Super Cute Santa Snowflake Gift Card Holder

One of my customers, Leslie, shared with me a super cute Santa-style Gift Card Holder not too long ago. She shared the website she found the directions from 2012. I liked a lot of the design, but I wanted to change it up so the holder could also stand like a card and there would be a pocket for the gift card to sit in. 

Start with a 4" x 11" piece of Real Red card stock. Score at 4-3/4" and 9-1/2" on the long side.

Fold up the Gift Card pocket and you will cut 1/2" tape to the middle score line on one side.

This is what your cut will look like above when you are finished with the cut.

Fold Card closed and with paper snips, hand-cut the front to match.

Then repeat this process for the other side of the cup. The base of your cup will be 3" wide.

Put Tear and Tape on the gift card pocket. Peel and make a pocket.

Before you attach the Santa belt and top band to the cup, you will need to heat emboss your favorite snowflakes with white embossing powder randomly over the front of the cup. Make sure all are well embossed!

The  Basic White cardstock for the Lid is 1-3/4" x 4-1/4", scored at 7/8" on the short side. I used the retired Envelope Score Board to round my corners, 

but if you have a corner rounder punch that works well too.

Use liquid glue and place "the lid" on the folded cup top, let dry.

The Santa Belt is 1" x 4-1/4" wide Basic Black cardstock. Adhere with liquid glue. When dry trim the excess even with the cup side.

The Buckle is 1-1/4" square of Silver Glimmer Paper, with a 5/8" square of Basic Black cardstock glued on top. Using Dimensionals raise the buckle from the belt.

Finish up the Gift Card Holder by stamping whatever greetings you would like on the inside. 

I love that this Gift Card Holder is also a Card that can stand all by itself!

I hope you think this Gift Card Holder and Card combo is as cute as I do. I plan to make a lot for craft shows next year if the pandemic has subsided by then.

Your friends and family would love to receive a coffee gift card in this holder! 

Make some for yourself! Ho Ho Ho!

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10th Anniversary Projects #1 and #2

My 10th Stampaversary Event got caboshed by pandemic changes in my state, so I thought I would share my Holiday Gift projects here with you. I will share all 10 projects over the next week or so. It's not too late to make some for yourself to give friends and co-workers.

Project #1 - is a Dollar Tree Candle with the scent of Hot Cocoa and Cream. I thought a mug tag would be appropriate. The two stamp sets I used are retired but maybe you have them in your collection - Hug in a Mug and Cup of Christmas, along with Cup of Cheer Dies.

The Supplies are: Cinnamon Cider Ink and Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Real Red ink, and 20" of 1/8" All the Trimmings Ribbon Combo Pack in Real Red. I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue, and a non SU Slot Hole Punch to thread the ribbon through the tag to tie around the candle lid.

Project #2 - A Belly Band for the 3 x 3 Acetate Box, that I filled with 6 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups but you can fill the container with whatever holiday candy you like best. I was inspired by multiple Demos for this stocking stuffer project.

The materials I used were - Garden Green Cardstock, Retired Santa's Workshop Designer Series Paper (DSP), Everything Essential Stamp Set, Essential Tag Punch, Gray Granite Ink, one Red Rhinestone, and  20" of non SU 1/8" satin ribbon.

Belly Band Cutting and Scoring Measurements:

Garden Green Cardstock - 2-1/4" x 11", scored at 3-1/8", 3-7/8", 7" and 7-3/4"

Santa's Workshop DSP - 2" x 11", scored at intervals of 3-3/16" and 13/16" and repeat one more interval set.

I used Tear and Tape to affix both layers to themselves after they were wrapped around the acetate box. That way they would slide easy off and on the box. Then the tag was stamped, hole punched with a normal hand held 1/4" hole punch and the red ribbon was tied around the filled box. So Cute!

I hope you have enjoyed these two easy projects. Many of the materials are available to order at my online store at www.evadietz.stampinup.net

I'd love to read your comments, so please share your thoughts about these projects.

Happy Start of December! Happy Crafting! Thanks for visiting!

 

Nov. 1 and 2 Card Class

Happy Day after Thanksgiving! It has been a crazy month with 5 days of craft shows on 2 different weekends and a weekend trip to Las Vegas for a Stampin' Up! OnStage event.  Everything was wonderful, but I got behind on my posting!

Here's the cards we made at class earlier this month.

This Thanksgiving card was inspired by Ashley Van Camp. I used the Colorful Season's stamp set for the fall leaves and a retired set called Hand Penned Holidays for the verse. Starting on watercolor paper, I heat embossed the verse in gold powder. Then I did the leaves one by one in white powder, stamped with versamark first. After everything was dry, I used an aqua painter with the following inks to create these fun fall leaves. The leaves were Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody and Granny Apple Green inks. When those were finished the background was painted in Pool Party ink. The card was built on thick Whisper White cardstock, then gold foil, Granny Apple Green cardstock, and using the retired Decorative Ribbon Border punch, a small piece of Mango Melody was punched to create the small scalloped edge trim. Once everything was assembled I finished off the card with gold metallic pearls. A miniature work of art!

I wanted to try the new Mercury Glass Designer Acetate sheet in a card and this is what I came up with.  Again starting with a thick Whisper White card base, layer on Daffodil Delight cardstock, and the acetate layer. You carefully place glue dots where they won't show! Die cut the star (I used my retired Star Dies) then sent it through the Big Shot in the Hammered Metal embossing folder. The tag was a sentiment from the retired set Bright and Beautiful heat embossed in black powder, then the end punched with the banner punch. The card is finished with silver metallic thread and epoxy stars.

This card was inspired by Fiona Whitten using the Yummy Christmas stamp set and Cuckoo Clock dies. The card base is Poppy Parade, with a layer of Early Espresso, followed by Lemon Lime Twist gingham 6x6 paper. The house is stamped on Whisper White and colored with assorted Blends alcohol markers. The tag is made with retired Bunch of Banners Dies, and a greeting from Itty Bitty Christmas stamped in Poppy Parade.

This is my original design using the stamp set From Our House to Yours. This stamp set needs the help of the Stamparatus to get accurate results in building the houses. The card base is Real Red. The Let It Snow Designer Series Specialty Paper is fun because of the glitter that is on the trees. The houses were stamped on Whisper White cardstock in Old Olive, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce and Pool Party inks then the doors in Real Red, Shaded Spruce and Old Olive inks, and mounted on a layer of Pool Party. The card is finished off with the 3/8" Shaded Spruce and Gold Striped Ribbon.

This card is inspired by Julie Gilson. Using the Cup of Christmas stamp set and Cup of Cheer Dies, you can create this beautiful card built on Whisper White cardstock, Real Red layer, and Let it Snow Designer Series Specialty Paper. I used retired Sizzix adhesive on the Real Red cardstock before I ran the poinsettia die through the Big Shot. The same process was used for the leaves and bow. The card is finished off with some red sequins. This was the most popular card of the class by far!

This is my original design. The supplies required are Pool Party, Shaded Spruce, and Whisper White cardstock. The Let it Snow Designer Series Specialty paper is for the background. The stamp sets were Snowman Season and Lined Alphabet. You will also need the Snowman Builder punch and a retired bottle of Crystal Effects. After you fussy cut out the stamped letters, once they are attached to the card front that is the time to add the Crystal Effects lightly to create "raised" letters and let them dry thoroughly before using.

For fun, the class attendees had the option to make a set of these 3 tags from the Tags, Tags, Tags stamp set and die.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Holidays to you!