Santa Gift Card Holder

I made this simple gift card holder in like 2 minutes - can't beat that! You just need a strip of red cardstock large enough to hold a gc when folded in half, a tab off the top of a pop can, a strip of black cardstock wide enough to fit thru the pop tab, a couple gems, 1 glue dot, and some elmers.

This would also be cute on a small box or as a gift tag.

Make a 'belly band' out of the black strip of paper (a belly band is a circle of paper that fits around the paper holder to keep it closed), feed one end thru the pop can tab and attach one end of the paper strip to the other with a glue dot. Slip the belly band over the folded red paper. Attach the gems with a bit of elmers glue. Once dry, insert the gc and you're good to go.

Folded Paper Pouch

I forgot about making these cool folded paper pouches at Ronda's a while ago, sorting thru photos today I came across them and thought I'd share - looking thru my photos I realize I am quite behind blogging a bunch of things! Apparently I make more than I have days to share hahah!!

I still love the other open top pouch I made for Ronda (all 120 of them - click here for that post) and continue to make them; the last time was at Christmas when I made one with a cover which I figured out how to do all by myself (!) to hold a few gift cards. See it at the bottom of this post (I forgot how cute it turned out!).

For this folded pouch you'll need a piece of cardstock 4 1/2" x 12".

Score both of the long sides 3/4" in, then turn the paper and score across the narrow side at 2 1/2" and 8". Starting at the top where the 2 1/2" score line is, remove 8" of the long sides as shown (leaving 3/4" x 4" piece that forms tabs at the bottom edge where the other score line is - see picture).

Fold the two side tabs in, apply adhesive to the back sides of the tabs (the white strips in the below picture shows where I applied double stick tape), then fold at the bottom score line so the tabs stick and create the opening. You can notch the top corners if you want a little more detail. Once again, look at the picture to try to figure out what I'm saying - it's not hard I just have issues describing what I'm doing!

To finish, put whatever goodie you want into the pouch (Ronda's held Stampin' Up gem embellishments which fit perfectly) and fold the top part down at the remaining score line (the one that you made at 2 1/2"). It will overlap the pouch opening a little bit.

She had me make these cute tags to stick on the front overtop of some twine I wrapped and tied to hold the flap down.

A few days later I made the same pouch to hold a gift card using double-sided patterned paper, I like the contrasting pattern on the inside. You can see I didn't notch the corners, tied pretty ribbon around to keep the flap closed and attached a card to finish it.

Here is the other paper pouch that I learned to make from Ronda, I added a cover over the open end to sort of turn a gift card holder into more of a present. Cute, right?

Origami Gift Card Holder

I love anything gift wrapping related, and love to get new ideas (remember the one about making gift bags out of wrapping paper? click here for a refresher - I make these all the time now)  so when I saw this on a Stampin' Up site I had to try it - it's very easy to do, just a few basic folds, and after watching the video you should have no problem at all making them. And other than if you want to make a belly band to slip around it there is no adhesive needed - even better.






This idea comes from Sandi Dailey, she gave picture instructions but I like to watch and follow along so I hope this visual helps you! Sandi and the Stampin' Up ladies decorated these much more elaborate and fancy then I did - if you're up to it go ahead and get creative with the finish decorations! I kept it simple...it's (usually) how I roll (unless I'm in a glitter and glue mood and then watch out LOL!).

2021 update: I have no idea where the video went, hopefully you can watch the instructions on youtube!