Triple Play Blog Hop: Week 5- Gift Card Holder

Hello my friends! Thanks for stopping by for another installment of our Sizzix blog hop. Today, the featured die is the Gift Card Holder w/Phrase, For You 3-D (Pop-Up) by the amazing Karen Burniston. I can see so many possibilities for this die and it went together really quickly after I watched Karen’s video tutorial. 

I decided to start my Christmas crafting early (for me) and make a fun gift for my granddaughter Trinity. She is four and loves books. Rudolph was one of my favorite holiday stories- in fact, I am sure we had a version of this Golden Book because I remember these illustrations! It’s a classic. When she comes at Christmas, I plan to read it with her and have one of the kids film us so she remembers the visit. It kills me that they live so far away and I don’t see her nearly as much as I would like.

You may be wondering what all this has to do with the gift card holder… Well, when you open the book, there’s a pop-up gift card attached to the cover!

You will need:

Pop Up die Gift Card Holder #656740 
Big Shot die cut machine
Styled Labels die by Tim Holtz
3 coordinating papers- eskimo kisses by BasicGrey
strong double sided adhesive
glue
crystal glitter
craft knife
lace and embellishments
thin magnets (2)
brown flocking- Doodlebug

Instructions for book cover:

1. Paint white glue over the brown areas of Rudolph’s body. Sprinkle on brown flocking. Let dry.
2. Add red Stickles to Rudolph’s nose. I did two coats so his nose really glowed 🙂
3. Add other embellishments if desired.

Instructions for card:

1. Measure the inside cover of the book. Cut a piece of paper to size and adhere paper to book cover.
2. Cut a another piece of cardstock at least the size of an A-2 card. This one juuuust fits inside the book- it’s a tight squeeze allowing for the pop-up action but it works!
3. The card opens backwards from a regular card so make sure to factor that in as you work.
4. Die cut gift card pieces and assemble as shown in instructions. I decided to add my own twist and cut out Trinity’s name. It’s not really a pop-up but is probably the closest I will ever get to one 🙂 Added glue to the frame around the edge and Trinity’s name and then covered them with crystal glitter for a little sparkle. 
5. Glue a magnet to the top of the book and one to the back cover of the card so it stays closed when book is opened. Cover magnets with design elements.
6. When you have the card positioned as you like, adhere in place with strong adhesive. 
7. Die cut Styled Labels from white paper and stamp/write message. Adhere to lower section of the book cover.
8. Embellish the front of the card as desired.

I tried to keep the layers to a minimum because I was concerned that it would bulge.

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