Quick and Simple Gift Card Holder

**First Post of the Year**

Happy New Year my lovely and fellow crafters!!!! I pray you all have a very blessed and wonderful year AGAIN this year. I am looking forward to having a year full of crafty goodness^_^

I must share this oh so quick and simple gift card sleeve with you guys!! I goofed, like really goofed..I forgot a gift and ended up having to purchase a gift card as a gift for someone. As you know, when you purchase a gift card you need something cute to place it in right?? RIGHT!!

Well, I've never created a gift card holder before so I really had not idea of how to start (especially being this was a last minute thing). I kept trying to envision a card holder and figure the shape, all the while not wanting to create another greeting card. I finally came up with the idea to cut a circle and score folds to create the holder. NOTE: I did not want to do a bunch of detailed or fussy cuts and folds and such..extra simple is what I was going for.

If you look in the background (among my clutter of stamps and such), you will see a purple circle that's been scored..that's one of my practice pieces. I think I cut two of the circles before I gained the proper size needed for the card. Overall, I think I did a great job. I really liked it and so did the recipient.

This is what the back looks like. I will surely create many many more of these to be used on cards, LO's and of course to give as gifts. I will come back a little later and do quick tutorial on how I created my gift card sleeve. I think this is a very cute and quick way to embellish gift cards.

For this sleeve, I used some holiday paper I had on hand and, stamped my desired image's on plan card stock. I enhanced Santa's face by adding Stickles, adhered with pop dots over his jolly laugh and ran out the door. LOL!! It was truly that simple...well you do have to allow the stickles to dry and I had enough time between creating it and delivering it where it dry perfectly:)

I know I've said this before, but I must say it again...I think a scoring board (especially Martha Stewart's score board) is THE BEST thing they ever came out with for paper crafters. Lord, do I remember the days of having to use a ruler to measure and score my work. *Thank God for the brain behind score boards*

Anyway, I can't wait to create more of these!!

Happy Crafting!