dress up those gift cards | Suzy Plantamura & Julie Campbell

from Suzy Plantamura : I love Christmas scrapbook lines with all of their festive patterned papers and embellishments. I wanted to make some gift card holders to make giving them as gifts more personal. I started by pulling out all of my Studio Calico Magical Supplies. I soon realized that several of the supplies would easily transition a gift card holder with minimal work and extra supplies. Follow along with these six ideas to show off your gift cards while utilizing all of the fun embellishments in your Magical collection.

Directions:

• Cut a piece of double sided patterned paper to be 3” wide x 9” tall
• Fold one long edge over at 2” and the other long edge over at 3” so they overlap on the front
• Add washi tape along both folded over edges, except for the 2” flap
• Straight stitch over the washi tape to hold in place
• Use punch to round edges of top flap and straight stitch around edges for decoration
• Add a sticker to front of flap and another to top edge of flap

Supplies:patterned paper: Magical - Christmas Eve; stickers: Magical 6x12 sticker sheet; chipboard numbers: Magical Thickers – 25 Days; washi: Antiquary Project Life Kit

Supplies:envelope: Magical Envelopes; badge: Magical Adhesive Badges; letter stickers: Magical 6x12” sticker sheet; other: twine

Directions:

• Start with one of the 3x4 Magical Kraft Envelopes; detach the thread from around the holes
• Attach an adhesive badge over the hole on the envelope flap
• Take out an 18” piece of red/white twine and wrap the end around the top adhesive badge and tie a knot
• Attach letter stickers to spell joy along the bottom hole
• Zig Zag stitch along the edge of the top flap
• Insert gift card and wrap twine around the two hole covers

Supplies: paper: Magical Merrymint Paper; die-cuts: Magical Vellum Shapes; stickers: Magical 6x12” Sticker Sheet; other: Gold Ribbon

Directions:

• Cut a piece of the Magical Merrymint paper (or any double sided paper) to be 7” tall x 3.5” wide
• Fold in half leaving 3” on one side and 4” on the other
• Add washi tape along the two side edges
• Straight stitch the washi in place
• Add some glitter ribbon along the top edge and staple in place
• Add some Magical vellum die cuts over the front

Supplies: tags: Magical Kraft Tags; die-cuts: Magical Vellum Shapes; sequins: Magical Sequin Stars; other: trim

Directions:

• Decorate the front (and back if preferred) of the tag using die cuts and sequins stapling them in place
• Attach the sides of two kraft tags back to back
• Lightly attach a strip of ribbon in between the two tags along the bottom
• Straight stitch around the black lines on the tags back to back with ribbon in place so it is stitched down
• Decorate the front (and back if preferred) of the tag using die cuts and sequins

Supplies:Journaling cards: Magical Journaling Cards; die-cut: Magical Vellum Die-Cuts; star: Magical Die Cut Starbursts; gold number: Magical Thickers – 25 Days

Directions:

• Decorate the front of a transparent Magical Journaling Card with die-cuts stapling them in place
• Attach that card to another card back to back using a zig zag stitch to attach along sides and bottom edge
• Add a Thickers gold number to the front in the amount of the gift tag

Supplies:cards: Magical Confetti Stitched Cards; die-cut: Magical Vellum Die Cuts; sequine: Magical Sequin Stars; other: ribbon and twine

Directions:

• Attach two Magical Confetti Stitched Cards back to back with staples along stitching lines on the two sides and bottom
• Tie a red ribbon around the two cards into a bow on the front middle
• Wrap a piece of red/white twine around about six times below the ribbon and tie on the backside
• Attach a vellum die-cut circle to the front above the ribbon bow
• Attach a gold star sequin on the top of the die-cut

From Julie Campbell : I made a simple matchbook gift card holder out of cardstock & a few other supplies from the Magical collection. The little glassine bags that Studio Calico uses to package kit embellishments make perfect envelopes for gift cards.

Supplies: Magical 6x6 paper pad, Magical 6 x 12 sticker sheet, kraft & white cardstock, Blue Note Winter Cut Designs, Silhouette Printable Cotton Canvas, Silhouette die cutter, Mister Huey's Shine, white ink pad, button, brads, small glassine bag