I flattened the toilet paper rolls but they are really springy!! Had I known, I would have flattened them a month ago when I set them aside. I am pressing them now but that means they will be a day late starting their journey to my swap partner.
For the right hand one, I used a piece of decorative paper about six inches long and wide enough to cover the base. I sewed brown fabric trim to the bottom which in the process created the bottom of my holder. I added a couple of snowflake punchies to a embossed handmade paper snowman paper cast using a brown brad. I used hot glue to adhere this dimensional element to the front of the holder. I cut a tag that fit inside the holder from blue textured cardstock and sewed the same brown fabric trim to the top of it. I have the tag out a bit on the photo - properly seated, the fabric embellishment tucks perfectly to the top of the holder. I added a length of double sided tape to the tag so the gift card can be adhered to the tag and then inserted out of sight into the holder.
For the left hand one, I used a piece of decorative paper about 6" long and a bit wider to cover the base. I used a label punch (SU) to punch a shape from coordinating paper and finished it off with a colour printed greeting punchie and several small snowflake punchies adhered with silver mini brads. I adhered this element to the front using hot glue. I created a coordinating cardstock tag for the inside, added a teal label punchie to the corner rounded top edge and punched a hole in which I threaded some white seam binding. Really happy with the look of both of my gift card holders and it is a bonus that the base is reused!!
Hope you are well on your way to being ready for Christmas!! We are here!! The real tree comes in tomorrow to thaw and will be decorated on Wednesday!! That is when the season starts for us!! If you are not ready for Christmas, be kind to yourself and let go of as many things as you can so you can enjoy the season!!
Therese