Gift Card Holders

I hope you had a wonderful Easter!!

Today I am a guest designer at my friend Sheila's BLOG.  Today I am sharing some fun gift card holders.  My aunt wanted some gift card holders for her grandkids and friend's grandkids.  I got out my Cameo and got to work!

I used these pieces from a Silhouette file to create the pocket.  I used the butterfly for the girl card holders.  I used bright papers!

The pocket pieces were folded and adhered inside the card using my ATG gun. 

I placed them right above the slit. 

I added a little washi tape on the front.  I used chipboard pieces for the boy cards from Boys Rule.  I added gems to the butterfly body and bent the wings up.

These were fun little card holders - I love the versatility of the design and will use this design again!!

Thanks Sheila for having me on your blog today!!

Teacher Gift Card Holder

Today I am featured at The Buckle Boutique!!

I decorated this tin box to use as a gift card holder for Tanner's teacher.

I like to spoil his teachers at the beginning of the year, middle of the year (Christmas) and end of the year (Teacher Appreciation Day)!

I found an apple on the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge (Roly Poly function key) and used my Gypsy to size it to 2.05 x 2.18 to fit my tin.  

I used some red Dazzling Diamonds rhinestone sticker sheet.  It cuts in the Cricut Machine with a deep cut blade set at 6, speed 1 and sometimes it needs a multi cut.  The mat needs to be super sticky and to be sure I use packing tape to tape the edges of my sticker sheet down.  It cuts best face down so make sure you reverse your images before you cut them out! 

Here is the Cricut in action. 

You can see the cut.  This one was a single cut (no multi cut).

I just peeled the sticker sheet off the mat and popped out the apple. 

Very shiny!!  I love how you can cut through the diamonds as they are made out of a gel substance. 

I put the apple on the front of the tin window.  I used a black and white polka dot washi tape around the edge of the box. 

I used a scrap of black vinyl to cut Ms. Hunt's name and adhered it to the front.  This way she can re-use the box for some small trinkets or storage. 

I popped in the gift card and added a tulle ribbon.

You can find the red Dazzling Diamond Sticker Sheet HERE!

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12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop Day 8 - Gift Card Holders

Welcome to Day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!!!

If you arrived from Lucy, you are in the right spot.  If you found me first, head over to the BEGINNING so you can see the blog candy as well as everyone's projects!!

I am also featuring my project at She's A Sassy Lady today!!

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. This hop will take place November 25th through December 6th and the new postings each day will be posted by 8 am eastern standard time. This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all of those beautiful Christmas project. This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards, and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried. There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop. Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit. Lisa our hostess will be giving away some wonderful blog candy each day of the hop from the amazing sponsors that we have for this hop. Lisa will be posting all the winners from this hop on December 10th. Every one has a chance to win including the ladies participating in the hop and even the guest designers and the sponsors. At the end of each post we will have a list of all the sponsors who are sponsoring this hop all you need to do is click on their name to go to their sites and check out all the wonderful sites. We want to thank each and everyone of the sponsors for their generosity. It has been greatly appreciated.

Here is a complete list of the sponsors:

Honeybearz Designs - Yummy Crafting Candy

http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Teresa Russell - $10.00 Gift Card from

her facebook group Scrapping For Less

https://www.facebook.com/groups/372187582880346/

Pazzles - Two digital download gift cards for a Cutting Collection of choice.

http://pazzles.com/

Kathy's Cozies - A custom Cozy for an Expression, Expression 2, Cricut Create, 

Cricut Mini, or Silhouette Cameo. Whoever wins can pick their own fabric.https://www.etsy.com/shop/KathysCozies

Paper Sweeties - $10.00 Gift Card

http://www.papersweeties.com/

ScrappyDew - $20.00 Gift Card

http://www.scrappydew.com/store/

My Creative Time - Stamp Set

http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs - $20.00 Gift Voucher

http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/

Paper Creations by Mindy - $15.00 Gift Certidicate

http://www.papercreationsbymindy.com/

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - $15.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.prettypapergraphics.com/

Xyron - 2 Teresa Collins Adhesive Kits

http://www.xyron.com/enUS/Home/default.html

Joys Life - "Oh Christmas Puns" stamps

http://joyslife.com/

Timeless Twine -$15.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.bellacreationz.bigcartel.com/

Too Cute by Jessica - $25.00 Giftcard

http://www.toocutebyjessica.com/

Designs on Cloud 9 - $20.00 Gift Certificate

http://designsoncloud9.com/

LoveBug Creations - $15.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.lovebugcreations.net/

The Paper Parade - $40.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.thepaperparade.com/

The Paper Nest Dolls - $25.00 Gift Certificate

http://stamps.the-papernest.com/

Jessica Douglass Wilson -$10.00 to her Close To My Heart store 

Lettering Delights -a gift valued at $10.00

http://www.letteringdelights.com/

Scrapping Bug Designs - $50.00 gift certificate the gift 

certificate excludes sale prices.

http://www.scrappingbugdesigns.com/

3 Girl Jam - $10.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.3girljam.com/

SVG Attic - $25.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.svgattic.com/

Pinque Peacock $10.00 Gift Certificate

http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com/

SVG Cuts - $20.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.svgcuts.com/

Blue Moon Creations - 12 digital images

http://www.bluemooncreation.net/

Sherri Baldy Stamps - $15.00 Gift Certificate for digi stamps

http://sherribaldy.blogspot.com/

I made some Gift Gard holders from a cut I purchased at the Silhouette Store.

I did not use the tree that came with it, but instead used a variety of other cuts, including this bell.

I used scraps of papers and used several cuts from the Silhouette Online store.  I made a variety of gift card holders using the same basic cut.

I added a "to from" stamp to the back.

Here is a view of the inside with the card tucked in.  I will use this basic tag all year round!!!

Thanks for stopping by, your next stop is Beth!

Here is a complete list of blog addresses in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

2. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

3. Sheila - http://2pawprints.blogspot.com 

4. Teresa- http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/

5. Scrappin Madge http://www.thescrappinlounge.com

6. Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com

7. Robin Lane - http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

8. Scrappin Toxic Midge- http://www.toxictreasures.com/

9. Deb Rodgerson  http://debspaperpalooza.blogspot.com/

10.Theresa - http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com

11. Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

12. Diana - http://daisylovecreations.blogspot.com

13. Alicia http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

14.  Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.comhttp://www.love2createitall.com/

15.  Lori ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/***HERE

16. Beth~ http://thecraftyscrapyard.blogspot.comhttp://thecraftyscrapyard.blogspot.com/****NEXT

17. Shawnee~ http://sunshinycards.blogspot.com

18. Thia~http://bluemooncreation.blogspot.com

19. Inga  http://mommahobbit.blogspot.ca/

20. Heather~ http://paper-junkie.blogspot.com

21. Denise www.craftconfectionery.com

22. Kathy - http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com

23. Daphne - http://craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com/

24. Anna - http://www.stampanna.com

25. Jessica -  www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Jingle Bell Tag

Well, it's that time of the year for gift gifting... and for many families that begins with the Thanksgiving holiday if you're trying to fit in all the families on both sides and extended ones.. so we've put together a great hop today with plenty of ideas to make those gift cards look like a million bucks! I personally love gift cards... no hassle in returns, wrong sizes, etc. and with the ability to buy cards for even Visa and/or MasterCard, how could your gift even be considered to be re-gifted!

They will surely find something they want or need.

For hopping today, we have a gift for some lucky person. 

A 17.95 value Close To My Heart Merry and Bright Holiday Stamp set. You'll have a great little set to make your Holiday cards, gift tags, or other décor. A winner will be chosen by Nov. 6th so I can get this in the mail and off to the winner in plenty of time!.

How to win? Comment on each blog and show our creative team some love please! If you're not a follower, you might want to be... this group does a hop every first Sunday so you won't want to miss what's in store! Be sure to leave a way to contact you as well!

Now let's get hopping! If you havent already, starting at Janet's Creative World is where it all begins and those awesome stamps are up for grabs!

For my project today, I used a file from the Silhouette Online Store - with a twist!

Here is my finished gift card holder.  I substituted a jingle bell for the Christmas tree.

Here are the pieces in my cut file.  The jingle bell also came from the Silhouette Online store.

Here is the card holder opened up.

I cut two bows, one I adhered to the card front under the bell, and the other I pop-dotted above the bell.  I tied some music note ribbon to the top and DONE!!

I love the card base and plan on using this file again and again!!!

Thanks for stopping over ~ now you're off to: Create A Latte!

I've posted the line-up in case you get lost... Happy Holidays!

Janet's Creative World

Loving Lifes Little Blessings

Scrapping My Stress Away

Create A Latte

Scapple Tree

Precious Pages by Paula

So Many Crafts. so Little time

Card Monkeys Paper Jungle

Nana's Scrap Spot 

Thanks for hopping with us today!