“Happy Birdie” Gift Card Holder

by Kris Hankins

“Happy Birdie” Gift Card Holder

When I give a gift card, I usually want to give something a more than the store card inside of the store supplied envelope. I enjoy making gift card holders. Here is one that I made to give as a birthday gift.

Materials

• Paper and Cardstock
• Basic Grey, Marjolaine, Creme de Menthe     ( BG-MRJ-2915   $0.85)
• Bazzill Half The Edge Borders, White     ( BAZ-JTE-303436   $2.99)
• Scrap of white cardstock (for sentiment and bird)
• Scrap of coordinating blue cardstock (mat layer)
• Stamps
• Asian /”thank you” sentiment tamp(s) of choice
• Inks and Embossing Powders
• Adirondack Ink, Denim     ( RAN-ADP-denim   $4.99
• Embellishments
• Prima Pearls, Cornflower     ( PRI-ECO-300609   $1.59)
• Prima Flower, Pearl Penache, Cosmic Blue     ( PRI-ME-537944   $3.99)
• Ribbon, Sheer Pinstripe Blue/Black     ( MA-WS-10   $0.49/yard)
• Small coordinating blue eyelets (2)
• Tools
• Stipple Brush #8     (   STIPPLE-8   $3.49)
• Sizzix Bigz by Tim Holtz Caged Bird     ( SIZ-DBigz-656634   $19.99)
• Circle Punch, 1”     ( EK-EKPL-7000   $8.99)
• Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper, Corner Rounder     ( WRM-CAD-CRNR1   $24.99)
• Media
• Sakura Stardust Pen     ( SAK-Stardust   $3.99/2)

Instructions

• Cut a 4” x 11” piece from Basic Grey Marjolaine cardstock.
  Score at 3.5” from one end, and 3” from other end. Fold.


• Round the corners of the 3.5” end of the paper.


• On the 3” end, center and punch a half circle using a 1” circle punch.


• Secure this folded end with two small blue eyelets.


• Stamp your choice of sentiment (“happy birdie to you”) on a scrap of white cardstock using Adirondack Denim ink.
  Trim and layer sentiment onto a leftover piece of the Marjolaine paper and a scrap of blue cardstock.


• From your scrap of white cardstock, cut out a “bird” using Tim Holtz Caged Bird Die.
  Stipple the edges of the bird with the Denim ink.


• Add cornflower pearls to the bird.


• Cut a Bazzill Half the Edge Border piece to length.
  Wrap with a knotted piece of Sheer Pinstripe ribbon.
  Attach the bird to the back edge of the border piece.
  Attach all to card front.
  Adorn with a Prima flower.
  I highlighted my flower with a Stardust Pen.

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