I love the confetti trend that’s happening right now in the stationery world, and I cannot resist mini envelopes, so I combined the two to create a gift card holder that doubles as a birthday card. One of the best parts of this project — besides the fact that it’s so quick and simple— is that you can use any color combo you’d like. Choosing a color palette is always one of my favorite parts of craft and design projects!
Supplies used: Mohawk Loop Antique Vellum Urban Gray A2 Card, Paper Source Peacock Baby Envelope, pencil with a clean eraser, piece of scrap paper, paper towel, VersaMagic White Cloud Ink Pad, VersaMagic Pink Grapefruit Ink Pad, ColorBox Wild Hare Ink Pad, ColorBox Celadon Ink Pad, Clear Embossing Powder, heat embossing tool, double-sided adhesive, Hero Arts Little Happy Birthday Stamp, white cardstock, 1.5-in. circle paper punch.
Place your card on top of a piece of scrap paper. Use the eraser of your pencil as a stamp to create confetti dots in a random pattern on the card, and reload with ink after every one or two times that you stamp. After you’re finished with your first ink color, wipe off as much ink from the eraser as you can with a paper towel. Continue the stamping process with your remaining ink colors.
I decided to heat emboss just the pink and teal dots, leaving the white and gray dots to dry flat. This gives the final card a bit of textural contrast, and it helps the brighter colors pop even more against the gray. Liberally cover the dots you’ll be embossing with clear embossing powder, return any excess powder to its container, and emboss using a heat embossing tool.
Voilà! Your confetti covered card is finished. The embossed dots will be glossy and slightly raised, which you can’t really see in this photo. Trust me, it’s a pretty cool effect.
Center your mini envelope on the card and attach it using double-sided adhesive or glue.
These little envelopes are a perfect fit for standard-size gift cards. You could also slip some cold, hard cash in there.
Stamp your sentiment onto white cardstock and heat emboss, just as you did earlier with the dots. Then use the 1.5-in. circle punch to punch out the sentiment.
Attach the sentiment to the sealed envelope using double-sided adhesive or glue. Slide your finished greeting/gift into a matching A2 envelope, which you can also decorate with confetti dots.
Making confetti (at least the eraser-stamped kind) is completely addictive, so don’t be surprised if you find yourself looking for an excuse to break out your pencil eraser and ink pads again soon!
Kristen Magee loves paper. Stationery, greeting cards, posters and art prints, paper crafts, paper sculpture … if it’s made out of paper, then she’s interested. Paper Crave is Kristen’s outlet for sharing her favorite paper finds. She has been a freelance designer and developer for a little over a decade. Kristen recently launched Invitation Crush, which exclusively features invitations and announcements.
your are very creative in your designs. Thanks for sharing all these.