Project of the Week

Hi, it's Heather.  Today, it's my turn to post a Project Of The Week for the House that Stamps Built.  My project is a fun (and really cute) gift card holder, treat box combination.  I learned how to do it following this video tutorial I found on Pinterest.  If you want to see the full, step-by-step instructions, make sure you check out the video as I am going to give abbreviated instructions in this post.  What you will need:

-scoring tool (I used my scor-pal, the woman in the video uses her paper trimmer)

-sheet of card stock 7" x 9 3/4"

-patterned paper to decorate your holder

-strong sticky tape (I use scor-tape)

-circle hole punch (mine is 1 1/4)

-a die to cut out the window in the front

-a sheet of acetate for the window opening

-stamps (I used a sentiment from the newly released "Holy Crap" set: "it's your birthday" and two flowers from the Flower Power sheet: Daisy Outline, large and Daisy Outline, small)

-embellishments of your choice (I used ribbon and pearls)

 Along the 7 inch side of your card stock, score at 1" and 6".  Turn the card stock 90 degrees and score at 1/2, 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 3 1/2, 4 1/2 and 7 inches.

 Trim off the panels as seen in the photo below.

 Adhere your patterned paper (and the decorated front panel). You could decorate all sides, but I chose to decorate only the ones that would show from the front.

 Line up your window cutting die and run it through your die cutting machine.

 Adhere the acetate to the inside behind the window opening and adhere the holder together using your sticky tape.  And here is my finished project;

 This last photo show the gift card in place.  I would have filled the treat section, too, but all I had were mini reese's peanut butter cups and they didn't quite fit.

This will be a great way to add a little something special to a gift card.  To see one I decorated up for Christmas, check out this post.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "it's your birthday", "Daisy Outline, small" and "Daisy Outline, large"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" window cut out and "Blueprints 12"stitched rectangle; Marvy Uchida circle punch

Challenges:
C.R.A.F.T. #376--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #98--anything goes
Addicted To Stamps #206--anything goes
One Stitch At A Time #268--boxes & bags
Brown Sugar Challenge #211--anything goes
Scor-pal #29--all about birthdays
Crafting Musketeers #46--anything but a card
Sweet Stamps--anything but a card
Sketch n' Scrap #79--sketch (turned on it's side)--unfortunately, I did not read the guidelines and therefore am not eligible to actually enter the challenge, but am still giving credit to them for the sketch I used.


Hiding In My Craft Room Blogiversary #1--super scraps (the papers are all scraps, even the pink paper the flowers were stamped on)