Monday, October 11, 2010

new baby card and fun gift card holder


I made this sweet little card for my brother and his wife, who just had their first baby - a beautiful little girl!  I love that flower border from PTI's All About You Additions, and I think the little butterfly from Baby Button Bits pairs with it so nicely.  I used the XL ric-rac border die to cut the "grass" from a scrap of WRMK (I think?) patterned paper.

With the card, I sent them a gift card in this fun little holder.  The papers are Bella Blvd., and all stamps are PTI (of course :).  The sentiment is from All About You, and the tag uses Fancy Flourishes to dress up the background, and is cut with Fillable Frames #4 Die.


It was fun to "engineer" how the holder would open/close.  I sewed the Sweet Blush button and the scallops (cut from Beautiful Blooms dies) directly to the white cardstock, which I punched with a circle punch to create the "notch" that fit perfectly under the button attachment.


Open it up, and there is a pocket attached to the inside with the gift card.  So cute!  I'll definitely be using this design again!

15 comments:

Lindsay said...

Oh wow Debbie! These are adorable! Wonderful job!

Keva said...

That card is so cute! Love how you did the ricrac to make grass. Really neat idea.

Jingle said...

So cute!!!

Suzanne said...

The ric rac grass is fabulous. And I am definately CASing that gift card holder for the holidays.

Sue Ann said...

ADORABLE!!!!

Diane Jaquay said...

The baby card is SO CUTE! I love the way you made the grass! Love the gift card holder too! Nice work!

Kara said...

love the coloring on the card!! so sweet

Terri said...

Love it! Great use of the large ric rac diecut and the gift card holder is great too.

Kay D said...

Eek! Sweet, sweet sweet! I absolutely adore the rick-rack grass, and you colored the flowers just beautifully!

Cindy said...

Love the gift card holder!

Erica said...

Fun cards! I really like how you did the grass on the first one.

Laurie said...

I am loving both of these! the first one is so bright and cheery! I love all the colors! And the gift card holder is awesome! I want to make one too! :)

Stephanie said...

Absolutely love the GC holder. It is so cute and adorable. Can you just imagine this with the new Christmas PTI patterned paper???

Unknown said...

You are really rockin' these cards. They are fantabulous!!!

Jen Carter said...

LOVE your card! I seriously need that set! :) Your right that butterfly works perfectly with the flowers too! LOVE your grass!! Great job on the gift card holder too!