Gift Card/Money Holder Halloween Card

Are you ready for Halloween? I’ve got one more card idea for you. It’s my Gift Card/Money Holder Halloween Card! Whew, that’s a mouthful! I designed this card with the Create With Connie & Mary color challenge in mind. It needed Basic Black/Smoky Slate/+ and two colors. I chose Orchid Oasis and Crushed Curry.

My #1 grandson really just wants money or a gift card to his favorite fast food places (he’s 16 – that explains it, right?) So I put together a gift card/money holder and fit it to the front of a card that still has plenty of room to write all my gushy grandma sentiments inside!

Here’s the front ~

and here’s the inside ~

This may qualify for a “kitchen sink” card because I pulled from many different pieces of products to pull it off!

Products:

• Cardstock ~ Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Orchid Oasis, Crushed Curry, Basic White
• Designer Series Paper ~ Celebrate Everything (Host pack)
• Dies ~ Celebrations Tags, All That
• Embossing Folder ~ Into the Clouds
• Stars ~ Witch Hat Builder Punch
• Sentiment ~ Cottage Wreaths
• Ink ~ Orchid Oasis
• Ribbon ~ Orchid Oasis 1/8″ Metallic Woven Ribbon

Process:

• Make the card base out of black cardstock.
• Glue a 4-3/4″x 3-1/2″ piece of Smoky Slate to the front.
• Cut a strip of Orchid Oasis Cardstock 3-1/2″+1/16″ x 1-1/4″ and attach it to the front with Tear & Tape on the ends (leaving the center open to slide the gift card holder in).
• Cut an oval from All That Dies with Smoky Slate and stamp Boo! in Orchid Oasis. Glue it to the center of the Orchid strip.
• Punch and glue several stars using the Witch Hat Builder Punch from Crushed Curry Cardstock. Glue to the front.
• Position the card front into the Into The Clouds Embossing Folder and emboss the whole front.
• Create a Gift Card Holder with the Halloween paper from Celebrate Everything DSP. Insert card or money and tie the top with some Orchid Metallic Ribbon.
• Slide the Gift Card Holder into the Orchid Oasis Cardstock strip. It should fit snuggly.
• Add Wink of Stella to the stars for additional sparkle.
• To the inside, glue a left over strip of Halloween paper to the bottom of a Basic White panel.
• To the envelope, glue some additional paper to the outer flap.
• Mail to your grandson with some lovey-dovey embarrassing grandma-speak inside 🙂

The texturing step was an after-thought! It seems a little flat (aka boring) without it. That’s why I ran it after gluing it together. But as it turned out, I love the texture it gave to the whole card front, including the stars!

Now head over to Create With Connie & Mary and see what the rest of the design team did with this color combo!

Have a fun Halloween, everybody!

 

Product List

Cottage Wreaths Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159652] $19.00	Orchid Oasis Classic Stampin’ Pad [159214] $8.00	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [121045] $9.25	Smoky Slate 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [131202] $9.25
Orchid Oasis 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159267] $9.25	Crushed Curry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [131199] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $10.25	Celebrate Everything 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159913] $18.00
Celebrations Tag Dies [159866] $39.00	All That Dies [159078] $28.00	Into The Clouds Embossing Folder [159171] $8.50	Witch Hat Builder Punch [159856] $19.00
Orchid Oasis 1/8″ (3.2 Mm) Woven Metallic Ribbon [159199] $9.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00