SVG Attic Christmas in July Blog Hop

Hello everyone!  You should be arriving from the SVG Attic blog.  Thanks for stopping by to see what Christmas in July fun I have for you today.

How many of you have a hard time finding a gift for someone on your Christmas list?  I know I do!  Gift cards are really getting popular instead of traditional gifts because the recipient can get EXACTLY what they want and it takes the guess work out of gift-giving.  So today, I wanted to show you what I made to help you jazz up gift cards that you may be giving in the upcoming holiday seasons!

I used two different sets from SVG Attic.  The gift card holder base is from Holiday Cheer Gift Boxes.  The file I used was the Gift Card Pop Up Box. For the layers I kept them all at the original size of 5.5" wide and Box, Insert, Inside Tag,and Rosette were the ones I used.  It fit the gift card perfectly.  I used 1/8" silver ribbon (Robert Stanley brand) on the top to make it look like the box was tied with ribbon.  The designer paper is from DCWV's Holiday Collection The Christmas Stack and the solid cardstock is from Recollections.  The stamped sentiment on the inside is by Hot Off The Press and is from the Ticket small stamp set.

The stocking on top is from Cookies For Santa.  I used the Stocking Gift Card Holder file.  The layers I used were Front, Green, Heel_Toe, Joy, Lt_Green, Red and Top.  I imported them all into my SCAL2 program, made sure the keep proportions box was checked and sized them all to 2.4" wide.  It made them the perfect size for the top of the box!  I embossed the red part of the stocking with a diamond embossing folder and the top with a swirl embossing folder to add visual interest.  I inked around the different cuts with tan and brown chalk.  The word Joy is popped up with foam tape and the finishing touch was a bow made with the silver ribbon and the tiny jingle bell.

If you want to see more inspiration from the Cookies For Santa SVG set, you can look at my Gingerbread Man card here.

Here is the lineup of the blogs in the hop.  If you want to be eligible for the $20 SVG Attic gift card, you must leave a comment on all four blogs in the hop.  We would also love it if you would become a follower of our blogs, but it is not a requirement.

SVG Attic

Beth (You are here!)

Jearise (Go here next.)

Monica

If you love the files I used on my project, head on over to SVG Attic...all their files are currently 75% off!  Stock up on all the ones you need (and want).  We would love to see what you create!

ETA: I was so excited to see the Holiday Gift Wrap Challenge in the Moxie Fab World and am entering this gift card holder there!

I hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!

Winner of top 3 at Platypus Creek Digitals!

Entering Here:

July 20 Platypus Creek Digitals 

July 20 Kaboodle Doodle Ch 180
July 20 Christmas Cards Weekly Challenge
July 20 Pink by Design

July 21 Simon Says Stamp & Show
July 21 Melonheadz Friends
July 21 LEJ Designs Anything Goes
July 22 Loves Rubberstamps
July 23 Crafty Creations Challenges

July 23 MFP Simple Salutations Ch54
July 23 Let's Craft and Create

July 23 Word Art Wednesday
July 24 Paper Crafting Journey
July 25Creative Corner Challenges
July 25 Brown Sugar
July 26 HIMCR #107
July 27 Sweet Stampin

July 31 DL Art Thankful Thursday July Linky Party
July 31 Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra
July 31 Crimbo Crackers
July 31 2 creative Chicks
July 31 Milk Coffee
July 31 3 Girl JAM
Aug 1 Clearly iStamp
Sept 2 Moxie Fab World