Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Wedding wishes

Update: I was the random winner over at Unstampabelles! My prize arrived today - a stack of outline stickers along with a great booklet full of ideas for using them. Thank you Unstampabelles!

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Today I'm sharing a gift card holder that I created for my nephew's wedding this past weekend. I found the design in a magazine (which one? I can't for the life of me remember!) and was immediately struck by its simplicity and elegance. I also love that the gift card holder is incorporated into the card front so there is still lots of room inside the actual card for a message and best wishes.

All of the papers are Basic Grey. I made the butterfly by folding and layering 2 acetate butterflies onto each other. The leaves behind the butterfly are a Martha Stewart punch.

I loved the design so much that I ended up making a second gift card holder using the same design. This one is for my son's teacher.
I rotated the card and added a simple tag so that the card holder ends up looking like a present. I admit the card is a bit top heavy but I think it turned out very pretty. Again, the papers are Basic Grey.

Challenges:

By the Cute & Girly - Things with wings
Card & Scrap - Use punches/die cuts
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Creative Belli - "G" (for gift card holder, green)
Divas by Design - Die cuts/punches
Flutterby Wednesday - Anything goes with a butterfly
One Stop Craft Challenge - Make a tag or include a tag (I've added a tag to my second card)
Totally Papercrafts - Bingo (brads/flowers/ribbon; punch/flowers/gems)
Truly Scrumptious - Things with wings
Unstampabelles - Celebrations

18 comments:

  1. Hi Shelley! Gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing :)

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  2. wawww it is beautiful

    100000 tak for at du deltager på card and scraps udfordring

    klemmmm

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  3. really pretty love that gorgeous butterfly thanks so much for joining us at truly scrumptious this week
    hugs sara x

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  4. Oh wow..this is such a clever design...I will have to add that to my 'to do' list. Thanks so much for joining in our Celebrations challenge at Unstampabelles.

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  5. So beautiful sweetie...!

    thanks for joining us at Divas...and good luck..!

    hugs Vicky xx

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  6. Thanks for joining in at Unstampabelles, I love the style and shape of the card!

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  7. This is gorgeous! Love the papers and butterfly! Thanks for joining our first challenge over at Unstampabelles!

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  8. Love all the G's in your creation. The butterfly is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing on the Belli challenge.

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  9. Great creation
    Thanks for joining in at TPC this week - and Good Luck!
    Sarah

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  10. Beautiful Card!
    Thanks for joining us at Card and Scrap!
    Hugs:)

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  11. Beautiful card, wonderful design Thanks for joining us at Unstampablles.

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  12. Neat card idea! Thanks for playing along with us at Craft Your Passion in our "Anything Goes" challenge! --Sammibug, Craft Your Passion DT

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  13. Lovely card, I especially like the butterfly.

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  14. Your card is lovely, is that a topnote diecut or a nestie? Love the butterfly,
    Sandy

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  15. Love the card Hun thank you for joining us for our things with wings challenge at trulyscrumptious with this fab butterfly and card layout

    Wendy DT TS

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  16. Beautiful card! Thanks for joining us at card and scrap.

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  17. Beautiful Shelley!!
    Thanks for joining us at Diva's this time would love to see you play along with us again
    hugs
    laney

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  18. Awesome project Shelley!!!! Thanks so much for sharing at By The Cute & Girly's *Things with wings* challenge. Good luck!

    Tammy xox
    http://creationsladiva.blogspot.com/

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