Hi & Hello!
Happy Wednesday to you! Today the Angels Landing Design Team has made an array of gift card holders that are easy to make and so fun to give. Mine is a sweet and simple card & gift card holder in one: the little train from the Angels Landing Alphabet Train digi stamp set tows along a gift card to someone special.
To make the gift card pocket, I used two rectangle Nestabilities of Stampin' Up! Certainly Celery Textured Cardstock sealed with red line sticky tape; the Cameo Coral "lid" is a Scallop Rectangle Nestabilites that was cut then added with dimensional foam tape. The pocket is snug enough that there is no chance of the card slipping out (it is the second from the largest rectangle in the Large Classic Rectangles set)
The images were colored with Copics then put on foam dimensionals. The base of the card is made from Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery and Blush Blossom textured cardstock (all Stampin' Up!)
A couple of flatback pearls adds a little bit of elegance to the sweetness. I love the texture, color and dimension of the card - when I added any other embellishments it took away from those three things, so I kept the card clean and simple.
Designer Tip: The middle larger wagon originally held a lamb and a duck; I cut them out, which left a bit of lines on the trim. To get rid of that I added a new strip lined with Tsukineko's Pigma Micron pen in .05.
Be sure to check out the beautiful gifts out Design Team has made today on the Angel's Landing Blog. Thanks for stoppin' by!
Blinkie Code
So sweet!!
Posted by: Godelieve | Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 05:50 PM
This is such a sweet card!
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Posted by: Danyelle Ferguson | Thursday, July 02, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Suzy- This is SOOO cute! Love the train and how you presented the Gift Certificate!!
Posted by: Chris Dickinson | Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 01:13 PM
Ooooh! this is so soft and pretty!! Really gorgeous! and clever too!
Posted by: Kerry D-C | Monday, June 29, 2009 at 03:22 PM
So clever and so very precious!
Posted by: Lisa Hjulberg | Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 06:56 PM
This is just about the cutest thing I've seen. The gift is the card!
Posted by: Martha Kay | Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 05:25 AM
very cute idea, so adorable!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 01:43 PM
Completely adorable, Suzy! I love how you've colored Judi's images! Great gift card!
Posted by: Cheryl L Rowley | Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 07:05 AM
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Posted by: CHRISTIA | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 11:13 PM
What a great card!!! I love that idea and those digi stamps are so cute. You have created such a cute and unique gift card holder.
xoxo, Christine
Posted by: Christine | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 10:27 PM
eek!! This is so so so cute and clever!!! I love how you designed the train car to hold the card!!!
Posted by: Lauri | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 07:16 PM
This stamp set is so cute, Just wish it came in regulars stamps instead of digi. You did a great job on your card! as usual.
~Pam
http://stampsinc.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Pam Limric | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 06:36 PM
Suzy, this is such a creative idea, to tuck the gift card inside the train car for Special Delivery. Your subtle color blending on the images is just precious, too.
Posted by: Judi M | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 03:23 PM
What a sweet sweet gift card holder - LOVE this idea! This is just darling...so creative - what a way to think "out of the box"! You've made the images pop with your wonderful coloring! It's great sometimes to get away with not using any patterned papers. You've done a superb job on this one (like always) *wink*!
Alma =)
Posted by: Alma | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Awwww How sweet and cute! Love it. What a smart idea. You are so talented.
Posted by: Tammy Howell | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I'm so loving this delightful gift card train! What a precious presentation!! Beautiful, beautiful work!!!
Posted by: Lynn McAuley | Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 11:18 AM