My Studio With a View: Victory Paper Pack

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Gift Card Holders - Quick and Easy! Video Included

When I first saw this idea, I just fell in love with it! These gift card holders are super easy to make and are a fantastic way to present a gift card. I love how you can personalize them and change them up depending on who you are giving it too -- much like a card! Instructions can be found below, dimensions can be dowloaded as a pdf here, but I also created a brief video with instructions (lovin' this little web cam!). If you have trouble clicking on the youtube video box below, here is the link.

These are the supplies you will need (pictured below) as well as the dimensions for each of your pieces.

Base:
4-1/4” by 10”
(scored at 3”, 4”, 5” and 8”)

Patterned Cardstock or Co-ordinating Color:
4 pcs. 2-3/4” by 4”
2 pcs. 1-3/4” by 4”

Band:
1” by 7”
(scored at 2” and 5”)

One of the trickiest (not really difficult at all, but requires a pause and extra thought) is creating the slot for the gift card to go into. Once you have scored your cardstock and folded it accordingly, be sure to apply your double sided tape to the correct spot as shown below. This allows you to trim the top of your gift card "mountain" and thus creating the gift card "slot".

Once your tape is on, flip this piece over and push the gift card "mountain" together.

Only the tiniest, little strip needs to be trimmed off the top to create the slot.

Once all the pieces are assembled, your finished gift card holder should look something like this:

Here are a few more examples I have recently created.

The sky is the limit here! Using a variety of embellishments, patterned paper and even corner punches, you can make your gift card holder unique and personalized. If you have any questions, you can send me an e-mail at mystudiowithaview@gmail.com or comment below. Have fun!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

CTMH Milk Carton Using Victory Paper Pack and Stickease

Whenever my kids attend a birthday party and want to give a gift card, we like to think of different ways to present it. After consulting my "little experts", we always try to incorporate a few elements. We always use the child's name, choose colors we think the person may like, and we almost always include candy!

Lately, I have fallen in love with the Close To My Heart milk cartons! They are super duper cute, and really economical (you get two in a pack for $4.95). Best of all, they are something different. It is really fun to decorate them and personalize them. This one is for a friend of my son's -- a super great kid so we wanted to make sure it was specially decorated. In this case, I used the Victory Paper Pack from CTMH. I absolutely LOVE this paper pack! The first time I saw it, I knew it would be perfect for me since I have four men in my life :) I ended up using only half a 12x12 sheet on this project. Instructions and supplies are listed below.

First I chose the paper I wanted to use. Then, I inked all the edges of the milk carton with a sponge and co-ordinating color (in this case, Bamboo). I cut four pieces of cardstock (2 patterned, 2 solid color) at 2-7/8" by 3-1/8". This is for the sides. I then cut two patterned pieces of cardstock at 2-7/8" x 2" for the top. I simply used the Victory My Stickease Assortment for embellishments - some I mounted on to cardstock first and then cut, others I "popped up" using foam tape. The tag slide and numbers pictured below were cut using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.