Holiday Stocking Gift Card Holder

Another project I put together during my stamping marathon last weekend. I was inspired by some stockings I saw at my girlfriend Selene's house. The die is the perfect size to hold a gift card so will be great for the holidays. It will most likely replace the gift card purse as the most popular item at my holiday craft fairs.

Just like the stocking I showed the other day I cut two pieces of the stocking, cuff, heel and toe. Then I adhered back to back by running Sticky Strip along the outside edge of the stocking. I also embossed my Whisper White cuff, heel and toe with the Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder. 

Lots of fun items from the Holiday Mini catalog for this project - Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper, Mini jingle bells (they really jingle), and Winter Wishes stitched felt pieces. The mini jingle bells are a huge value at $2.95 for 48 bells. I added the holly stitched felt piece with a few glue dots. To get the jingle bells on the Cherry Cobbler baker's twine I used a sewing needle threader and it worked perfectly. 

I can't wait to make a bunch of these stockings for decorations in my cubicle at work and at home over the fireplace. 

You can purchase all the items to make these stockings in my Online Store.

Happy Stampin',

Christine

Supplies:

Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Frostwood Lodge Designer Series Paper & Whisper White cardstock

Other: Big Shot, Holiday Stocking Bigz die, Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder, Winter Wishes stitched felt, Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, Mini jingle bells, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, Sticky strip, glue dots

Sparkly Holiday Stocking Bigz Die

Here is my sparkly Holiday Stocking Bigz die from Stampin' Up! I put this together yesterday for a challenge for the SuiteStampers group. I wanted to use my holiday stocking bigz die and decided to go with a snowflake theme.

I used lots of new products from the Holiday Mini catalog -Stocking die, stitched felt snowflake, Silver Glimmer Paper for my bling, Snow Burst embossing folder, 1x8 cellophane bag and Dear Santa stamp set. I started by cutting out my stocking, heel and toe and I did two of each then adhered back to back so I had a small treat holder perfect for a pen in this case. You could also add a skinny piece of candy, pencils, gift card, etc. 

I added the felt piece with a Stampin' dimensional. For the tag I stamped off twice with my Marina Mist to get a watermarked look for my snowflakes. I just wrapped the tag around the cellophane bag using a piece of white baker's twine.

It is hard to get a good picture of the silver glimmer paper. This project is a lot more sparkly in person. 

You can purchase the items I used for this project in my Online Store.

Would you like to get some friends together and make this project? I am available for holiday workshops aka private class to teach you how to make this cute stocking.

Happy Stampin',

Christine

Supplies:

Stamps: Dear Santa

Ink: Marina Mist

Paper: Marina Mist & Whisper White cardstock, Silver Glimmer Paper

Other: Big Shot, Holiday Stocking Bigz die, Winter Wishes stitched felt, Snow Burst embossing folder, 1" x 8" cellophane bag, white baker's twine, Decorative Label punch, Stampin' dimensional, Sticky strip