Hi, crafty friends. Today’s project is part of a blog hop celebrating THIS new release from Simon Says Stamp…
For both cards, I stamped the adorable dog images from THIS stamp set on to pieces of THIS card stock. I chose that particular paper because I colored in the images with THESE markers and the color goes down great on that paper. I masked off the images and added a scene with Distress Oxide inks. I used THIS stencil on the sun rays card and added flicks of water and THIS for some added interest. I added sentiments from THIS stamp set.
So I’m always looking for ways to stretch the use of my coordinating dies. For these cards, I wanted to create a pocket that would hold a gift card. To achieve this, I partially die-cut the top of THESE coordinating dies and slipped an ice cream gift card inside.
For the second card, the opening would not be wide enough so I cut with my trimmer to the left and right of the image creating a wider slit…
I die-cut a couple of THESE tabs and stamped a sentiment from THIS stamp set and adhered them to the gift card with THESE to let the recipient know what to do.
These cards were created for some of the staff at my son’s school for part of an end of the school year gift. I hope this inspires you to stretch the use of your coordinating dies and create gift card pockets.
BLOG HOP
There’s lots more inspiration to see. Click HERE for the next stop on the hop and visit the awesome, Bibi Cameron. Click HERE to start at the beginning of the hop.
Looking for even more inspiration? Click HERE and HERE to see other projects I created using this new release.
GIVEAWAY
Simon is so generous and giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop so be sure to leave comments along the way for your chance to win. Simon Says Stamp will announce winners on their blog on Wednesday. Good luck!
Also, I have a special code for you…
Use code BTF842 with your order to receive a FREE Butterfly Adornments with any purchase. Valid until 5/19 at 11:59 ET or while supplies last.
You can see the entire release HERE. I’ve also linked it below as well as supplies used on today’s cards.
Thanks so much for visiting today.
LINKS TO CELEBRATE YOU RELEASE:
LINKS TO SUPPLIES USED ON TODAY’S CARDS:
May 18, 2019
SUPER CUTE, SUPER CHEERY and SUPER FUN cards!
LOVE your colours and colouring, love your creative design too!
THANK YOU for sharing and INSPIRING … we give lots of gift cards, so will definitely be doing this, so nice to have them together instead of a separate gift card holder 🙂
May 18, 2019
The Bull Dog is cute!
May 18, 2019
Clever and fun gift cards for school staff members!
May 18, 2019
Haha, cute funny cards, like love your blended backgrounds.
May 18, 2019
What fun gift card holders! Thanks for sharing!
May 18, 2019
oh my these cards are so fun!
May 18, 2019
Really liked your cards
May 18, 2019
I love that your cards work with gift cards. Great idea.
May 17, 2019
I love these cute cool dogs!
May 17, 2019
Your coloring is fantastic. Beautiful, colorful cards…
May 17, 2019
Such a fun idea and I love the happy frenchies!! Getting so excited for summer just by looking at your cards!
May 17, 2019
Hello Heather. Such sweet and cute cards and so beautifully coloured. The SSS pup is just so gorgeous and you’ve done such a great job making such fun cards using him. TFS. Well done SSS.
May 17, 2019
That was so creative how you tucked the gift cards inside!
May 17, 2019
Awesome summery cards! Great colors.
May 17, 2019
Pretty funny card ideas!