Manly Monday- Beautiful Balloons Gift Card Holder Stamp & Share Crew Tutorial

 

Manly Monday with a Stamp & Share Crew Tutorial using the Beautiful Balloons Bundle to create a gift card holder card! 

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BEAUTIFUL BALLOONS

(Gift Card Holder)

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Supplies:

• Stamp Sets:  Beautiful Balloons (161450) (Bundled: 161457)

• Card Stock and Paper: Basic White (159276); Berry Burst (144243); Blueberry Bushel (146968); Bright & Beautiful 6 x 6 Designer series Paper (161449); Holographic Trio 12” x 12” Specialty Paper (161744)

• Stamp Pads:  Berry Burst (147143); Blueberry Bushel (147138)

• Tools: Beautiful Balloons Dies (161456); Wanted to Say Dies (161594); Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653); Bone Folder (102300); Paper Snips (103579); Paper Trimmer (152392)

• Miscellaneous: Tinsel Gems Four-Pack (161623); Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430); Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)

Measurements:

• Berry Burst: 4 ¼” x 10 ½”, scored at on the diagonal from top LEFT corner to bottom RIGHT corner (with piece in portrait position); small scrap

• Basic White:  4” x 4 ¼” (cut 2) 

• Bright & Beautiful DSP:  2” x 5 ¼”, cut on the diagonal from the top RIGHT corner to the bottom LEFT corner (with piece in portrait position)

• Blueberry Bushel:  2” x 3 ¼”

• Holographic:  1 ¾” x 4”

Instructions:

1. Fold along score line on Berry Burst card base and burnish.

2. Open back up and take the scored bottom corner and fold up to meet at the scored top corner and burnish fold.  (See picture).

3. Fold backward along lone score line.  Spin card around so fold line is at the bottom.  (See picture.)

4. Fold on small score line to close card and burnish fold to lay flat.  Do not secure yet.

5. On one of the 4” x 4 ¼”, mark 2” on the 4” side (half way).  Stack the two pieces together and place in trimmer.  Line up cut line at the 2” mark and the right bottom corner and cut off excess.  (Retain pieces for stamping.)

6. Attach one of the 4” x 4 ¼” trimmed Basic White pieces inside the pocket created in the front of the card and glue flap to close the pocket.

7. Attach one of the DSP pieces to the front of the card.

8. Die cut the holographic DSP using the Happy Birthday detailed die and the smallest balloon.  Die cut the Blueberry Bushel piece with the matting Happy Birthday die.

9. Glue the holographic Happy Birthday to the Blueberry Bushel matting and attach to front of card.

10. Stamp little star confetti on Basic White of front of card using Berry Burst ink.

11. On the Basic White scraps you trimmed off above, stamp the large balloon using the Blueberry Bushel ink twice and one small balloon using Berry Burst ink.  Die cut.

12. Using a piece of Berry Burst card stock, die cut a balloon just larger than the tiny balloon you cut from the holographic paper.

13. Using a Blueberry Bushel balloon as a guide, stamp a balloon string using Blueberry Bushel ink on the front of the card.  Attach the balloon.  Repeat where you want the smaller balloon.  Glue the holographic balloon to the Berry Burst balloon and attach to front of card using Dimensionals.

14. Attach Tinsel Gems as desired.

15. On the remaining Basic White 4” x 4 ¼” trimmed piece, stamp the sentiment in the top right corner using Blueberry Bushel ink.  Stamp confetti stars in Berry Burst where desired.  Glue piece to the inside of card.

16. Attach the remaining DSP piece to the inside flap.

17. Using the two remaining balloons as guides, stamp strings using Blueberry Bushel ink. 

18. Attach balloons to inside flap making sure not to secure down to back panel so your gift card can slide in freely.

   

Option:  If you do not want a gift card holder, you can stamp inside sentiment at the angle of your flap by temporarily placing the Basic White piece and marking line with light pencil and then stamp just above that at an angle and erase pencil line. 

Happy Stampin' Everyone!!!