This week at Simply Christmas we are going to jump straight into preparing our handmade gifts and home decor with some fun tutorials. Don’t forget my talented friends Clare, Becky, Fee, Christy, Vikki, Kris and Linda will be popping in as well to share their creative talents for preparing a homemade Christmas.
Now, we know not everyone appreciates or wants a handmade gift. . . and we all have those really hard to buy for people on our gift list. . . mine is usually the teenagers. I’ve found the best gift for these guys is a gift card. The only problem is. . . they are a little scrawny for gift wrapping. What we need is a little fabric magic and a few embellishments to pretty them up. These could then be gift wrapped, boxed or even hung on a Christmas tree branch.
The best part is they are super quick and easy and a great use for those tiny fabric scraps.
You will need:
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2 pieces of backing fabric measuring 8.5 cm x 12 cm.
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2 x fusible interfacing for backing fabric, measuring 8.5 cm x 12 cm.
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2 x pieces of fabric for front measuring 8.5 cm x 9.5 cm.
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Embellishments for decorating – ribbon and trims, bells, tree ornaments, flowers etc.
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Normal sewing supplies.
1. Iron the fusible web to the wrong side of the backing pieces.
2. Place the two backing pieces together, with right sides together and stitch all the way around. Leaving a 5 cm gap along one of the shorter ends. Use a 1/4 inch seam allowance and then clip each of the 4 corners.
3. Prepare the front panel the same way, without the interfacing.
4. Turn both the back and front pieces right side out and press flat, making sure to tuck in the raw edges of the openings.
5. Decorate the front panel with your chosen embellishments.
6. Keeping the openings at the bottom of your gift card holder, place the front piece on top of the backing piece. Line up the bottom corners and stitch all the way around the perimeter of the rectangle shape using a 1/8 seam allowance.
The options for fabric and embellishments for this project are endless. I’ve used Christmas fabric for these holders, but you could make them anytime of the year with all sorts of fabrics.
I’ve decided to gift this gorgeous poinsettia card holder with a gift card inside, to one of my lovely followers. . . woo hoo!!
You’ll need to read the post below to find out how to enter the giveaway.
Hugs ~ Kerryanne
so cute
These look beautiful Kerryanne – thank you so much for the ‘how to’.
Toni xx
What a cute tutorial! Thank you!
Thanks for the tutorial! Love these gift card holders.
Love this idea and I will certainly be whipping up some as we are travelling this year with luggage restrictions.’
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My favourite colour scheme for Christmas is blue, purple, silver and white. Just love the way the colours look together and to me it is a nice modern twist on a traditional Christmas 🙂
Really good idea, thank you.
Kerryanne, what a beautiful site you have. Thanks to Fee I have found your site and love it, I am now subscribed. Christmas is my favorite time of year and I decorate everything including the bathrooms, the everyday stuff comes down and my house turns into the North Pole. The colors I use are Hunter Green, Burgandy and now am throwing in a little teal with silver. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!!! Bobbie
We will be gifting a few gift cards for Christmas this year and these will be the perfect way to wrap them! Thank you so much!
This is a super idea, they look better than the usual plain ones you can buy. Your right about teenagers so difficult to buy for sometimes. Thanks for sharing.
best wishes Julie.C
I’m french and new submitted. I always read you with a real pleasure,but my english is quite bad… I don’t dare to leave a com !
But your card holder is absolutly delicious, why not trying to be the winner ? LOL !
Thank you for sharing your creativity
Mirevan from Chambéry
Very clever!!
Hey Kerryanne! What a cute, clever little pocket to dress up a gift card … one can never have too many gift cards! Tee! Hee! Hee! Though … I many have to come up with a slightly more ‘manly’ version, cos I’m not sure the nephews would appreciate pretties, lace and bows! Tee! Hee! Hee! Thanks for sharing – Bear Hugs! KRIS
Fantastic, this is just what I need for the 5 teenagers I have gift cards for. Like Kris I need to find some more “manly” versions for the nephews, however you have given me the basics to start with.
Pretty! They´d be cool as tree ornaments too or even as Christmas cards themselves with a small picture inside.
These are so cute! Thanks for sharing the ‘how to’!
How cute. Kathi
Kerryanne, these are so cute! I followed you over from Crafty Soiree and I’m a new follower!
I have a Christmas Craft Tutorial going on and I would love for you to share this!!
Hope to see you there…no I’m off to see the rest of your projects!
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What a pretty way to give a gift card. I am sure the recipient would use it again too. I am a new follower from Fireflies and Jellybeans. I am co-hosting the Terrific Thursday blog hop and I would love for you to link up at http://www.messforless.net/2011/11/terrific-thursday-blog-hop-week-40.html
I am featuring these on my blog tonight! Feel free to grab a featured button!
lovely idea i will be wiping up this because i am planning for traveling nice giveaway…….lol
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What a wonderful tutorial, it will be so much prettier to put the gift cards in this holder inside of a paper store bought one. Thank you for this.
What a fantastic idea, will be wipping a few of these up for sure. Thanks xx
Such holders helps a lot in organizing and save from crumbling…
WOW Such a beautiful cards Thanks for Sharing….
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