Happy Friday everybody! I'm sharing a fast and easy gift card holder with handmade personalized embellishments. Just change the paper and you'll have a gift card holder for birthdays, or any occasion. And they make great teacher gifts too! I can’t say enough about these punches. They are so fun and make every project more personal to the recipient and to your projects. The possibilities are endless with Epiphany Crafts Tools...
As a new school year begins I see a lot of projects focused on grade school kids. This is fun and great, as I too, have three boys still in grade school. But, what about our college kids? My oldest graduated college a couple years ago and just finished medical training, but in those first few years of college we would send her gift cards to help her “survive” college. Whether it’s for emergency study snacks, a smoothie, or a new outfit, she had a few extra dollars to take a break and treat herself. So, I created a little gift card holder to share with you all, that reminded me of those days.
I started with this awesome die cut from Sizzix that already has the shape and pocket for the gift cards and I used this wonderful chalkboard alphabet patterned paper as my base. Folded the pocket at the bottom and edges, and adhered the sides to the base. Instant pocket! Folded in half and again at the top where it slides into a slit to close. Cut a piece of red gingham ribbon and wrapped around the card, but not too tight, so you can slip it on and off to get to the goodies inside.
Next I punched out some old fashioned alphabet letters from patterned paper to create my daughters initials to make it even more personalized and found the perfect apple too! I placed them in the Epiphany punches and added epoxies to create my own embellishments. And adhere to the front of the gift card holder.
I can’t say enough good things about these punches. They make every project more personal to the recipient or to your projects. And my daughter has a unique name that you can’t find printed on anything anywhere. So knowing I can create her name or her initials with this system is such a joy for me and I hope you find that out too! Until next time…happy back to school time.
Supplies used: Epiphany Crafts Tools: Hexagon punch, epoxies, Round 25, epoxies; Simple Stories Smarty Pants Paper (chalkboard alphabet); Graphic 45 ABC Primer Collection-Grammar School (alphabet paper); Big Shot Machine; #656307 Sizzix Gift Card Holder die cut; and American Crafts red gingham ribbon.
I started with this awesome die cut from Sizzix that already has the shape and pocket for the gift cards and I used this wonderful chalkboard alphabet patterned paper as my base. Folded the pocket at the bottom and edges, and adhered the sides to the base. Instant pocket! Folded in half and again at the top where it slides into a slit to close. Cut a piece of red gingham ribbon and wrapped around the card, but not too tight, so you can slip it on and off to get to the goodies inside.
Next I punched out some old fashioned alphabet letters from patterned paper to create my daughters initials to make it even more personalized and found the perfect apple too! I placed them in the Epiphany punches and added epoxies to create my own embellishments. And adhere to the front of the gift card holder.
I can’t say enough good things about these punches. They make every project more personal to the recipient or to your projects. And my daughter has a unique name that you can’t find printed on anything anywhere. So knowing I can create her name or her initials with this system is such a joy for me and I hope you find that out too! Until next time…happy back to school time.
Supplies used: Epiphany Crafts Tools: Hexagon punch, epoxies, Round 25, epoxies; Simple Stories Smarty Pants Paper (chalkboard alphabet); Graphic 45 ABC Primer Collection-Grammar School (alphabet paper); Big Shot Machine; #656307 Sizzix Gift Card Holder die cut; and American Crafts red gingham ribbon.
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