OH MY GOSH!!! Hold onto your hats!! I have a ridiculously cute project and video tutorial for you today!!!! I have to thank my good friend, Jill Hilliard who shared this idea with me and I turned it into an ADORABLE gift card holder. I am not usually one to go nuts over "cute" stuff. I like the vintage look, pretty flowers, and gorgeous backgrounds (that's been my thing lately…) BUT, this is just so dang cute I can hardly stand it! I tried hard not to squeal in the video and I think I succeeded!
Here are the pieces you'll need. This is an outstanding way to use up scraps, too!
Assembly is easy–I start from the body and work my way up. Add the head with a dimensional.
Like, seriously, can you stand how cute this is??? I am just loving it!
I used a couple glue dots to adhere the gift card to the pull out card here. It is not shown in my photo, but it is in my video. SO stinking cute!
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Love this video. So glad you shared on Facebook and I found it. I love that you have your butt out (I have to have my tongue hanging just right out the side of my mouth) and yes that scrap looks like the fish in nemo!
Dena! Holy Rudolph – this little guy is the most adorable little reindeer! I love him and thankyou for the video. D x
He’s so cute!!!! Looks just like the new reindeer die I’ve seen all over Pinterest. I likes yours better! Thank you so much for sharing how to make him. Just way too cute!
Totally agree with Sandy, looks just like the die that I can’t find in Canada, but I have all these tools…so thank you so much for designing and sharing!
Haha Stace!! I get chapped lips when I stamp for a long session!! :). Thanks for the love–and seeing my nemo punch!! 😉
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You are just so sweet, Denita!! Thank you!
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Oh Sandy–you are just too kind!! 🙂
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You are so welcome, Sheri!!
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Love this so much, Dena! The video was fun to watch, too. Thanks for sharing!
Love this idea, this video and your energy! You have a new follower.
Thanks so much, Debbie!!
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Dena Dena Dena…. LOVE this project and I LOVE this video! Glad to know I’m not the only one who stamps with my butt. lol
Thank you, Connie!! ❤️❤️❤️
Ive been telling people the secret to successful stamping is sticking your butt out, for years!! 🙂
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Eyeball trick….punch the holes in the owl and glue a strip of Early Espresso behind the holes.
Thats a great idea, Peggy!
I saw little Rudie on Connie Stewart’s blog and video. She said your name and I googled it and found you! He has to be the cutest one out there using the owl punch! Thanks for the inspiration and I gotta sign up to get more inspiration from you. I looked at some of your blog and loved it. Can’t wait to see more videos too. Thanks a bunch! Hope I can still get in on your Christmas Series!
Hi Chris–where in Iowa are you? Im in Cedar Falls!! Glad you liked my project!! Connie is a very good friend of mine!! Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to sign up for my mailing list!!
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Holy all things that are way too inkin’ cute & punched!!! Dena, where have you been my whole life, girl?!? I am pretty damn certain we were separated at birth! I am SO glad that I am not the only one that has NO CLUE what the words “quick”, “short” and “in a nutshell” means, LOL! And I completely mean that sincerely!!! If I had a dollar for every time someone in my Stampin’ Up! “family tree” said, “Ok, you think maybe you can shorten it up a bit/condense it down/be less wordy/etc” I wouldn’t have to be a demonstrator to support my habit! LOL! But hey, I’m Italian & we don’t do anything half assed, ya know?
I was dying with all of your side stories & anecdotes (that SO looked like the fish from Finding Nemo – I was yelling at my screen, “Dena! DENA! I so see it, I do!”) and I could have kissed you when you decided to “fix” those dots on your bag because, even though I am NOT a perfectionist stamper (I’m SO not – my motto is, “It’s homemade so it’s not supposed to be perfect. If you want perfect go see Hallmark, ha!”) for whatever reason those two not quite solid dots were driving me crazy as well! And I am SO guilty of the sticking my tush out method AND I also do the tongue out of the side of my mouth simultaneously Stace all the while crouching too! It’s like a damn workout I tell ya!
This is the first time I have ever “met” you, seen your work or any of your videos & my dear, I am hooked! I mean the beyond adorable reindeer alone had me hook, line & sinker as is but then, that video?!? Um yeah, you’ll be hearing a lot more from me! (Oh lucky, lucky you… Hahaha!!!) You have SO inspired me even further to not only start the blog that everyone tells me to begin but also do videos myself – I have this feeling mine would look a lot like yours (or I should say, I would hope they would! I would most definitely be doing the, “Hey wait, I HAD an envelope to show you… Where did I put that??? LOL!”) Quick question – I ADORE the surface that you’re working on – the slatted wood that looks almost distressed? Or maybe just older? Is it a farm style table? I just gotta know!
See? Like I said, I just can’t do short – my “comment” is as long as your blog post! LOL! So sorry about that! Thanks again for a fantastic project & video & I’m SO looking forward to future ones!
BIG Inky Hugs,
Christine aka The Stampin’ Ninja
Wow! Thanks so much, Christine! Good luck!! The background is a roll of paper I found at hobby lobby!
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Absolutely adorable!
Will you please clarify something for me? Did you use the large oval punch or the extra large oval punch? You and Connie use different ovals in your supply lists listed on your websites. I’m guessing you meant the extra large oval punch?
Thanks for sharing your wonderful idea!
I used the extra large oval, Suzy!
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