For the love of gift cards

Hello friends!! Happy Monday! Today I have a fun project to share with you using the Cable Knit kit. I have a few hard to buy for people on my Christmas list this year, so instead of buying them a random item that I am not sure they will like/want/need, I decided to do gift cards for a few of them.
When I went to buy my gift cards, I was very unimpressed by the holders that they had available. I knew I could make something much more festive using my Noel Mignon kit!!

I started out by searching for a shape on the silhouette store. I found this cute stocking gift holder, and knew it was perfect!

I wanted to keep the design very simple. This is is going to a guy, so wanted to make it fun, but still have a "manly" vibe to it.

Some fun layering and clusters on the top of the stocking. I used the seasons greeting flair as the anchor for holding the stocking flap down.

Then I wanted to bring in a little extra dimension down at the bottom, so that it wasn't so top heavy. A wood veneer snowflake with a layered black glitter star was the perfect finishing touch!

So happy with how fun and cute this turned out, and it helps to put a more personal touch on the gift cards!! 

Gift card holder

Hi there and good morning!

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There is a sweet girl at work (let's call her Sally) who is pregnant with her first girl and we are having a baby shower for her on Friday. 

There are a few of us who are going in together to get her a gift card. 

And of course I need a cute card to put it in!

:)
Beach Blvd kit to the rescue!

I pulled out a lot of the pink from the kit and made this...

That butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch.

It's an old one but I love it still!

On the inside of the card, I used the sweet little bag in the kit as the holder for the gift card. 

Then I realized that I didn't leave much room to write on the card!

Oops!!

To remedy that problem, I cut strips of white cardstock and tucked them in the bag. 

Then we can use the strips to write messages to Sally and put them back in the bag along with the gift card. 

*note to self: GO GET THE GIFT CARD!!*

:)

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Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

P.S. 

Come back later...I will be sharing a bit about my scrap space!

:)

gretchen