Thursday, December 12, 2024

Cozy Warm Gift Card Wallet!

Hello friends!  I'm back this week with another gift card wallet because they're great to have around just in case!  I used lots of papers, printed elements and dies but for this project there is absolutely no coloring.  I also included a lot of details because I was in the mood to play with stamps, dies and paper, but this easily could be simplified, and the basic structure of the project is super quick and easy.  


The project requires a 4.25 x 11 inch piece of card stock that is scored at 2.5, 3.75, 5, and 8 inches.  I used one of our fishtail banners centered over the 3.75 inch score line to make the slot for the gift card.  In this photo I'd already started decorating the card front to look like a brick fireplace/mantel where "the stockings were hung."  


This is the same view (with the inside facing away) as on the scoring board above, but with the card slot now glued along the folds, and with the rest of the papers and embellishments in place.  

This is what's visible when the left front is opened.  Those are two printed pieces from the Winter Time pad with a stamped sentiment from our Stocking/Mittens set.  

I continued with the same brick and wood grain papers for this first inner flap.

And here's what it looks like with that inner flap opened before the gift card is flipped aside.  (If I'd had one of those Tim Holtz sled die sets, I certainly would have used it here!). 


The trees, cloud, and hillside from our Country Church series are so much fun for constructing little scenes like this.  I used the same dies to embellish the stocking on the card front and then had the idea to create a view from a cabin window with this gorgeous new Scorched Wood designer paper.  (This is what it must look like looking out from the windows of my in-laws' cottage in Upper Michigan, although I've never been there in Winter!  We make it a point NOT to be there when it is so bitterly cold!)

I love that this design would work equally well for either gender. That was the original intent, to end up with a more "generic" gift card presentation that I could keep on hand just in case I've inadvertently forgotten anyone!  I'll replace the fake AmEx card with a coffee card or restaurant gift card.  If it doesn't get gifted this year, I'll have a head start for next Christmas! 

Supplies:
at

No comments:

Post a Comment