Celebrate at Stampin' Celebration

The inspiration photos this week at Stampin' Celebration are so soft and pretty!!  

I wanted to use a little bit of each photo to inspire my project.  I found these cute little clear pillow boxes at Clearbags.com.  And they were on clearance!  Even better!!

I added some really cool Spiral Flower Die cut flowers in Wisteria Wonder, and a fringe scissor cut leafy thing...hee hee. Then some of the Petite Petals punched flowers in White and a cute celebrate banner.  For the belly band I cut a 2"x7-1/2" then used the Tag Topper punch to finish the edges and to tie it together with the taffeta ribbon.

Christmas Gift Card Holders

It's all about packaging, right?!  I love making gift card holders for the holidays and birthdays.  This year I am doing a few craft fairs and these sell like hot cakes.  Why not get started making them now?!

I used the colors for the challenge this week at Hand Stamped Sentiments. They are Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green and Baked Brown Sugar.  These colors scream Christmas...a very yummy Christmas!!

When Closed, these gift card holders measure 4-1/4" x 3-1/4".  The fun thing is that you can decorate these for any occasion with just about any stamp set...they are the perfect size!!

Here is a photo from the top of them.  I wrap and adhere the ribbon to the center that way it doesn't slide off it.  It also closes very nicely...easily fitting inside an envelope if you'd like.

Here's how to score it:

Take an 11" x 4-1/4" piece of cardstock.  

Score at 3-1/4", 5-1/2" and 7-3/4"

Crease into a "W" shape....

Here is a photo of where the gift card fits in. 

Using the Word Window punch, make 2 punches side by side at the center fold only cutting 1/2 of the window shape.  The center of the fold will still have to be cut.

You can use any shape.  I used the new Label Bracket Punch to punch out the center (between the 2 window punch cuts).

When you adhere the "W" shape...just make a thin line of glue around just the edges that need to be adhered so you can leave space for the gift card to slide into.

Fun stuff!!  A great way to present someone special with a gift card!!

Here is the challenge stampers....get on over there and join us at Hand Stamped Sentiments!!

Happy Stamping,

Krista Jensen

Christmas Gift Card Holder

I really like making gift card holders, but the bad thing is, I find myself never giving them away.  I like to buy gifts because I like wrapping presents in boxes.  I know, weird, but I think it's fun to shop for people and to wrap them up all pretty.  :)

This is a gift card holder that we made at my demonstrator downline meeting this past week.  I really like the simplicity of it, but I also love the bright colors.

So, here's how you do it:

1. Take a 4 1/4" x 11" sheet of cardstock and score at 3 1/4", 5 1/2" and 7 3/4"

2. Fold it into a "W" shape 

3. Using the Word Window punch...punch out 2 times side by side, but only slide the paper in so only 1/2 of the window is punched out.  See photo below:

4.  Take a 1" circle punch and punch a half circle out in the center.  See above photo.

5.  Adhere the center fold so the gift card won't slide out.

6.  Decorate up the front and attach a ribbon to tie closed.  

I need to be better about taking photos of each of these steps.  Please comment below if you have questions. These are so super easy...anyone will love it!!

Happy Stamping,

Krista

Fall Gift Giving

I bet you can't guess what this is?

If you guessed a gift card holder, then you're right!!  I like to whip these out by the dozens over Christmas time.  But I thought it would be fun to do a fall themed one.

I'm loving the new Autumn Accents Die.  I cut a couple of them out in Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant and More Mustard.  Then I took the Vintage Jumbo Wheel over the background then used my blender pen to add some color with the matching inks to the leaves.  Add a button and a tag then you're done!

Here is what the middle looks like:

Stop by here (my blog) tomorrow for the step by step instructions on how to make this!

But first, hop on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments this week to join us for a color challenge and check out the other fun creations.

Happy Stamping,

Krista