The Hero Arts blog has sparked this idea in my head when they came up with a gift card challenge. I’m always up for a challenge and instead of thinking about a fun way to incorporate money or a store gift card in the card, I thought why not incorporating the gift itself and the idea for this card emerged.

Another fun idea is to stamp and cut a tree image and to wrap a necklace around it, like a twinkling ornament chain.

Tools & Supply

• The earing. (don’t forget the gift…)
• Card base. (8½” by 5½” piece of cardstock, folded in half.)
• Smooth cream cardstock to stamp the images on.
• Patterned paper. (5″ by 3¾”)
• Buttons.
• Glitter glue.
• Thick foam adhesive. (Use one which is ½” thick or a few 1/8″ thick)
• Glue-dots.
• Tape adhesive runner.
• Paper piercer.
• Precision scissors.
• Stamps: CL309 Whoo Loves You & CL181 Messages – by Hero Arts.
• Chalk ink – red & brown.

How To

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Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Stamp the images over a smooth light cardstock.
2. Cut around the images with precision scissors, while rotating the cardstock and leaving the scissors at the same position.
3. Adhere the background piece of the patterned paper centered on the card base with permanent tape adhesive.
4. Temporarily lay the tree image on the background paper and arrange green buttons around it to simulate a grassy hill. When you are pleased with the buttons’ arrangement – adhere them with glue dots.
5. Adhere the tree image in its place on top of the buttons with a thick foam adhesive. Either use a ½” thick piece of foam adhesive or layer a few thinner foam adhesive pieces together.
6. Pierce holes in the owl “ears” and put on the earing. Then adhere the owl on top of the tree with another piece of thick foam adhesive. The thickness of the foam gives room to the earing’s stubs.
7. Add some more interest and texture with a few touches of glitter glue here and there.
8. Stamp your greeting with brown ink. Attach the stamp to the left side of the acrylic block, so the buttons won’t stand in your way.
9. Give the gift card to someone you love and get a smile in return.

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