Present

Here is a little gift card from a batch I made for one of my mums friends.  I got the idea from a tutorial on Sue Bayliss site after seeing one that Amy posted on hers sometime ago. 

Very easy to make and idea for money or a gift card.  I like the way Sue has created a ribbon bow from oval punches... but as I don't have those I just used a piece of ribbon.

I'm off on my travels once again on Friday so will be radio silent for 3 weeks.  I have scheduled a couple of posts to keep anyone who is reading going... but not many.

Handbag gift card holder

I have been asked to make some gift card holders with male and female themes.  So have been scouting the web for some suitable ideas.  I found this great tutorial to make a handbag shaped gift card holder.

Here is my version of the idea.  I have used the Melon Mambo cardstock from Stampin' Up! for the top of the bag and scalloped circle.  The DSP is from the Fizzy Moon celebrations pack.  I decided to stamp the image and sentiment from my Stampin' Up stash as well and have used the crown image from the Every Little Bit stamp set and the sentiment from the Clearly for you set.

I absolutely love this gift card idea and will be making lots more :).

Challenges entered:

Incy Wincy - 'anything but a card'

Gift card holder

I thought I would share with you something a little different today.  I found this great tutorial for making this gift card on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts blog.

I've used papers from Bo Bunny for the outer cover and made a flower from the two step bird punch.  The insert is made from white shimmer card and I've used my Crop A Dile for the eyelets.  Diamantes and peel offs had to be incorporated somewhere too!

These gift card holders make giving a gift card slightly more personal rather than the standard card that comes with it.  I've entered this into the Dream Valley challenge - 'surprise'