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Today I have for you a fun card featuring a tag that holds a gift card! I will be using ink, cardstock, stamps and dies all from Gina K. Designs. The stamps and dies used on today's card are all part of a kit that is now sold out. However, all of the stamp sets and dies from that kit will be available to purchase separately within the next couple of weeks! I will let my followers know when these are back in stock via my blog, Facebook and Instagram. Let's get started!!
I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.
To start, I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel out of Sea Glass Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then place the panel into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and stamp it with snowflakes from the Ornamental Snowflakes Stamp Set using Sea Glass Ink.
Next, I cut a 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece of Vellum using my Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then place the piece of Vellum over the lower half of my stamped panel and place the biggest tag die from the Tag Trio Die Set over them, using Purple Tape to hold them in place and run them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine.
Placing the Vellum piece into my MISTI, I prep it with my Anti Static Powder Bag and stamp a greeting from the Holiday Tapestry Stamp Set with Versamark Ink. I then add Silver Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool. *When embossing on vellum I like to heat the embossing powder from the back side of the vellum. This helps to melt the powder without blowing it around.
I end up stamping another snowflake on the top right corner of my tag to balance out the images. Using Liquid Glue, I add very small dots around the lower sides and bottom of the tag. I then place the embossed Vellum piece over the tag and press around the glued edges firmly. This creates a pocket to hold my gift card.
Next, I take the Snowflake Trio Die Set and cut out of Red Velvet Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot. I then cut a 4" x 5 1/4" panel out of Red Velvet Cardstock using my Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Using Liquid Glue, I start to adhere the die cuts onto the red panel. The tag will cover most of the panel so I don't need to cover the center. I cut the snowflake die cuts apart so that I will have extra pieces to fill in around the tag after the tag is adhered. ***When using intricate dies, I place a Metal Adaptor Plate under my bottom cutting plate to get a clean cut.
I now place a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of White Cardstock into my Scor Buddy and score at 4 1/4" creating a side folding card base. Using Terrific Tape I adhere my red panel onto the card base.
I add a piece of bakers twine from my stash to the tag and add Foam Tape to the back then adhere it at an angle to my card front. Using Liquid Glue and tuck and adhere the remaining pieces of the snowflake die cuts to fill in around the tag. I then add some Wink Of Stella to all of the snowflake die cuts for a little sparkle. To finish, I use my Jewel Picker to add some Dew Drops with Liquid Glue then tuck a gift card into the vellum pocket and this completes me card.
This was such a fun card to make! I love using non traditional colors for my Christmas cards with turquoise and red being one of my favorites. It just so happened the gift card I had was the same colors! This would be a fun card to give to coworkers, friends, babysitters or even mail carriers thanking them for all the fun goodies they deliver to us!! I will not be posting a card on Friday, but come back on Monday for another fun card project!
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Jeannie
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