February 14, 2011

These were made using the Love Impressions Rub-ons. SU! sent out a sheet to us demonstrators as a gift back in January (I think...). This is all that I've used of them so far! I am submitting it to the Stampin' Royalty challenge this week (posting with about an hour to spare before they close for submissions!

Supplies:

Stamp: I {Love} Love wheel

Ink: Real Red

Paper: Blushing Bride, Real Red, Basic Gray textured

Tools: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Scallop Edge punch, Small Heart punch, Large Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle punch, 1 3/8" Circle punch, 1/4" Whisper White Grosgrain ribbon, Designer Buttons Bold Brights Real Red, crochet thread

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Gift Card Holder

Here we go. I've got a tutorial on how to make a gift card holder. I've done the trial and error for you! :) Just read, look over the pics, jot down measurements and you'll be turnin' out gift card holders like crazy!

In this first picture you can see one finished holder with a card in it! You can also see that I started with a 5x5" square piece of card stock.

Then I scored one side at 1 3/4" (I use my stylus to score right on my paper cutter, after rubbing a piece of wax paper on my card stock for smooth scoring!)

Then I turned it so the scored line is toward the bottom of my cutter.

My paper cutter also has measurements up 3/4" on the other side of the blade. Conveniently, I am using 3/4" as my next measurement. I scored from the bottom up to the line I already scored. Then I cut from the top down to my scored line.

I flip it and do the other side (scoring from top down, cutting from bottom up now that it's flipped).
So, I now have this:

I cut at an angle between the scored lines at each corner, like so:

And also cut the corner at the bottom so you have tabs. You end up with this:

At this point I put mine in the Big Shot with the Northern Flurries Embossing folder. I cut a piece of Whisper White card stock 3"x3 1/4". You can stamp whatever you'd like on this piece. The one pictured at the top has "Just For You" and a snowflake. The one at the bottom is embellished with a ribbon and has no words on it. I rounded my corners then adhered this white piece to the almost-square part of the scored, tabbed piece. (I forgot to take a picture of this, so I pulled it back apart, hence the tears on the tabs! Oops)

Next, I folded the tabs in and put adhesive on the tabs as shown in the next picture.

Then with the tabs folded in, you fold up on the other, longer scored line, press, and voila! a gift card holder.

This is SUPER quick and easy. After having nailed down the measurements, I can make one in about 2 minutes! A gift card is an "easy" gift and this is an easy presentation for it, but they'll never know that because it's so cute!

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(PS - sorry about the 2 pictures that won't enlarge. You can pretty much see what you need to in the small version.)