A cute little gift card holder I made using the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits & the new Cherry on Top 6x6 paper stack.
It fits a standard gift card you can pick up at the supermarket. In this case I chose a Costa Coffee card - I just had to trim a sliver from each edge of the cardboard carrier to make it fit.
If you want to use Stampin' Up!'s new Gift Bag Punch Board to make gift bags out of its new 6x6" papers, the instructions on the board would have you believe that you can't. The smallest piece of paper it gives instructions for is 10" wide.
Well I wasn't having that, let me tell you!
The Cherry on Top papers are ideal for diddy gift wrapping, and so after a dash of tweaking, a smidge of fiddling & only minimal swearing I've worked out how to make an extra small bag. It's ideal for gifting a scented tea light, jelly beans, a lolly pop or anything else that measures roughly 1" by 1.5" by 2".
To make it, you pretty much follow the instructions supplied with the board - you just need to have the edge of the paper in a slightly different place at different times.
Here's a video that shows you how:
And here's the order in which you need to punch and score :
Take a piece of paper 6x6".
Line up the left edge of the paper on the start line & punch.
Score horizontal line.
Line up left edge of the paper with the triangle side score line (the sticky out triangle bit) & score on the S vertical line.
Line up the score line created in 4. with the start line & punch.
Line up the score line created in 4. with the triangle side score line & score on the 2nd vertical "side" line (the one before the S line).
Line up the score line created in 6. with the start line & punch.
Position the paper so that the triangle side score line on the board is mid way between the 1st & 2nd vertical score lines & score down to create the gusset.
Line up the 3rd vertical score line with the triangle side score line & score on the S vertical line & horizontally.
Line up the score line created in 9. with the start line & punch.
Line up the score line created in 9. with the triangle side score line & score on the 2nd vertical "side" line.
Line up the score line created in 11. with the start line & punch.
Position the paper so that the triangle side score line on the board is mid way between the 4th & 5th vertical score lines & score down to create the gusset.
Check out my video tutorial for this box - it's quick and very easy! It wraps a standard sized chocolate bar (Cadbury's Dairy Milk or Green & Blacks). The dimensions of the bar I used are 6"x3", but the box is quite generous & could take something a little larger.
You don't need any glue, the folds hold the box together securely. Make it as plain or as fancy as you like. Looking ahead to next term, it would make a great way of dressing up an inexpensive teacher's gift.
Use a piece of paper 8 1/2" x 12". The score lines are as below, and you're going to cut away the shaded areas.
Score along the 12" side at 2 7/8" & 9 1/8" (or flip the card & score again at 2 7/8") Score along the shorter 8.5" side at 3", 3 3/4", 6 3/4" & 7 1/2"
You want to draw a line at 1/2" from the vertical score line, between the first and second score lines, on each side of the lid. this creates the small flaps that tuck in.
I used the products below to titivate it a bit, but you don't need them to make the basic box (although the score board makes it a doddle!)
