This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Astrobrights Papers by Neenah Paper. All opinions are 100% mine.
Have your kiddos gone back to school yet? Our summer officially ended when my boys went back to school this past Friday. And although it stinks to say good-bye to summer, good-bye to the beach and pool and the late summer nights, WE are all excited about the new school year.
Being a former teacher myself, I love to show teacher appreciation and I’ve tried to pass this along to my boys. I l try as often as I can to make little gifts, treats or cards for the boys’ teachers to show my gratitude for all they do. And at the beginning of the year, I know they need supplies. So gift cards (Walmart, Target, Dollar Tree, Walgreens, etc) are the best thing you can give them!
So I knew exactly what we were going to do with this lovely batch of AstroBrights sent to me int he mail.
I was going to create some cute gift card holders.
I found some darling “scholarly” designer paper to coordinate with the AstroBrights paper.
The first project with a little pocket on the front to hold the gift card.
I used my Silhouette CAMEO to cut the pocket and the ticket.
The rest of the pieces are cut to fit and punched. The layout if very similar to my popsicle card.
The little pocket has preferrated edges that you fold which are glued to the surface of the card.
Here is the card once the pieces are secured. I found some coordinating bright turquoise blue baker’s twine to loop through the tag.
The gift card fits perfectly on the tag and right inside the pocket! {In case you are wondering, I’m not giving them an ITunes gift card! It’s the only one I had on hand.}
The next is a cute little gift card box. I can’t take credit for designing this one. We made it in Stamp Club and my demonstrator, Angie Guy, created it.
I started by cutting the faces of the box and the decorative flowers. These were all cut using Stampin Up! dies.
Next I had to create the box that holds the cards. You do this by cutting a sheet of 5 1/2″ x 6″ paper. Score the 6″ side at 1″ and 5″. Score the 5 1/2″ side at 2 1/2″ & 3 1/2″ Then cut slits as shown below.
Then the scored edges are folded and creased with a bone folder and glued together to make a box that is open at one end.
Large 4″ and 3.5″ scalloped circles were cut with my Silhouette CAMEO. I used the same color as the face of the box and the designer paper. I also added a rhinestone embellishment in the center of the small, layered flowers.
After gluing the two large scallop circles together, lay them over the top of the box and gently crease a mark for each of the box faces. After the creases have been made, use a bone folder to finish the folds. Attach the inner side of the scallops to the back side of the box.
Then you just attach the smaller flowers to the front of the box and use velcro with adhesive backing to hold the closed.
Check them out…
Fun and bright! What a great way to celebrate back to school!
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Cute card holders but more importantly I like how you are passing along the appreciation to your new teachers. They will so appreciate any gift cards to help with beginning of the year expenses. Wish you had been one of my parents.
These are super cute! It is so throughtful to give gift cards to the teachers at the beginning of school