of the Create with Connie and Mary Design Team did this week with the Gift Card/Money holders! You can continue on your way by clicking on the NEXT button below and checking out the details of our DECEMBER Mini Session that opened this week at our Create with Connie and Mary website, then move on to Mary Brown’s website from there!

It’s not too late to join! Here’s a sneak peek of the projects we are doing…using a couple of the NEW Occasions Catalog sets! Don’t miss out! Here is a list of the sets we are using for the December session, great for your upcoming January, Valentine and Occasions classes:

Bloomin’ Love Bundle 3D Project
Going Global
Timeless Love
Wonderland (last minute gift packaging idea!)
No Bones About It
BONUS: Bloomin’ Love Card Set

Garden in Bloom Gift Card Holder

July 26, 2015 By Connie | 1 Comment

Today’s the today! Create with Connie and Mary July 2015 Session is NOW AVAILABLE! For my project, I used the Garden in Bloom stamp set and Cherry on Top Washi Tape! I loved how it turned out. But sorry, only subscribers can see that project. But, I decided to make a matching gift card holder for sharing on my blog! Make the project and add this little gift card holder as a bonus. Or…use it just as a card with a “hidden” note inside! Fun, isn’t it? Can you tell what I used for a base?

Need a hint? Maybe the second photo will help…

Can you tell now? If you guessed a regular card sized Whisper White envelope…ding, ding, ding…you are correct!

Here are the details:

Fold a regular sized card envelope in half. Open and cut off the flap on the right side of the fold. I also cut off the side flap piece so I had a squared off look.
Add a strip of Washi Tape along the edge for a little decoration.
Inside, I stamped the Garden in Bloom three-step blossom with Pink Pirouette, stamped off Watermelon Wonder and full strength outline Watermelon Wonder. The leaves were stamped off Cucumber Crush and outlined in full strength Cucumber Crush.
A 2-1/2 x 4 piece of So Saffron was cut for the note card inside. I stamped the bee with Tuxedo Black Ink and the body with Crushed Curry, then hand drew the dots for the pattern of his flight. You could use a gift card in place of this card…or use both!
On the front of the outside envelope, I added some more Washi Tape along the edge.
I cut a 2-1/2 x 4 piece of Whisper White, rounded the corners, then stamped the trio of flowers and leaves in the same way as the inside. I added some Perfect White Accents in the center of the flowers for some extra bling. It was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I also filled in the background of the flowers with some Pink Pirouette solid flower images.
The butterfly was stamped with Crushed Curry Ink.
Huge Congrats from Watercolor Wishes Card Kit was stamped with Tuxedo Black ink.

OK…now, don’t forget to go subscriber over on Create with Connie and Mary! You don’t want to miss out!

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CCMC332 Star Angel Gift Card Holder

December 4, 2014 By Connie | 10 Comments

We have a really fun challenge this week over on Create with Connie and Mary! We switched it up a little due to the upcoming Christmas holidays and thought we’d have a “Make a Gift Card Holder” theme this week! It can be any style holder…check out what the Challenge Team did…they are all VERY different!

I personally give some gift cards at Christmas, but I also like to dress them up a little! For this one, I used the Gift Card Envelope Thinlet for the holder, but added it to a card front! I designed a simple version of this sweet little angel for my tag class this week…but I’ve embellished her even more for this project by giving her sparkling Glimmer Wings and Confetti Stars on her dress, plus her hair in a bun! lol!

A few details:

The base is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Whisper White. On top is a 4 x 5 1/4 layer of Hello Honey.
The Santa & Co. Designer Paper is cut 3 1/2 x 5 1/4.
Whisper White was used with the Gift Card Envelope Thinlet and I cut off the smaller side, then sealed the edges of the envelope on 3 sides. I punched a partial 1″ circle on the open end so the gift card would be easy to pull out.
I wrapped the Daffodil Delight Striped Ribbon around the gift card tightly, then tied it closed with White Bakers Twine.
The Angel base is Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper cut with the Star Framelit. I also cut the same size star from Hello Honey and cut away the top and two side points to make her dress. The arm sleeves are the Word Window Punch in Hello Honey and her hands in Blushing Bride. I cut a sliver of the Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper to make the trim on her sleeves.
Her head is a 1″ Circle of Blushing Bride with a 1/8″ Circle of Real Red for her mouth and I drew on the eyes with lashes. The hair is the 1″ circle cut from Chocolate Chip and a 1/2″ punched circle for the “bun”. The halo is a piece of 1/8″ Gold Ribbon.
I used the Confetti Punch with Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper to punch our the stars and adhered them to the front of her dress randomly.
Then I popped up my angel on the front of the gift card envelope with Stampin’ Dimensionals and stamped the greeting from Christmas Bliss with Basic Gray ink on the envelope.

When you pull on the ribbon, the gift card slides out!

Didn’t she turn out sweet? I was so happy with the tag I made for my Tag Class, that I just knew I had to use her again! Make sure to check out what the rest of the Challenge Team did this week over on Create with Connie and Mary and get some great ideas for gift card holders!

Beauty of the Season

September 10, 2014 By Connie | 2 Comments

I love seeing cardinals flitting around the trees outside! We have a male and female that love our big tree right outside our family room! So, when I saw Stampin’ Up!’s Beauty of the Season stamp set, I knew I had to have it! I think I have all their cardinal sets! lol!

I made this up early last month to hold the gift certificate for my downline, Jane, who had Top Sales for the 2013-2014 Stampin’ Up! year! She lives in another state and couldn’t make the downline recognition meeting last month! I love how easy this gift certificate holder is to make…use it all the time! I played around a little with my Blendabilities when making this, too!

Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, scored at 3/4″ and 4 1/4″. I rounded the corners of the flap and back with the Corner Rounder Punch and added a 3/4″ x 5 1/2″ strip of Nordic Noel Designer Paper across the flap. I used Sticky Strip on the sides to form the pocket.
I cut a 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 piece of Whisper White and stamped the cardinal image with Tuxedo Black Memento Pad. I used the Real Red and Crumb Cake Blendabilities to color the bird. I also used the White Gel Pen to highlight the eye a little more. I used Daffodil Delight on the beak. I outlined the branch with Crumb Cake to give it a little more definition, too.
I stamped the greeting with Tuxedo Black Ink on Crumb Cake and tore around it, then added it to the front.
Inside I cut down the gift certificate slightly so it would fit in the pocket. It fits in a regular sized medium envelope.

It came together pretty quickly! I have some other ideas using this set that I need to work on!

Don’t forget…it’s not too late to join our Create with Connie and Mary Holiday Card “Create”tions 2014! We just finished one week of Halloween/Fall card sets and now are working on two weeks of Christmas! It’s not too late to join and you won’t miss anything…you can refer back to the projects 24/7 for up to a year! For only $19.95 US, you’ll get over 72 EXCLUSIVE card ideas not shown ANYWHERE else! So, stop by Create with Connie and Mary and sign up!

Garden Party Pocket Mini Album & BLOG CANDY!

June 21, 2014 By Connie | 56 Comments

Wow! Can you believe it is already the LAST DAY of Preview Week over on Create with Connie and Mary? Today (Saturday) is the last day of our Early Bird Savings…so don’t forget to sign up and save $5 off the regular $29.95 price!

For my FREE TUTORIAL for Preview Week, I wanted to make a little pocket mini album that could be used for a variety of different things…photos, gift cards, love coupons, inspiration messages…anything, really! This one I did up with the new Garden Party Stamp Set, Flowerpot Designer Paper and the Envelope Punch Tool, plus some of those YUMMY In Color Satin Stitched Ribbons!

I have a full step-by-step photo FREE TUTORIAL on how to make this fun little album over on Create with Connie and Mary today! Stop by and download it!

But first…I have BLOG CANDY! Leave me a comment on my blog today telling me how YOU would use your album and be entered into a drawing for a FREE SUBSCRIPTION to our Summer Collection 2014! We’ll draw the winners tomorrow! But, don’t worry…if you subscribe to get the Early Bird Price and are a winner, we’ll apply your win to a future subscription!

We’re getting ready to start the Summer Collection 2014 over on Create with Connie and Mary! We are featuring products from the NEW CATALOG…lots of great ideas for classes and stamp camps or gifts! Don’t miss it! More details over on Create with Connie and Mary!