The Pixie Cottage's Saturday Tutorial

CHRISTMAS PLACE CARD HOLDER

Supplies needed

Bazzil cardstock, patterned paper,

compass, paper trimmer, glue.

STEP ONE

Draw a circle of 10 cm ( 3.9 inches)  in diameter and cut it

STEP TWO

Cut out a corner like in the picture below.

STEP THREE

Create a cone.

STEP FOUR

Cut many strips of paper 1 cm (0.4 inches)  wide and 5 cm ( 2 inches) long.

STEP FIVE

Put glue on the tip of the paper strip as shown below.

STEP SIX

Fold the strip of paper in half.

STEP SEVEN

Attach the folded strips to the cone with glue. As seen below.

When all the strips are attached to the cone it should look like the below image.

STEP EIGHT

Choose your stamp and paint it. I chose to use the new gorgeous stamp "Not Even a Mouse" by Alisa Ramirez.

STEP NINE

Cut out and place the painted image on the top of the tree for Christmas, and below the image put the name of the person who will sit in that place.

This is my finished Place Card Holder.

Have a wonderful Saturday, and hope you come back on December 24 for the tutorial by Tanya but meanwhile you can play along with the current Pixie Cottage Challenges.

XOXOXO by Francy

The Pixie Cottage's Saturday Tutorial

Gift Card Envelope Tutorial

Supplies Needed

11cm x 22.5cm piece of cardstock

Scissors, Glue, circle punch, brads scoring tool, and a piece of string

Diagram

Step One

Take out your ruler and pencil and draw the lines on the inside of your cardstock. Then Score those lines. The measurements are seen in the diagram above.

Step Two

Take your scissors and start to cut out the pannels you don't need. As indicated in the diagram above.

Step Three

Use your hole punch to cut out the two tiny circles as indicated in the diagram and as shown below. Punch out your circles and then punch out a hole in the center of them as well.

On what will be the outside of your gift card holder, place the circle on top of the recently punched  hole and insert your piece of string so that there is a little hanging out the back.  Insert the eyelet and set it.  Repeat this step with the second hole, but you will not need a piece of string for that one.

Step Four

Add your glue to each of the side flaps as seen below.  Fold the flaps in and then fold the cardstock up so that the flaps adhere to the other side.

The back of your gift card holder should look like this. You close it by wrapping the string underneath the circles.

Turn the gift card holder over and decorate the front as you see fit. I just had to use this New adorable "Snow Fairy"  Pixie Cottage Stamp from Michelle's Scrapbooking and More.  She is just precious!

 I have always had a hard time giving a gift card but I find that if I make a gift card holder such as the one above, the recipient knows I went to the effort of putting some TLC into it.

 If you get stuck during this tutorial and need some clarification, by all means, leave a comment as such and I will gladly help you out.  

Have a wonderful Saturday, and be sure to join us December 10th, 2011 when Francy will be showcasing another fabulous Pixie Cottage Saturday Tutorial.

Hugs,

Tanya R

Hi Ladies, I wanted to put the conversion in for centimeters to inches for all the American crafters.  1 inch is equal to 2.54 centimenters.  You can also check your child's ruler, as there usually is the metric system on one side.-----Michelle