Hello, OA fans! Lexi here with you today. A week from now most of us will be opening presents and enjoying time with family and friends. I try to do my best with gifting meaningful items that I know the recipient will enjoy, but let's face it...I often default to a gift card. I love a good gift card and I would think most people do too. Nothing says "You are thought of" more that a gift card to Target, right? ;)
So our focus today is gift card holders. Vivian joined me and came up with this beauty...
And here's how she made it:
"I combined papers and embellishments from Make It Merry with embellishments from the Very Merry December 2012 Mini-book Kit to create this gift card holder and insert. I thought the bold subway art print on the A side of the Make a Gift paper would make for a fun and eye-catching gift card holder. I used my die cutting machine to cut two holders, one from the Make a Gift paper and one from cream cardstock. I glued the two layers together and then folded the holder and glued it together. This created a sturdy holder with a bold text-print exterior and a neutral solid-colored interior. I added some embellishments to the bottom and top of the holder, using pops of green for contrast. Next, I used my die cutting machine to cut the insert, which has two semi-circle notches to hold the gift card. I added a grid-print label card to the front so that I could add a message before popping in my gift card and placing the insert in the holder."
I went with a little more of a homespun version. I couldn't resist the burlap with gold dots at the fabric store the other day and I needed a gift card holder for a teacher...today. So you know this won't be complicated ;)
I cut the burlap pieces at roughly 3x9 and 3x5. I truly just eyeballed it, but measured it after I was finished so you would have an idea. I zigzagged in red thread around the longer piece first.
I zigzagged the top of the smaller piece by itself then zigzagged the three sides to the back piece. A button hole would have been perfect here, but I didn't have the patience for that. Keeping it real here. I tied on a button from the Make it Merry miscellany pack and called it good. Very homespun and totally fine to stop here...
...but I had this little guy staring at me...
I added some sparkle and then he thought he deserved the spotlight. A little more of an embellished look.
One more idea. I've been wanting to try this since I saw this background stamp at CHA.
You know what's coming, right?
How simple is that? I tried silver ink. Not good. I like this dark charcoal, but a more colorful look would be great, too. You can add a little sentiment or top it off with this week's focus, a tin pin. This snowman goes perfect with the snowy background.
I hope a few of these ideas come in handy if you happen to be in need of a gift card holder! Because really, who wouldn't love a fancied up gift card? ;)
Enjoy our Tuesday!