Woodland Wishes Gift Card Holder and Gift Box Set

 

Hiya Arty friends and welcome back to the blog! Today I'm sharing a gift card and gift box set using the recently released Woodland Wishes Mini Collection Paper Pack now available in the online store. 

 We'll start by making the card, because the off-cuts of patterned paper can then be used on the gift box. Both of these makes today just use the one sheet of the patterned 12x12 paper, "Friends Gather". 

For the card base you'll need a piece of the 250gsm white cardstock measuring 24cm x 14.8cm, which you'll score at 8.5cm and 19cm and you'll fold both in towards to centre. Add very thin double sided tape or a thin line of liquid glue to the left and right sides of the smaller panel which will create the pocket your gift card will slide into. Round your top corners with a corner punch.  

From the Friends Gather patterned paper, I cut a panel which was 14.3cm wide from the sheet, then trimmed it down to fit the outside flap (8cm x 14.3cm) rounding off the bottom corners, the inside flap; same measurements but flipped the paper over to the distressed pattern on the back, and then the bottom pocket panel (4.5cm x 14.3cm).

For the gift card holder sliding panel, you'll want another piece of the 250gsm cardstock measuring 10cm wide x 14.5cm high. Score 1cm and 10.5cm on the long side. The first fold is a mountain, the second a valley. Attach this to just above the front fold flap using strong liquid glue or very strong double sided tape and this is where the gift card will lift up from the pocket. You'll then tuck the valley folded piece into the pocket which will hold everything in place! 

To see how the card opens and closes, please visit here. (The video won't upload here on the blog for me!) 

 Lastly, I used a couple of the cut apart pieces on the back of the cover to add a little owl and seal to the top left corner.  

 

 

For the Gift Box I used another sheet of 250gsm white cardstock, cutting two pieces from it, the first measuring 12.3cm x 9.3cm, scoring it on all 4 sides 1.9cm in from the edge, the second 12.5cm x 15.6cm, scoring it on all four sides 3.6cm in. I cut up to the first score line along each of the long sides of both and tapered the edges so that the joins were nice and clean. I then decorated the box with the leftover patterned paper from the first project using .5cm less than what each of the sides ended up measuring. Again, I topped it with a couple of cut apart pieces from the cover sheet. 

 I hope these inspire you to create your own gift wrapping options this holiday season, we'll see you again soon!