Posts Tagged With: Gift Card Holder

Stampin’ Up! Hexagons Dynamic TIEF Sneak Peek Gift Card Holder!

Posted on December 20, 2016 by stampsnlingers

‘Sup, y’all!? The week is progressing apace – Christmas is almost here! I took out a second mortgage today to mail packages with UPS. Crazy. It’s my own fault for waiting so long – procastination is expensive, it turns out – but….really?!? One might think I’d learn my lesson after doing the same darned thing every year. But apparently not…

Speaking of lessons – Finn-Chewie sort of got one today from the Haflinger School for Dogs. He – against my advice – went into the pasture with the horses this morning.

Cerah decided she didn’t really want him around and stomped her foot at him. Which caused him to bounce back. Which made Cady decide he must want to play tag – which she and Buck used to do! 😉

Finn-Chewie didn’t “get” the tag thing. All he saw was Cady chasing him – which caused him to growl/bark/tuck his wiggler and boogie as fast as he could to the fence. It turns out that they’re a lot bigger when they’re coming at you with their heads down than they are walking docilely ahead of you to the pasture with Mom leading them. I think he thinks they’re moving because he’s following them! 😉

Poor little dude. Except I told him to not go in the pasture. And I tried to call him back out of it.

Teenagers. They have to learn the hard lessons on their own, I suppose! Cuz parents are dumb and also boring.

Getting savagely attacked by rogue Haflinger ponies does make a kid thirsty. Hose time! He bites the water as it comes out! 🙂

So – my card for today isn’t even a card. It’s a gift card holder. Gift cards are so easy and usually welcomed by the recipient, right? But I always sort of feel like I’m phoning it in a little when I give them. So, if I can give them in a cute holder, it assuages my guilt. I made two gift card holders with the new (Occasions catalog) Hexagons Dynamic TIEF. Take a look see:

These are so darned easy! I started with a piece of 4 1/2″ x 6 1/8″ Real Red card stock. I scored it along the long side at 1 1/4″, then turned it and scored 2″ in from the other end.
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Categories: Christmas, Gift Card Holder | Tags: Gift Card Holder, Hexagonal Dynamic TIEF, Sneak peek, Snow Place stamp set | 8 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Perfectly Wrapped Seaside Shore

Posted on July 25, 2016 by stampsnlingers

Last weekend in Savannah is in the books, folks! This time next week I’ll be home and – hopefully! – unpacked and back in the home-groove! And it’ll be August, for goodness sake! Can you even believe that?? I mean, the thermometer definitely knows it’s August, but darned if this year isn’t just flying by! We just did some Christmas in July, but…it’s going to be Christmas-for-real really soon!

And speaking of which – next week is the deadline to be sure you’re on my list to get a free 2016 Holiday Catalog! If you’ve placed a $50 or higher order with me in the past year, and you let me see who you are (you’ll know cuz I sent you an e-mail and an ordering gift!), then you’re in – you’ll be getting a catalog in the first half of August. If you haven’t placed an order, this would be a good time – pick $5o or more of your favorite goodies and I’ll automatically put you on the mailing list! 🙂

Now – speaking of goodies. The Seaside Shore stamp set, which I played with for today’s card, is what I’d call a “sleeper”. When I first saw it, I wasn’t all that impressed. I really couldn’t see me making much with it. But, now that I’ve got it, and have made a few projects with it – I really really love it. It’s just so much fun – especially when combined with the By The Shore DSP and the Seaside TIEF. And for this one, I added a couple of sentiments from the Perfectly Wrapped set. Take a look-see:

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Categories: Any Occasion, For You, Gift Card Holder, Happy Birthday, Life Event | Tags: By The Shore DSP, Gift Card Holder, Perfectly Wrapped stamp set, Seaside Shore stamp set, Seaside TIEF, Special Day card | 14 Comments

Stampin’ Up! Gift Card Holder from a Sketched Dots Gift Bag!

Posted on November 13, 2015 by stampsnlingers

Good Friday morning! By the time this publishes I should be a few hours down the road on my way to Tampa for the first On-Stage Live event! I’m excited – this will be my first official Stampin’ Up! event (I hemmed/hawed/deliberated/debated too long this past summer and missed out on the last ever SU! Convention. 🙁 ) So, this should be fun. We’re going to do make-and-takes (I assume, since they told us to bring acrylic handles and solicited volunteers to bring their Big Shots!) and get a sneak peek of the upcoming 2016 Occasions Catalog!

For today, since I’m drafting this on Thursday evening, and my clothes are in the dryer (and not in my suitcase!), I’ve picked a little project that will be quick to share. It’s a Gift Card holder – everyone gives gift cards and we’re heading into the Gift-Card-Giving-Season! – easily made using a SU! Sketched Dots Tag A Bag Gift Bag, the Happy Notes and A Little Something stamp sets, and some easy embellishments. Take a look-see: