Need a great gift idea? Here's a card holder tutorial

 

We all need inexpensive gift ideas for friends, family and those "extra" people in our lives, like neighbors, co-workers, teachers, mail carriers, etc. This card holder with a gift bow is the perfect gift. You can customize it for each person on your list. It easily holds 6 cards and envelopes.

 

First, the template:

 

1. Take a piece of 8-1/2" x 11" card stock and score the lines.

 

2. Now make your cuts. I folded tabs so you can see where I cut.

 

3. Use a bone folder to get crisp folds on your score lines.









4. Work one side at a time, tucking tabs under sides and applying adhesive (I suggest mini glue dots or sticky strip - SNAIL isn't strong enough).

 

5. Apply more adhesive to keep top and bottom of card holder in place.

 





6. Here's the finished box. From here you can further embellish.

I die-cut pieces of designer paper and complimentary card stock for a bow using the Gift Bow die and the Big Shot.

 

Use a bone folder to curl the patterned pieces and adhere ends with glue dots, then use another glue dot to adhere the curls together. Use more glue dots to add a brown "whale tail" under each side of the bow. Then adhere a cute embellishment in the middle of the bow. Ta da!

 

I've been invited to the holiday bazaar at a local assisted living care place this Thursday for the third year in a row. It's my favorite event because 1) It's free!; 2) Each vendor gets a little gift bag; 3) The staff gives you free food and drink; and 4) Everyone is so incredibly nice! This year I'm bringing a bunch of cards as a raffle gift since the staff is putting together an Alzheimers fund-raiser. I'll be putting together some of these filled card holders to sell too.



Beautiful paper bows are so Worth the Wait!

 

Have you seen the new Gift Bow Bigz L Die in the Holiday Catalog? Love it! You'll never have bow issues again, worrying about making the sides even. This is the smaller of the two bows you can build with the die. You need two of the curved pieces and one small rectangle. I use a bone folder to curl the ends of the bow before adhering them together.

 

The Coastal Cabana bow tops off a cute punched baby card that uses the single Worth the Wait stamp. I stamped the image once in Baked Brown Sugar and once in Coastal Cabana and used the largest scallop circle punch, along with the 1-3/4" Circle punch to create a window of sorts. I even fussy-cut the turtle. I embossed the top Whisper White layer with Perfect Polka Dots, and adhered it to the Whisper White card front with dimensionals.

 

I've had tons of fun the past few days, and haven't been home much. I got to stamp for hours with my bestest bud, Kim, as well as other demonstrators this weekend for a stampin' retreat. My niece baked many dishes for us, and prepared fresh guacamole and taco meat for a taco bar. It was wonderful!





Here's my vintage share today. It was thrown in with other items I purchased at a garage sale. Do you know what it is? (Hint: It's not a mini waffle iron, which is what my hubby guessed. lol)

Well, after pondering the two spouts and the patterns, I've discovered it's a vintage WMF Ritter Citro - a lemon wedge squeezer/juicer for tea or fish. Cool, eh? And I've just been using my fingers to squeeze lemon juice into my water!

All of the items used to create the card above may be ordered at your convenience through my Online Store at http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net. I have a great deal for you this month - order Tag It from me by August 31 and you'll get your name entered into a drawing for the Pretty Print Textured Impressions Embossing Folder in the Holiday Catalog. I'll announce the winner on Sept. 1 AND if you use the following hostess code, you'll also be eligible to win the hostess benefits - GGQ2GJ3A.

Thank you, Judy, for your online order! You're in my drawing for hostess benefits on Sept. 1.