gift card holder

Hi All,  Shellie here with this weeks Tutorial!

With Christmas just around the corner I thought I would share with you the how to’s on this great little gift card holder.

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For this project you will need some cardstock (I used Core’Dinations because I love the colours it comes in) cut down to 8.5″ x 4.25″,  A piece of Patterned paper (I used Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses) cut down to 4″x12″, and a few different elements to use for finishing (I used my Spellbinders Nestabilities, Kaiser Craft Pearls, Marths Stewart Border Punches, 3D foam dots, and Acetate to finish my card)

To Start, Score your 4×12 piece of patterned paper at 4″, 6″ & 8″.  Use your bone folder to crease your paper along your score lines, making sure you fold your paper accordian style as shown in the last picture above.

Sand the edges of your 8.5″ x 4.25″ cardstock.  Score your cardstock in half and use your bone folder to crease the fold (makes the fold crisper)

Quick Tip – When sanding your Core’Dinations Cardstock place it along the edge of your desk or another hard surface and pull your sanding block over the edges.  This will give you an evenly sanded border and make the process go twice as fast!

Using your gift card as a guide cut a slit in your pattern paper along the middle (6″) score line.  You will need to center your card on the middle score line and make your slit approximately 1/4″ longer then your card.

Place adhesive along the ‘outside’ edges of the 2 center panels (adhesive goes where the black lines are in the picture above)  Stick your center together.

The patterned paper should now look like this, with the center stuck together and the gift card slit in the middle flap.

Now attach your patterned paper to your card by folding your pattern paper up so you only have 1 of the sides exposed.  Apply adhesive along all of the sides and stick this down to the inside of your card.  You will need to center the piece top & bottom, but line it up tight along the crease.

Next apply adhesive along all of the sides of the currently exposed pattern paper.  To adhere this to your card do not open up the pattern paper instead close your card, this will ensure that your have your pattern paper lined up right and that the card will open and close nicely.

Your card (with the gift card in it) will now look like this.

I embellished my card by using my Spellbinders Nestabilities to create a cardstock frame which I backed with a piece of acetate.  I popped this up on my card front and added a few Peggy’s Pretties to finish it off.  I made a 3D christmas tree with my Spellbinders Nested Christmas Trees die and embellished that with LOTS of Kaiser Craft  Rhinestones.

To decorate the inside of my card I used the center of the frame I cut out for my card front, layered it on a piece of Pink cardstock and added an embossed christmas tree.

Behind the gift card I mimiced the above inner card embellishment  so there was somewhere to write!

I Hope you have a blast creating thses little card holders!  They are quick and easy, and make that gift card mean so much more!!

Until Next Time, Happy Crafting!

Shellie