Well, it's getting hotter by the day and just a little over 3 weeks to Christmas. Today's project post is from Design Team member, Liz Aitken. It's an innovative and different way to present a gift card for a male - and we all know how hard it is to create interesting and different gifts for the guys, so give this one a go !!
Gift Card Holder
Hi everyone,
Well, Christmas is just around
the corner and as I am not flying west to spend Christmas with my family this
year, I have had to become the Queen of the Giftcard!
I thought I would share with you
a nice way to make a gift card just that little bit more special for the
recipient. This is a vintage style card
that has enables the gift card to pop up when you open it.
Supplies
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One 21cm x 13.5cm piece of kraft cardstock for the
card base
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One 10cm x 13.5cm piece of kraft cardstock for
the card front
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Two 10cm x 13.5cm pieces of cardstock or
patterned paper for the card interior – I have used Tim Holtz’ Crowded Attic
paper in this project
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One 27.5cm x 2.5cm piece of patterned paper for
belly band – Crowded Attic
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Scoring tool
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Gift card with envelope
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Double sided tape
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3/4" Circle punch
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1 3/8" Circle punch or fancy punch
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Bone folder
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Distress Inks in your choice of colours for
edging – I have used Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce, Festive Berries and Vintage
Photo
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Stamps of your choice - I used Paperartsy MN03,
Backgrounds Plate 3 and Schooldays Plate 2.
Archival Ink in your choice of colour (I used Potting Soil).
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2 mini brads
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Twine
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Montana Paint Pens
Step-by-Step
Step 1
Score the 21cm x 13.5cm piece of
cardstock at 10.5cm on the long side and fold.
Decorate inside of card with stamps or patterned paper. Colour edges with Iced Spruce Distress Ink
Step 2
Add some of the same distress
colour (Iced Spruce) to the outside of the card. Flick with water to get an aged look.
Step 3
Score each of the 10cm x 13.5cm
pieces of cardstock or patterned paper at 2.5cm, 5cm and 7.5cm on the short (10cm) side.
Hint: Using patterned paper as
opposed to cardstock for this step will make the card less bulky and easier to
close.
Apply Evergreen Bough Distress
Ink to the edges of the card.
Apply double sided tape on the outside
(ie on the good side of the paper) in the outer 2.5cm sections of each scored piece
as follows:
Step 4
Attach one scored piece to inside
of card. Start by aligning the unfolded
but scored piece to the center score line, and adhere. Then fold in half at the 5cm score line and
close the card to adhere the other side to the card.
Burnish well. Open the card and ensure that all the folds
are well creased. Your card should now look as follows:
Distress folded front edge with
Evergreen Bough Distress Ink.
Step 5
If your gift card did not come
with an envelope, take a scrap of patterned paper, trim to size, fold in half
and adhere sides.
If your gift card has an
envelope, cut the flap off.
Punch either a pattern section
(in this case I have used a Fiskars Jenni Bowlin Quilted Star punch) or a 1
3/8" semi-circle at the top of your envelope.
Step 6
Decorate the front of your
envelope
Flip the envelope and rule a line
2.5cm up from the bottom. Place double sided tape underneath the line.
Step 7
Attach the envelope to the middle
front of the pop-up piece.
Step 8
Attach other scored section to the
front of first attached section including the envelope. Make sure that it is
flush to the base of the card as follows:
Step 9
Align the other end of the scored
piece to the base of attached section and adhere to card.
Burnish well to ensure adhesion.
Distress the front of the scored
section with Evergreen Bough distress ink.
At this point add a sentiment to
the inside of the card if desired.
Step 10
Punch two 3/4' Circle and attach
to each end of your 27.5cm x 2.5cm piece of patterned paper with mini brad. Tie
a reasonable length of baker's twine onto one end.
Step 11
Wrap the band around card and
secure it on the back by wrapping twine around both posts. Add double sided
tape underneath the belly band at the front of the card to secure.
Note that you are looking at the
BACK of the card here, not the front.
Put aside.
Step 12
Take your 10cm x 13.5 cm piece of
kraft cardstock and decorate.
NB – I flicked water over this
cover after applying distress ink in order to get a shabbier vintage feel to
the card front.
Step 13
Attach the decorated front to
card, securing it with double sided tape over the belly band
Viola! A pretty neat pop-up card
for your gift cards this Christmas.
Till next month,
~ Liz
