A journal of my crazy desire to complete one craft or creative project every day for one year.





Friday, August 6, 2010

Day 5: Fanciful Gift Cards

Gift cards - oh so versatile in the giving department, great for birthdays, holidays, and co-workers, yet oh so boring in the attractive department. Now some stores give you a nice little box that you can actually wrap, but let's face it, most places you're lucky if you get a paper sleeve to stick it in.

So, my project for yesterday was to design an attractive and easy to assemble card to put a gift card inside. After fiddling with some regular paper for a while, I came up with a design that has two cuts, two punches (to make it fancy!), and four folds. Add a little tape, ribbon and embellishments and presto, we have a winner! I made my first one out of regular card stock, but I think double sided card stock (with a different pattern on each side) would make it even better!

Today's project is a little more intensive... hope I can get it done - I'll keep you posted!

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