Gift Card Holder Directions

Several of my blog visitors have asked for directions for making the gift card holders I've recently posted. If you'd like me to email you a PDF version of the directions, please email me at scipvms@yahoo.com and I'd be happy to send them along!

Gift Card Tin - Clear EP Version

I wanted to see the difference between the silver embossing powder I originally used, and clear embossing powder. I stamped and embossed on the back of the tin to see the difference, and I think I like the clear EP version better. What's interesting to me is that the silver EP looks like it's embossed and sitting above the tin base while the clear EP looks like the image was stamped into the tin as a depression (at least that's what my youngest and I noticed). I plan to bring both the silver and the clear EP and let the ladies decide which version they like the best. Have a great end to your week, and as always, thanks for stopping by!

Gift Card Holder Tin - Inside Views

Finally found some time today to finish the inside of my gift card holder tin. The tin is an Accents & Elements tin that Stampin' Up! is currently closing out at $1.95 each, while supplies last (Silver Skinny Tin, 108333). I started with the cute 8 x 8 folded gift card holder that I found this past spring on Cambria's blog. I then added some Urban Garden DSP to line the insides of the tin, a place to journal a note, and the sentiment stamps from the Best Yet level 1 hostess stamp set. I just need to get the supplies all cut and I'll be ready for our Gift Card Holder swap on Sunday. I think I'll give the ladies an option of the Baja Breeze interior or a Kiwi Kiss interior, since both go nicely with the belly band on the outside. I think I'm also going to try using clear EP on the tin to see if I can get a silver look that better matches the tin. Silver EP just doesn't quite cut it. Have a great rest of your week!

Gift Card Holder Tin

I found some time today to work on my second gift card holder for our upcoming team swap on Sunday. This project uses an empty Accents & Elements, the Upsy Daisy stamp set embossed in silver on the outside, and Urban Garden DSP, Not Quite Navy card stock, and Kiwi Kiss striped ribbon for the belly band. I got the outside finished, and have a bit of the inside started.

Embossing on the tin was harder than I thought it would be. I definitely needed to use my embossing buddy because without it, the embossing powder stuck everywhere!! Anyone have any other good ideas for getting a cleaner image without the stray EP? I'd love to hear from you on that one...

Getting a good picture of it was difficult - this is the best shot I was able to get. I should grab our better digital camera to photograph my projects, as I bet it would do a better job than my $80 special, but I keep grabbing the cheapie one as it's always in my purse, ready to go!

Not feeling all that great today isn't helping me get much done, stamping or otherwise. Thankfully I have tomorrow off, to recover. Thanks for stopping by today!

Western Sky Gift Card Holder

Here's the gift card holder I made for my nephew. I had planned to get him a regular gift, but I've been a little under the weather since Sunday, so a gift card and some Hot Wheels will have to do this time around. I wanted to make him a special holder for his gift card like his big sis will be getting, and this is what I came up with. I love this paper, and was sad to see it go.

Birthday Gift Card Holder

We missed celebrating my niece's birthday in September as my brother's work took him to Hawaii for a store opening, so when we celebrate my nephew's birthday tomorrow, we'll also get to celebrate his big sis's bday, too! We had picked up a Toys R Us gift card for her, so today I used scraps from my Simply Scrappin' swap to create a gift card holder for her gift card. I hope she likes it. I'm amazed how easy (and fast) these gift card holders are to put together, and how great they look! I ended up altering Adela's directions a bit, and will post them here once I get a chance (I seriously need to get to work cleaning my house!!).

At the end of our church service today, our pastor called out the branches of the armed forces and he asked veteran attendees to stand and we all clapped in appreciation of their service to our country. I'm such a softie - I started to tear up!! I love my country, and was proud to honor those who have fought to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. Have a great week, and enjoy your day off if you get to have Veteran's day off.

Gift Card Holder

The other day I ran across this adorable gift card holder by Adela. Our stampin' team is doing a gift card holder shoebox swap next weekend, and I wanted to share something a bit different. Today I started work on my swaps, the first being the one Adela shared on her blog. I decided to use a belly band on mine, and I hope the ladies enjoy making it next weekend! We're going to be sharing two gift card holders in all, so hopefully I'll be able to post the second one sometime tomorrow. Supplies used: Ski Slope designer series paper, Little Felt Flurries, Antique Brass Build-A-Brad, Snow Swirled stamp set, Old Olive ink.

Ski Slope Box Directions

Holly visited my site today and asked about directions for the card box I posted last night. I created some directions tonight, which I hope are clear for all to follow. I recommend using sticky strip to put the box together - snail adhesive won't hold it together over a long period of time. To close the flap of the box, I use a small circle of Velcro adhesive that you can find at the store (it's sticky on the back, ready to apply). Enjoy, and if you make one of these cute boxes, I'd love to see it!

Ski Slope Card Box

Yay! I made some time to create tonight! One of my coworkers wants to get together to stamp some Christmas cards, so I need to get crackin' and make some! I've wanted to use the Ski Slope designer paper, so tonight I created the box that will house the 4 to 6 cards I'll create for our stamp camp later this month. I used VersaMark ink and stamped the smaller two snowflakes from Snow Swirled on the Real Red box front, then added a strip of Ski Slope DSP and a thin line of Chocolate Chip as a border. The box lid is made from Old Olive with a piece of Ski Slope DSP and a wider line of Chocolate Chip as a border for the folded up corner. On that corner, I added the cute Little Felt Flurries and Filigree brad to accent the box, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out! Now to make more time this week/weekend to make the cards that will go inside. Have a great rest of your week, and thanks for visiting!

Busy, Busy, Busy...

This weekend I'm busy prepping the Simply Stampin' kits for our team swap at our meeting on Sunday next week. 15 cards times 8 kits = lots of cutting!! Last weekend I put together my card directions sheets, and while working on progress reports on Friday afternoon while at work, I printed them up. I figured since I'm the one paying for the ink in my school printer, I'm going to use it for this project. Besides, the ink for my printer at home is easily triple the cost of the remanufactured ink that I use at school!

I managed to get the card bases cut, plus one of the designer series papers on Saturday night - and, I actually made a cutting template for the gals! Didn't know if I could pull that one together, but it worked, and it really helped me to cut the flowered designer paper from my Petal Party SSK. Now to do the other designer paper sheet, plus the card stock for the card fronts, and then there's the ribbon and other embellishments to cut and bag up... A labor of love, for sure! I think I'll bring the stamps I used for the sentiments and let the gals add them if they want. We've been having a discussion on that one, and since we may not have the stamps the artist used for her set of cards, it might be better to leave the sentiments off.

Probably won't get much more done this weekend, as we're celebrating my dear hubby's birthday tonight with my folks, and again with the rest of the family Monday night, but it looks like I'll get it done during the week and not have to cram at the last minute to get it all done (which is more the norm with me!). Have a great week, everyone!