Do you remember when you were a kid and you had one of those magic wallets? Open it one way and the money was under the X open it from the other side and it.s under two bars…… Well that’s my new twist on the good old gift card holder!
You dont have to use the Cricut with this project but since I'm a Cricut addict I use it for EVERYTHING!
TA-DA Its MAGIC!
We had so much fun making these today! They are just way too fun.
* INSTRUCTIONS *
Cut 4 chipboard squares and 4 squares of decorative paper measuring 2.75” x 3.75” from the cart of your choice. I like accent essentials because of the rounded corners. (I use cereal boxes as my chipboard – Having 2 boys ensures that I have a plethora of empty cereal boxes!)
You will need 4 pieces of coordinating ribbon approximately 4” each. Assembly gets a little tricky so you want plenty of ribbon to work with.
Glue the paper pieces that you have chosen for the inside of the card to 2 pieces of chipboard - do the same for your outside chipboard and decorative paper
Next take 2 pieces of ribbon and lay them in an X across one inside piece . At this point I take a good size piece of tape and stick it to my hand a few times to take some of the sticky off. I place the tape over the X just to hold it in place as I assemble the card.
Do the same thing to the other inside chip board but your ribbon will be placed as two horizontal bars. I use the same tape technique to hold ribbon in place.
IMPORTANT – The ends of the X ribbon must fit INSIDE of the 2 bars of ribbon. Do Not overlap ribbon ends. (see picture below)
Lay your two pieces of chipboard side by side – you will need to make the 4 ends of ribbon go UNDER the opposite chipboard (see pic). This can be a little tricky – I prefer to use ribbon that has a little body, it makes this step a little easier.
Next take 2 pieces of ribbon and lay them in an X across one inside piece . At this point I take a good size piece of tape and stick it to my hand a few times to take some of the sticky off. I place the tape over the X just to hold it in place as I assemble the card.
Do the same thing to the other inside chip board but your ribbon will be placed as two horizontal bars. I use the same tape technique to hold ribbon in place.
IMPORTANT – The ends of the X ribbon must fit INSIDE of the 2 bars of ribbon. Do Not overlap ribbon ends. (see picture below)
Lay your two pieces of chipboard side by side – you will need to make the 4 ends of ribbon go UNDER the opposite chipboard (see pic). This can be a little tricky – I prefer to use ribbon that has a little body, it makes this step a little easier.
Now flip both pieces over and tape or glue ends of ribbon to the other piece of chipboard. Tape or glue the outside ends of the ribbon around to the back of its chipboard. (its a little hard to see the green ribbon glued to the back side because of the writing on my chipboard)
You are now ready to glue the two outside pieces of paper covered chip board on top sandwiching the end of the ribbon.That's it! Decorate and embellish with whatever you want!
I like to use belly bands around the width to secure the card together and to prevent the gift card from slipping out the ends. I also use a small amount of tape behind the gift card to hold it centered.
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