Sophisticated Sled, Gift Card Holder, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. First I have something to confess. I have been pre-posting my cards since the 11th.  I do go online in the evening and post my card to Pinterest so when you get the notice that a new card is available you are able to go directly to that card instead of just to my blog. It's something that is required to do by Pinterest. My husband set it up for me for a few of days but I was able to resume that on the 14th.  I had total hip replacement on Monday the 12th. I had to get up at 3:30 in the morning. REALLY? No one is up at 3:30 in the morning, not even the birds. I did make a point to ask everyone I encountered if they had to wake up at 3:30 in the morning. My husband would laugh every time I asked anyone that came into my room. Not a single one of them was up at 3:30.  LOL  Anyway, my surgery was at 7:30 am and I guess it was done a couple of hours later. I wasn't awake then. The hospital was extremely busy and I didn't get a room until 5 pm. In the meantime I had lunch and PT and lots of stats checks. I felt great and when I got wheeled to my room the nurse wanted to know if I wanted a walker or use the cane I had in my hand. I asked if I could just walk without anything. She was all for it, so I did. I never used my cane and I've been walking on my new hip since. I'm sore where the muscles were spread to get the new hip in but that totally goes away in about a week. Tuesday and Wednesday were the worst for that burning muscle pain but after that it was less each day. I am doing well and am happy to be walking without the pain I had before (and muscle burn) after surgery. So I'm back to my blog and getting back to life before the hip. It just gets better from here! So let me tell you about today's card.

I decided to make another gift card holder. I am going to need several of them this year. The grandkids are growing up and are preferring money to gifts. I'm okay with that but I want the card to be special so they can take the money out of it and toss the card! LOL

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Misty Moonlight card stock. It was cut in half on the short side so once cut it measured 4-1/4" x 11".  I scored it at 2-1/4" and 5-1/2".  I folded the first scored area inward and the 5-1/2" one is the center of the card and I folded it inward too.

On the front flap I used a circle punch (a die will work too) and punched it so it would be easy to get the gift card or money out.  I added glue to the sides of the scored piece and burnished them so the glue would take.

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock was taped to the inside.

I used a 3" x 4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Winter Meadow" 12" x 12" package. I taped it to the front of the card. 

Using the 3rd and 4th "Countryside Corners" die set I cut the large piece using Misty Moonlight card stock and using the 4th die I cut a piece of DSP. I taped the DSP to the card stock. I taped it in place on the front of the card. I tried to center it. I mark the back of the "Countryside Corners" piece so I know not to get tape beyond that point or the card will be taped shut. You don't want to do that! (I did it once - live and learn and remind everyone else not to do it!).

I cut the sled from the "Sophisticated Sled" bundle using Pecan Pie card stock. The runners were cut from Basic Black card stock. I glued the sled to the runners. The greens were cut using a die from the same bundle on Old Olive and Mossy Meadow card stock. I set them aside.

The skates and laces were die cut from a scrap piece of Basic White card stock. The blades were cut from some silver foil card stock I had. I glued the blades to the skates and I set the skates together and added Dimensionals to the back. 

I took a 3" piece of white Baker's Twine and affixed it to the top part of the sled using a glue dot. I trimmed the ends a bit and then set the skated on top of it. The Dimensionals will hold the twine in place. The greenery pieces were set in place using a little bit of Mono glue.

A double bow was tied using white Baker's Twine. It was set in place using a glue dot. 

I colored a few pearls using my dark Cherry Cobbler Blends pen and set them in place on the greenery.  The sled was then set in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

This was a fun card to make. I just love this sled bundle and I love making gift card holders.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas gift card holder,
Wanda