Gift card holder – Taniesa Vlasak

Hello Coffee (and Papercraft) Lovers!

I am excited to be participating in the Coffee Lovers Blog hop for the first time! Today I am creating a project on behalf of KatScrappiness.com. I was inspired by the Seattle stamp set that was designed by Kelly Purkey for Hero arts as well as a Seattle Starbucks gift card.

I have always been a coffee addict but when I moved to the Seattle area about a year and a half ago I REALLY came to love coffee any time of the day! I thought it would be fun to create a coffee gift card holder but I didn’t want to JUST give a gift card, So I created another little special gift using my Seattle stamp set.

This cute little matchbox was created using the WRMK envelope punch board. I used some Doodlebug printed papers from the Gingham collection and the cream and sugar collection. I followed the tutorial for the matchbox HERE and then I added a card on top. Sort of an all-in-one gift!

For the inside of the card, I attached the coffee gift card using a glue dot. I cut a white panel for my message using the second smallest rectangle die in the Kat Scrappiness double stitched rectangle dies. I stamped a sentiment and coffee cup icon in a light grey (Hippo) ink from the Lawn Fawn mini ink pad set, Tropical Island. The stamp set I used here is an older set from Kelly Purkey.

I took the same size stitched rectangle die and die cut a piece of watercolor paper. I stamped a little Seattle scene using that Seattle stamp set pictured above. I then added some watercolor using my zig clean color real brush markers and a waterbrush. After it was dry I went over all of the water and space needle with a clear Spectrum Noir glitter brush marker.

For the inside of the matchbox I added some green sequins, real Starbucks coffee beans, some iridescent cellophane wrap, and a cute pair of coffee cup earrings I made using beads, stamps, and shrink plastic! I haven’t played with shrink plastic since I was a kid and I have to tell you, this was so fun and I am sure I will be making more stamped jewelry in the future!

The stamp set that I used today can be found at KatScrappiness.com. In honor of the Coffee Lovers Blog hop, Kat Scrappiness is giving you 15% off your purchase!!! Use code *SPRINGCOFFEE* at checkout. She even has a special section of the store dedicated to awesome coffee and tea papercrafting items!

How about a little blog candy? Simply subscribe to my blog, and follow me on Instagram HERE. Once you have done that please comment below and let me know your following as well as your favorite Coffee or Tea (I am also a Davids Tea fan!). One lucky winner will get a Starbucks gift card (a Seattle Exclusive card) two versafine ink cubes in Onyx black and Olympia Green, two bags of sequins in a sparkly Starbucks Green shade and a semi-transparent white, some sticky back gems, a new clear sparkle brush marker, and an awesome big Thanks stamp with a matching die set! I am ever so thankful for my followers!

Supplies that I have used in my project today are listed below. Affiliate links are used where available, at no cost to you. Thanks!!

Greetings From Seattle Clear Stamps by Kelly Purkey & Hero Arts	American Crafts We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch Board	Gingham/Linen Double Sided 6×6 Paper Pad by Doodlebug	Cream & Sugar Double Sided 6×6 Paper Pad by Doodlebug
Kuretake ZIG Clean Color Real Watercolor Brush Pens, 80 Color Set (RB-6000AT/80V)	Tim Holtz Water Brush – Detailer Brush Nib	Sizzix 660425 Big Shot Cutting/Embossing Machine with Extended Multipurpose Platform, White/Gray	Double Stitched Rectangle Dies by Kat Scrappiness – NEW!
Tonic Studios Guillotine Paper Trimmer 12-Inch-by-12-Inch	VersaFine Onyx Black Pigment Ink Pad	Tropical Ink Cube Pack by Lawn Fawn – NEW!	Ranger Multi Medium Matte .5 oz Bottle
Dodz Adhesive Dot Roll – Medium .375″ 300/Pkg	Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz Spray 2oz	Clear Overlay Sparkle Markers by Spectrum Noir – 3pc	Cindus 3-Pack Sophisti Wrap, 18 by 30-Inch, Opal
Shrinky Dinks Creative Pack 10 Sheets Crystal Clear

Hey Crafty Friends!

If you have never visited TheCraftyPickle before, Welcome! I was so happy to help Simon out in his first Inklipse blog hop! He has a great hop planned with lots of talent (and of course prizes!) I hope you will follow along with us!

If you have started at my blog first you can start at the beginning HERE

You should have arrived from Jess Gerstner’s blog.

So I have to tell you, I had this big video planned. I recorded my whole process and when I went to edit my video last night…. nada … nope not any footage. Darn it! So I apologize. I will have some more YouTube videos coming VERY soon! You can find my youtube HERE. Subscribe so you don’t miss out on the content I have coming in September! ….. On to today’s card!

I recently got some of Concord and 9th’s new release products from a Simon Says Stamp haul and I was super excited to get to play with them. I just loved the Hugs die that they came out with earlier in the year so of course I got the Thanks die too!

This die is so great for making a card extra special!

Now I have done the hugs die just how Concord & 9ths YouTube video instructed but this time I thought I would cheat a bit with the thanks die… I cut my paper to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and scored at 2 1/8 on either side. This was my base. I set that aside and took two pieces of distress precut cardstock and stamped them both with the Barnwood background stamp from Concord and 9th in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. I then took an ink blending tool and some gathered twigs Distress ink and blended both card bases.

I set those panels aside for a bit to dry. Then I blended some distress inks on some scrap watercolor paper ( Ripe Persimmon, Wild Honey, and Crushed Olive) I cut the thanks word out of this scrap of blended cardstock. I then scored each piece of Barnwood stamped Distress paper down the middle. The thanks dies fit right in the grove of my score line and I ran them through my big shot just like that. This left me with two side panels to overlay on the card base side panels. I glued them both down securely using Bee Creative tape. Once that was finished I glued the extra thanks pieces over the base layer of the thanks die cuts. I stamped the heart full of…. sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Sentiment builder stamp set in versamark ink and embossed with Pale Gold embossing powder by WOW. Once cool I cut out using a Simon Says Stamp stitched banner die. Finally I cut out some wheat and a leaf from Concord & 9th’s Layering Leaves dies. I colored the die cuts with some wild honey Distress ink and added some pale gold embossing powder to them as well. I glued all the pieces to the front using Multi Medium Matte from Ranger.

I wanted the inside to be special too so I turned it into a gift card holder! First I used my clarity stencil brushes and a Dina Wakley stencil to create a layered leaf background ( Crushed olive and Twisted citron distress inks) Then I stamped my sentiment from the Honey Bee Stamps Kindness stamp set in the middle of the card base using the Hero Arts Autumn ombre ink pad.

Finally I cut out a little gift card envelope from Mama Elephant’s Venice die set. I had the inside flap match the leaf background of the card base inside and the rest I used an ink blending tool and some wild honey Distress ink. For a finishing touch I added one of the layering leaves to the envelope flap. The envelope was glued down to the base using Bee Creative tape.

I hope you enjoyed my card today! Your next stop in the blog hop is Crafty Max!

Listed below are the links to the products I have used for this project. Affiliate links may be used, this means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. I really appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog.

Concord & 9th THANKS CARD Dies 10111C9	Concord & 9th BARNWOOD BACKGROUND Clear Stamp Set 10107C9	Concord & 9th LAYERING LEAVES Dies 10114C9	RESERVE Honey Bee KINDNESS Clear Stamp Set HBST28
Honey Bee SENTIMENT BUILDER Clear Stamp Set HBST29	Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Steel Dies VENICE ENVELOPE DIE	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Claritystamp STENCIL BRUSHES Set of 4 ACCBR30006XX
Dina Wakley LEAFY Media Stencil MDS47506	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad RIPE PERSIMMON Ranger TDP40118	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad CRUSHED OLIVE Ranger TDP39914	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad WILD HONEY Ranger TDP40293
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad GATHERED TWIGS Ranger TDP40002	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Ranger MINI ROUND FOAM REFILLS for Mini Round Ink Blending Tools IBT40972	WOW Embossing Powder GOLD RICH PALE Regular WC01R
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001	Tsukineko VersaFine VINTAGE SEPIA Ink Pad VF-54	*Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool 42-05013 New 2012	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER 160E
MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Whole Kit and Kaboodle	RESERVE MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit mistimini	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID TRANSPARENCY mistigt	MISTI GRID PAPER Pad mistigp
MISTI MINI GRID PAPER Pad minigp	Tim Holtz 8.5 X 11 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger TDA53927	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549	*Be Creative Tape 15MM ROLL Double Sided Sookwang