Happy Birthday for TAWS and FabFri05 and CTD235

My sister asked me to make her a gift card holder and lucky for me The Alley Way Stamps has a brand-spankin' new stamp set called wish BIG that has got some great stamps for birthdays.

I did a little paper piecing for this image.  The gift was stamped onto some Primrose Petals DSP and the ribbon was stamped on Raspberry Ripple and fussy cut.  The card is for a sweet sixteen birthday so I thought that shades of pink would be appropriate.  And by a strange, cosmic coincidence the color challenge this week at the Color Throwdown is all about pink (with some yummy chocolate chip thrown in for good measure).  The layout is from the sketch at Fab Friday.

Today is release day at The Alley Way Stamps, so if you'd like this stamp set (and some other fine and dandy ones) head on over!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

Stamps:  wish BIG (The Alley Way Stamps)

Accessories:  Stitched Mat Rectangle die (Lil Inker Designs); white embossing powder

FTL127 Birthday Surprise!

On Thursday afternoon my sister called me at work to tell me that my nephew would like me to make a gift card holder for him to bring to a birthday party and that (if I was willing) she would come by my office on Friday to pick it up.  Normally, this is the sort of thing I love to do, but I was afraid to say yes because I had a meeting after work and I knew I wouldn't be home until after 9:00 pm and the chances of me being creative at that hour are pretty slim!  But somehow I found myself saying yes!  I was pretty sure that I had one already that would be perfect, but then she told me that he would be giving two gift cards!  I don't have any kind of gift card holder that holds two!  I managed to convince her that I needed more time and she agreed to pick it up at my house on Saturday.  Whew!  That was close!

So, I cleverly decided to use the FTL sketch challenge layout this week to make a birthday card/gift card combo.  (The inside has spots to hold two gift cards).

Some weeks ago, the ColorLab challenge was to use Rose Red, Blushing Bride, and Soft Suede.  On Friday I came across the card I made for that challenge and rememberd how much I loved how the colors really made that card shine.  So I used those colors again here.

My sister told me this gift would be for a sweet 16 party and I regretfully told her that I didn't have any stamps that said "sweet 16" in any way, shape or form, so I would have to make a regular birthday card.  But when I sat down to make this card I remembered that I recently got the Billboard Sizzix decorative strip die and that combined with the numbers stamp from the Bring on the Cake stamp set, I could easily make my own sweet 16 sentiment!  I'm really pleased with how this came out!  I hope they both like it too!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

Gift Card Holder for Nine Four*

I'm not sure if I'm late to the party, but I have just discovered that an iTunes gift card is no longer the size of a "normal" gift card.  I bought one today at Walmart and instead of it being the customary 2 1/8" x 3 3/8" it was a whopping 3 3/8" x 5 1/4".  So all of my usual gift card holder templates are suddenly rendered irrelevant.

So off to the drawing board I go.  I wanted to use the sketch from Stamping 411, which was a nice, clean, and simple one.  Using that layaout, I created a holder that is 6 1/4" x 4 3/8".  It sort of looks like an envelope and is actually a little bigger than it needs to be, but I'm pretty happy with the result.  The gift card fits very comfortably inside.

For my gift card holder, I went into the vault and used some of my Holiday Lounge designer paper with some Taken With Teal cardstock (which I saved so that I could use it with the dp).

Since I used ribbon on this, it also qualifies for the Pals Paper Arts challenge. 
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

*My nephew is Nine Four.

Easy Sketch 3

Yesterday I made a birthday card that I will give to my niece who is turning 19.  Today I decided to make a little something to accompany that card using this week's Easy Sketch.

I added a button to my card, for reasons which I will reveal below!

I also have to reveal that I took this picture of my card upside down.  Because it's not really a card!

It's really a gift card holder!  I hope she likes how it MATCHES the card.  On second thought, I hope she NOTICES that it matches. 
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

Graduation Gift Card Holders

My sister asked me to make some gift card holders for the Safe Grad Night event in my old home town.  It's basically a big party at the high school to try and keep the young graduates from drinking and driving.  There are prizes, hence the gift card holders.

This one holds four gift cards and is loosely based on this card.  I just love this stamp of the graduates feet.  So cute.  Here's the inside:

I also made a sample that holds one card.

I've tried a couple of other designs to hold two cards, but I have not been happy with any of them.  I think I've lost my graduation mojo somewhere.  Maybe if I clean up my stamp room, I'll find it.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!

Gift Card Holders

I decided that I have an awful lot of retired designer paper in my stash and that I was going to begin a serious campaign to use it up.  These gift card holders are a start.  Who doesn't need a supply of gift card holders?

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have time to stamp today!