When you have adult children, gift cards often make the perfect presents. To make them feel a bit more special, I always package them up in a fun and festive way. This year, I decided to make some cute gift card purses with the Oh What Fun collection... take a peek...
To make them, I started with this Purse Mini Album SVG from Lori Whitlock. I edited the file to delete the book ring holes. The "bottom" of the purse mini was open so that you could flip the pages so I created a solid bottom in Silhouette Studio by welding a rectangle to connect the bottoms of the two sides of the purse.
I cut the resulting shape bases from some Oh What Fun coordinating textured cardstock.
I used the handles and cover pieces from the original file to layer on the outside of the purse and cut them from papers from the 6x8 pad. I stitched them onto the base using my sewing machine. I created and attached a little tab closure. It's stitched to the back, and it secures on the front of the purse using small velcro dots. I added a fun peppermint "snap" from the Goody Goody Gumdrops Shaped Sprinkles. I decorated the fronts of the purses using Odds & Ends, sprinkles and some Bits & Pieces. Here are some more close-ups....
To hold my gift cards, I first cut some "pages" from the same coordinating textured cardstock. For my Pages, I used the same pieces that I used to cover the outside of the purse. I added some gift card "slots" to hold each card, but you could also use glue dots to attach them. To attach the pages into the book, I created a hidden binding which I glued to the purse bottom. (there are a lot of hidden binding tutorials available on-line) The pages are attached to the binding using score tape.
The pink and plaid purses both contain pages to hold 3 gift cards. For this last bag, I created 5 pages.
Now to fill them up with some cards! I just need to narrow down my choices and I should be good to go! That's it for me today, thank you for stopping by to peek!
DOODLEBUG PRODUCTS USED
9002 oh what fun textured assortment pack
8984 oh what fun 6x8 paper pad
8954 christmas eve shape sprinkles
8950 oh what fun assortment sprinkles
8951 goody goody gumdrops shape sprinkles
8980 oh what fun odds & ends
8984 oh what fun 6x8 paper pad
8954 christmas eve shape sprinkles
8950 oh what fun assortment sprinkles
8951 goody goody gumdrops shape sprinkles
8980 oh what fun odds & ends
8982 oh what fun bits & pieces
OTHER
Lori Whitlock Purse Shaped Mini Album SVG
Silhouette Cameo
Sewing Machine
Score-tape
Silhouette Cameo
Sewing Machine
Score-tape
