West Coast Creators Blog Hop - Whimsical Trees Gift Card Holder

Welcome to the December West Coast Creators Blog Hop!! This month we are featuring gift card holders and gift packaging. Since Christmas is right around the corner, I hope you will find this useful! My card is a variation of a gift card holder I made on November 29 (which you can find here). It's pretty quick to make, especially if you have some Designer Series Paper (DSP) that you like! Unfortunately, the Whimsy & Wonder DSP is no longer available, but you can make the same gift card holder with any DSP--Christmas or non-Christmas. The Whimsical Trees stamp set is retiring on January 3rd, and is only available while supplies last!!

1. Cut the following layers:
• Polished Pink: 9-3/4" x 5", scored at 3-1/4" and 6-1/2"; 4-1/4" x 5" (card base)
• Whimsy & Wonder Designer Series Paper (DSP): 3-3/16" x 4-5/8", 3-1/4" x 2" (ornaments); 3-1/4" x 4" (stripe)
• Silver Foil Specialty Paper: 3-1/2" x 5"
• Basic White cardstock: 3-1/4" x 4"; 2-1/2" x 1" (for sentiment)
2. Wrap 12" length of ribbon around larger piece of ornament DSP and tie in a knot. Cut silver frame using second and third largest rectangles; glue to DSP. 
3. Make Z-fold with scored piece of Polished Pink cardstock, having "mountain" fold at left, and "valley" fold at right. Adhere card front to panel on left.
4. Stamp sentiment in Polished Pink; cut with Seasonal Labels die; adhere to card front with Mini Dimensionals.
5. Cut striped DSP and Basic White with largest die; use same die to cut the bottom part of the ornament DSP, and then trim the top with the long side of the second largest die. Adhere to striped DSP at bottom and sides only, making a pocket for the gift card. Glue to centre panel.
6. Stamp the sentiment (full strength) and holly (stamped-off) with Polished Pink; adhere to right hand panel.
7. Stamp holly along the edges of 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" Polished Pink cardstock with stamped-off Polished Pink. Glue back of right-hand panel to card base, making bottom edges of Z-fold even with bottom of card base, and equal borders at right and left.
8. Add three Rhinestone Basic Jewels to finish card.

Thanks for visiting my blog! If you have a moment, please leave a comment below. Then be sure to check out the rest of our very talented West Coast Creators' blogs to see their gorgeous creations!

❤️ Kim

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Product List

Whimsical Trees Cling Stamp Set (English) [156330] $30.00	Seasonal Labels Dies [156299] $52.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $48.00	Whimsy & Wonder 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [156329] $20.00	Polished Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155710] $12.00
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $13.25	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.50	Polished Pink 3/8" (1 Cm) Open Weave Ribbon [155714] $9.50	Polished Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [155712] $10.25	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $6.75

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Thank You Snow Much Thank You Card

Thanks to all of you who voted for my card in Kylie's October International Blog Highlights competition--my card came in second place!! I was invited to participate in Kylie's Top Ten Winners Blog--which is pretty exciting!! If you didn't see my October card, I have added it to the bottom of this blog post.

Here are the directions for this card. It is a fairly quick one to make! It has several elements that give it a bit of shine!! Fold an 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Pacific Point card base (scored at 4-1/4"). Cut a frame from the shiny Silver Foil Specialty Pack, using the largest two Stitched Rectangles Dies. Cut a 3-5/8" x 5" piece of Pacific Point cardstock. Using Versamark ink and the snowflakes stamp, stamp randomly on the smaller piece of Pacific Point cardstock, add silver embossing powder, and set with a heat tool.

Cut a 3-5/8" x 1/2" piece of silver foil, and emboss with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. Glue the embossed silver strip over the embossed snowflakes piece, about 1-1/4" from the bottom. Adhere the silver frame to this layer, and then to the card base.

Stamp the sentiment in Versamark on a 3-1/2" x 1-1/2" piece of Pacific Point cardstock, emboss with silver embossing powder, and set it with a heat tool. Die cut the label with the Potted Succulents die, and the same label in silver foil. Cut the silver label horizontally, and then glue to the back of the Pacific Point label, so about 1/16" of the silver shows above and below the coloured label. Attach the label with Dimensionals over the silver "ribbon". Die cut three snowflakes from silver foil, and add them to the card with thin strips of Dimensionals.

Here is the card I submitted in Kylie's contest--it's a cool fold-flat (which fits into an envelope!) fun-fold card.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog--I'd love to hear from you! If you have a moment, please leave a comment below. Then be sure to hop over to all of the Top Ten Winners' blogs! You'll see some amazing creations!

❤️ Kim

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Product List

Time Of Giving Bundle (English) [156762] $62.00	Time Of Giving Cling Stamp Set (English) [156509] $27.00	Giving Gifts Dies [156563] $42.00	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551] $48.00	Potted Succulents Dies [154330] $53.00
Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [111350] $12.00	Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack [156457] $13.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $24.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50	Tasteful Textile 3 D Embossing Folder [152718] $12.25	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $163.00