A birthday gift card holder

Hey everyone!!  Hope you are all having a fantastic week so far!  Today I have a simple birthday gift card holder to share  using the Cricut Artiste cartridge.  Have I told you how much I love this one???

I used the gift card found under the 'J' key

The base is cut with olive cardstock, the outdoor denim cardstock is some I had leftover from the Tommy collection. (love using those scraps!!)  The pattern paper is from the Avonlea collection which isn't available any longer - but the new idea book begins today!!  And with that new paper collections!!    Using the card function, I cut the holder at 2.75".  Once it was cut and scored I measured the top to know what size to cut my mats at.  Then, with the Casual Expressions stamp set that coordinates with the Artiste cartridge I cut the oval at 1 1/4" and stamped it with outdoor denim.

I matted the inside and using the Joyful Birthdays stamp set I stamped Happy Birthday in olive.  I added a button I had to the top to finish it off.

What a great way to dress up a boring gift card!!  Have a wonderful day!!

Linking to:

Craftin Desert Divas - Birthday 

My Craft Spot - gift card holder

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Christmas in July - Project 1

Hello Friends!  Today begins my week of Christmas in July!

It was difficult for me to think of Christmas when the temp was topping out at around 100 the last few days.  So I started to think about what I would need for my family and get a head start on those things.  The first thing I needed to work on was some gift card holders.  I think gift cards are the greatest things for those 'hard-to-shop-for' people on your list.

Here is project # 1 - a pop up gift card holder

Excuse the insurance card  :)  It was the only thing I had available!

The base of the gift card holder is cut from green cardstock using the cricut Artiste cartridge.  Have I told you how much I LOVE this cartridge!!!  This gc holder is found on page 55, the card feature on the G key.  I sized it at 5 x 10.861 in CCR.  Then I went over to my other favorite, Elegant Edges and found an image that matched for a mat.  The plaid mat was cut using button 19, Oblong - Shift feature called Swirl2.  This was sized 4.764 x 3.486.  The teddy bear elf is cut from Teddy Bear Parade.  I cut the bear at 2.75 inches and the elf costume is under button 49, also sized at 2.75.  I cut another strip of green cardstock 1 1/4" and trimmed it to fit the front of the card and wrapped it with red and white bakers twine.  The stamp I used is from a Scrappy Moms set called Christmas Cheer.

I hope you enjoyed todays project!!  Join me tomorrow for Christmas in July, Day 2!

I'm linking this project to the Rose Blossom Garden Challenge.