Cottage Lane Stamper: Gift Card Holder

Friday, October 28, 2016

Gift Card Holder - Holly Jolly Layers

If you've hosted a Stampin' Up workshop chances are that you bought the Holly Jolly Layers stamp set as your hostess gift or are planning on it. This stamp set is exclusive to hostesses or you can earn it with your Stampin' Rewards. It has such nice sentiments and beautiful designs. As soon as I saw it I knew I wanted to add it to my Christmas stamp collection.

We used this set to embellish our gift card holder in our class last week.

This stamp set pairs beautifully with the Layering Circle Thinlits. We used two Thinlits on this project, a scallop one for the green layer and a round one for the sentiment, top, layer. These go together so fast you could really turn out a lot of gift cards in no time at all!

I'm so glad we did this at class, we had two ladies, new to my class, one who each had the Envelope Punch board and weren't sure how to use them. Now, they both are excited to try it out on their own. Makes me feel so good when I can help someone.

They fit a credit card sized gift card perfectly. I'm making a bunch to sell at the upcoming craft fairs. They really went over nicely last year. But you can use this all year long for all kinds of occasions when you are giving someone a gift card, which is seems more and more people are doing now. Personally, I love opening gifts!

Dimensions:

Cherry Cobbler card stock: 5" x 5"
Garden Green 2.5" x 2.5" for the green layer
Whisper White 2.25" x 2.25" for the sentiment layer
DSP 3/4" x 8" for the belly band

This is a good way to use up left over pieces of DSP, we hate to waste it, it's so beautiful!

Instructions:

Cut your card stock to 5" x 5"

Using your Envelope Punch board, find the line on the chart that shows the sizes and score mark measurement for the gift card. Hint: it's the first one :-)
Line the left edge of your cardstock up at the 2" mark on the punch board. Punch (press down on the large button at the top) and then with the included scoring tool, lining it up in the slot, score down, diagonally in the score line, .
Turn your paper counterclockwise, punch and score again. Disregard the measurements at the top from here on. Do this same process, for the remaining sides.
Underneath the button at the top, is a rounding tool for your corners. Put your paper in and punch, rounding all your corners.
Using the scoring tool, burnish all your score lines so they are nice and crisp.
Apply Fast Fuse, Tear N Tape or Glue, on the bottom of the two side flap. Do not put it on the top sides of the side flaps or you will glue your card holder shut.

Tip: Make sure you use a really strong adhesive like Fast Fuse or Glue, to make sure that the gift card does not come apart when the recipient opens it. I do this with all my 3D projects like Treat Bags, Gift Bags, etc. that need a little stronger adhesive.

Fold up the bottom flap and then the two side flaps over this.
Take the 3/4" piece of DSP and wrap it around the side of the card, from back to front. Secure it in the front with an adhesive. The seam will be covered by the embellishment, and this will give your card a nice finished look.
Stamp your image on the Whisper White cardstock. Hold the stamp in place a couple extra seconds to get a nice solid image.
Take the stamped image, the Garden Green square and the two circle Thinlits to the Big Shot and die cut them. The scallop Thinlet would be, counting from the smallest #4, the circle also counting up from the smallest would be #3. I believe the sizes are 2" and 1-5/8", respectively. The Garden Green is die cut with the scallop and the Whisper White Sentiment is die cut with the circle.
Layer the stamped image on the Garden Green layer and then secure both of them to the belly band so cover the seam.

Voila! Your gift card is finished!

No matter what size envelope you are making the process is the same. Here's a quick video showing how to use the punch board: