Spellbinders | Not Your Ordinary Card

Hello there, today I have a gift card holder to share with you using the Spellbinders Not Your Ordinary Card Collection by Wendy Vecchi. This envelope die isn't made to be a gift card holder, there is another die that you can cut to make a card to go inside it, but I thought it would be fun to turn it into a gift card holder today. 

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I started off by creating the envelope. I cut the envelope die from the Spellbinders Essential Envelope Die Set from white cardstock. I then placed the Spellbinders Plaid Builder Layered Stencil on top, one by one, and added ink blending to create the plaid pattern. Instead of making a full plaid pattern, I decided to focus the pattern towards the left and bottom of the envelope. I used Concord & 9th Ink Cubes in Aqua Sky, Sea Glass, Oceanside and Peacock. 

I cut the flower and leaves from the Spellbinders Essential Envelope Die Set using white cardstock for the flower, and vellum for the leaves. I also cut flower centres using the Spellbinders Everlasting Circles Etched Dies set. I added ink blending to these with the same colours that I used for the plaid. I assembled and adhered the envelope and then adhered the leaves on top, followed by the flower, using thin foam tape. 

I hot foiled a sentiment from the Spellbinders You Are Everything Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set using Spellbinders Silver Foil. It was cut out and adhered to the envelope. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Silver Mix Color Essentials Gems. For the gift card part, I cut a panel of white cardstock to fit inside the envelope and rounded the corners with the Spellbinders 1-2 Punch. I die cut the bow from the Spellbinders Christmas Cocktails Etched Dies and adhered it to the top. The gift card was then adhered on top using temporary adhesive. 

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As I say, this isn't how this die is meant to be used but that's the great thing with card making, you can change things to suit your needs! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!