Treat Bag Gift Card Holder

June 16, 2019

A Beautiful Treat Bag Gift Card Holder

I had seen this really cool gift card holder tutorial on YouTube done by Buckeye Inklings and I loved it and wanted to make one!! It was perfect because I had a birthday card I needed to do... better late than never 😉 This is what I came up with...

I did use all retired products but the recipient isn't a stamper so she isn't going to care 😂
I wanted this set all last catalog and I finally got it just a couple months before it retired!! I'm super glad I did cause I have a few tea drinkin' friends I can make things for with this set.
Even though I am a demonstrator, I think it's a good idea to use retired things sometimes either by themselves or with current things because your customers will still use them... if they can't continue to use what they have... they may not want to buy more because they think they have enough.
I think I am going to do these with my monthly group using the retired stripped bags!

I don't have the new treat bags yet so I will use the retired ones and a new Stamp Set or Bundle! A perfect way to pare old and new 😉

Instructions!

These are really easy to make, score the bottom of the treat bag at 2 3/4" and fold it forward giving you this look... you can score the top of the bag as well making the top the pocket but then you don't have an opening at the very back. The insert I used at the very back is

3 3/4" x 4 5/8" and then I matted a whisper white piece 1/8" smaller.

The gift card pocket piece is 3" x 4 5/8" and I cut a whisper white piece to 2 3/4" x 4 5/8" and scored 3 sides at 1/4" (both short sides and one long side).

The belly band I just cut a strip 2" x 12" and wrapped it, you can trim it shorter than 12" but I was able to hide the seem so I just left it. If I were to have trimmed it, I would likely just have trimmed it to 11" so you could still hide the seem under whatever you do at the front. That way it looks nice a neat all the way around!