I decided to start with family cards and created this cool gift card holder for one of my nephews. It's a fantastic idea I gleaned from Cindy at The Creative Pointe. It's the perfect size for holding a gift card, but I typically give cash, and this works for that too!
I wanted this to be fairly masculine and mature enough looking for a 17-year-old. I chose The Creative Pointe's 'Christmas Bells' SVG file to cut a large jingle bell to adorn the front.
To make the bell look aged metallic and give it some interest, I clear embossed some French writing and then layered on metallic Distress Stains. The ribbon was colored with an Aged Mahogany Distress Marker.
I modified the inside a tad since the flap on my invitation envelope comes to a point, unlike the one in the example from Cindy. Instead of using the right half of the flap, I tucked it in to create a little slant pocket. A row of jingle bell garland (colored just like the bell on the front) adorns the pocket's edge.
On the left side, I added more patterned paper and stamped "Merry Christmas". Here you can see how the inside looks with the "gift". It's just the cutest little gift card!
Other Challenge Fun:
613 Avenue Create: Challenge #48 - Anything Goes or twist of gift packaging
House of Cards: Holiday Blog Hop
Perfectly Rustics: PR Design Challenge No.12 – Christmas Gift
| Supplies: |
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| Cardstock: |
Papertrey
Ink ‘Kraft’, ‘Ivory’ |
| Patterned Paper: |
My Mind's
Eye Lost & Found 'Christmas' 6x6 |
| SVG:
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The
Creative Pointe ‘Christmas Bells’ |
| Stamps: |
Croppy Cat; Stampin' Up! |
| Inks: |
Distress
Ink ‘Walnut Stain’; Distress Stain ‘Pumice Stone’, ‘Brushed Pewter’, ‘Tarnished
Brass’, ‘Antiqued Bronze’; Top Boss embossing pad; Distress Marker ‘Aged
Mahogany’; Archival 'Coffee' |
| Embellishments: |
Zing
embossing powder ‘Clear’; twine |
| Tools:
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Foam ink blending tool; heat
tool; SCAL; Cricut Expression; 3M spray adhesive; Tim Holtz paper distresser |
| Misc: |
A4 invitation envelope ‘Ivory’ |