Hi Ya……

I hope you are all having a great Monday! It is beautiful here today with the sun shining. What a great way to start the week.

SO here is the Make it Monday for this week…..enjoy!

Envelope Gift card holder  

 

Materials required:

 

·        Envelope

·        DSP

·        Bone folder

·        Scissors

·        Ribbon

·        Cardstock

·        Stamps

·        Stamp pads

·        Punches

·        Markers

 

Step 1:

 

Fold your envelope in half

 

Step 2:

 

Cut the top flap in the centre and then again over 1 ml, cut down so you have a small gap in the centre.

 

Step 3:

 

Seal down the top flap on the left hand side.

 

Seal 4:

 

Cut a piece of DSP to fit the front of the envelope and attach.

 

Step 5:

 

Add DSP on the two inside panels.

 

Step 6:

 

Stamp the front panel of the envelope when folded down.

 

Step 7:

 

Make a belly band that will fit around the envelope.

 

 

Step 8:

 

Place the gift card into the slot and close envelope. Place the belly band around the centre with the closed envelope.

 

Finished product:

 

 

 

 Well here it is ………the very first Make it Monday for 2009!

I tell you, it was a little hard to get my head into the tutorial mode again….what to make that is something new, unseen, and a little bit creative had it in a spin, but alas, I finally came up with something, and a few more ideas to come as well.

Here is what I called and Envelope Gift Card Holder

Materials required:

•  Paper trimmer
• Circle punches
• Stamps
• Stamp pads
• 12 x 12 DS paper
• A4 Cardstock
• Bone scorer
• Scissors
• Velcro dot
• Pencil
• 5 in 1 Envelope template

Step 1:

 

Trace the 5 in 1 envelope template on the wrong side of your 12 x 12 DS paper sheet with a pencil.

Step 2:

 

Cut out your envelope on the pencil lines.

Step 3:

 

Score along the pencil lines, to make it easy to fold your envelope together.

Step 4:

 

Fold up your envelope and tape together.

Step 5:

 

Punch a half moon out at the top of your envelope.

Step 6:

 

Trim a millimeter off the closed end of your envelope, so that you have an open end like this:

Step 7:

 

Punch another half moon with your circle punch at the open bottom end of the envelope.

Step 8:

 

Fold your envelope in half, or till the two half moons are just under one another. Then add tape across the top and a strip in the centre. Close the envelope together.

Step 9:

 

Take your envelope template again and place it over your co-ordinating cardstock, and pencil it around the arched end, just in from the edge of the cardstock.

Step 10:

 

Cut your half moon out.

Step 11:

 

Adhere that half moon over the top of your envelope top. This will create a border on the front.

Step 12:

 

Make a co-ordinating card which is 3″ by 3 3/4′” in size. This will fit in the top pocket.

Step 13:

 

Insert your card in the top pocket.

Step 14:

 

Add a gift card to the front pocket.

Step 15:

 

Add a Velcro dot on the front so that you can fasten down the front panel.

Step 16:

 

Stamp an image and place it onto two punched circles. Here I have used the In the stars stamp set.

Another sample:

Holder using Bali Breeze DS paper from Stampin’Up, with the Polka Dot Party stamp set.

And this is the coordinating card that goes in the inside. 

Of course you can use the pocket for something alternate, like movie tickets, cash, or vouchers to give to someone. These are super easy, and you are getting another use out of your 5 in 1 envelope template too!

Enjoy!

Hey you all out there in cyberland!

I am excited to tell you about another Challenge I am putting out to all of you. This again started in the demo’s on-line group. It is called Make it Monday….great name hey! All thanks to Leonie Schroder of Totally Addinktive : http://www.totallyaddinktive.com

Well my Mondays usually consist of washing, washing, and a little more washing! Then it is cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning! Whilst it is one of those days where you work all day to catch up from the weekend, it is also the BEST feeling to be on top of things right at the start of the week and to plan what you will be doing, meal plans, shopping lists….etc, etc…..

So why not add a stamped project to your “TO DO” lists that you probably haven’t thought about., hence Make it Monday is to inspire you to do something this week.

My first MIM is to make Gift Card Holders which are so nice to give it in rather than slapped into a card, AND it then looks like you have actually made some effort for that persons Birthday!

I have put together the following tutorial so you have absolutely no excuse because they are SUPER easy! Here we go….

Materials Required:

Paper cutter

Scallop punch

1 1/4 circle punch

1 3/8 circle punch

Ribbon

Bone folder

Jumbo Roller

Stamp pads

Cardstock

Scrap paper

Stamp set

Step 1:

Cut your A4 cardstock in half vertically

Step 2:

Roll both sides of your cardstock with your jumbo roller

Step 3:

Fold your cardstock in half, and then each edge fold out to make a W shape

Step 4:

Place tape onto one side of the centre folds like above

Step 5:

Close the two centre sides together so that it looks like this

Step 6:

Taking your 1 1/8 circle punch, punch out half of the doule cardstock

Step 7:

Trim off the sealed section so create the pouch

Step 8:

Wrap a strip of ribbon around the holder with overhang so that they can be used as ties

Step 9: - Final product

Decorate the outside of your Gift Card Holder with stamped images and tie is closed

This is the inside of the holder

 

So there you have it. I hope you can make that time this week to whip one up and then you will always have it ready for that special someone’s gift

Have a good week everyone!