Handmade Holiday | Holiday Coffee Cup Gift Card Holders + GIVEAWAY

Welcome to Day 1 of my last minute Handmade Holiday 2017 Series!

I'm back with my fourth year of last minute handmade ideas! Even with the craziness of the season I like to be able to add handmade touches to gifts for our friends and family. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be sharing mostly quick (an hour or less) Handmade Holiday ideas for cards, tags and gift wrapping sure to add that handmade touch we all love. Most ideas will include multiples (today I created six gift card holder cards)!

Each Handmade Holiday project blog post will feature a brand new, never before seen project(s) plus an incredible giveaway from a generous sponsor!

SNOWMAN HOLIDAY COFFEE CUP GIFT CARD HOLDER SHAPED CARDS

First, I have to say that the Honey Bee Stamps Coffee Card Gift Holder Dies is one of my favorite dies sets released this year! Not only does it make exceptional holiday gift card holders but you can create coffee cup gift card holders for any season or occasion just by changing up what you use to decorate the front and the switch up the greetings! I can't get enough of these! I did create some additional holiday-themed ones HERE and I will also be sharing more ideas going forward in the new year for other occasions!

Second note today, these cards feature my all-time favorite paper crafting "technique": mixing and matching stamps/dies/supplies from multiple manufacturers! These cards feature snowmen from the Essentials By Ellen Fat Pants Stamps and coordinating dies, greetings from the My Favorite Things Coffee Break Stamp Set, patterned papers from the Lawn Fawn Knit Picky Collection Pack and the Honey Bee Stamps Coffee Card Gift Holder Dies . That's four companies/brands represented and look at how awesome everything works together!!!!

To start, I die cut all the coffee card bases from Lawn Fawn Knit Picky Collection Pack using the Spellbinders Platinum 8.5" Platform Machine. You guys..... it cuts like butter! So amazing! And the larger platform size just makes it so easy! The coffee cup band was die cut from vellum and secured with 1/8" Scor Tape. The band is what holds the gift card inside the card without adhesive! Ingenious! 

The lids of each cup were cut from Neenah Heavyweight Cardstock (I cut 12 total, 1 for the front, 1 for the back of each card). On the front of each I used the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform to perfectly stamp the greeting from the My Favorite Things Coffee Break Stamp Set on each cup lid with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.

On the inside of each card I stamped and embossed with white embossing powder or stamped with black ink (depending on the color of patterned paper inside) a greeting from the Essentials By Ellen Holly Jolly Stamp Set.

For the decoration on each cup band, I die cut the circle from smooth white cardstock using a Essentials By Ellen Fat Pants die. Using the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform I stamped the snowman face from the Essentials By Ellen Fat Pants Stamps on each circle using Versafine Black Ink. The carrot nose was stamped with Lawn Fawn Carrot Ink.

The hats and scarves were stamped with Lawn Fawn Lobster Ink, Lawn Fawn Jalapeno Ink, and Versafine Black Ink and die cut with the Essentials By Ellen Fat Pants dies. I felt like the top hat really needed some holly berries accents so I stamped the images from the Honey Bee Stamps Merry Christmas Stamp Set and die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I assembled each snowman on the each coffee cup band, making sure no adhesive was on the backs of anything hanging over the edges of the band (that would stick to the card and make removing the band difficult). 

Glossy Accents was added to the eyes and berries of the snowmen to complete the design!

You just pop a gift card into each, sign your name, and done! 

V I D E O  T U T O R I A L

To watch the creation of these gift card holder cards from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

S U P P L I E S

Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project. Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you! 

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Fat... [ ELH ] Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies,... [ ELH ] Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps,... [ ELH ] Honey Bee Clear Stamps, Merry Christmas [ ELH | HNB ] Honey Cuts Dies, Merry Christmas [ ELH | HNB ] My Favorite Things Clear Stamps,... [ ELH | MFT ] Honey Cuts Dies, Coffee Gift Card Holder [ ELH | HNB ] Lawn Fawn Collection Pack, Knit Picky [ ELH ] Bazzill 40 lb. Vellum, 25 pk [ ELH ] Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight,... [ ELH ] Lawn Fawn Ink Pad, Lobster [ ELH ] Lawn Fawn Ink Pad, Carrot [ ELH ] Lawn Fawn Ink Pad, Jalapeno [ ELH ] VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black [ ELH ] VersaMark Ink Pad [ ELH ] Lawn Fawn Embossing Powder, White [ ELH ] PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting and... [ SPL ] Teflon Bone Folder [ ELH ] Hero Arts Embossing Gun (Wagner) [ ELH ] Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator [ ELH ] High Tack Double-Sided Tape, 1/8" [ ELH ] Ranger Accents, Mini Glossy Accents [ ELH ]

G I V E A W A Y

I'm thrilled to be offering a giveaway from Ellen Hutson today and a shopping discount code for 10% off any order!

Please leave a comment on this post by December 20 23, 2017, 11:59 pm CST for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson Online Store!

Also, Ellen Hutson is offering a one-time use code for 10% off everything in the Ellen Hutson Online Store. Please use code NicholHHH2017 in the coupon code box and select "apply".

(Valid on in-stock merchandise only. Excludes BCRF Fundraiser stamp & die set and Mama Elephant releases within the last 90 days. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers.)

Offer is good until December 7th, 2017, 11:59 Pacific Time.

Winners for the 2017 series will all be notified via email and posted on the blog on December 24, 2017.

A huge thank you to Ellen Hutson for sponsoring the giveaway today!

M O R E  H A N D M A D E  H O L I D A Y  P R O J E C T S

• Click HERE for the 2014, 2015, 2016 projects.

Comments

[books_and_scraps]

these are fabulous!

[F. Andre]

Such a fun, easily customisable project for any season. Thanks for your tutorial video.

[Linda Witherspoon]

Sooo cute and fun! Love these.

[Stacy V]

I really love this Honey Bee die - it fits an A2 envelope and perfectly conceals a gift card (the go-to gift for adults!).

[Andrea Hastilow]

I have really fallen in love with the coffee cup theme just lately & love the thought of the gift card cups die, how multi functional is this set & the stamps, so many of my friends drink coffee & have those cups in hand that it would be brilliant to gift then this way, adorable x

[Maureen Reiss]

Soooo Awesome!!! Going to buy this die right now!! Thanks for the discount code!!

[Laura Greig]

Super cute project, thanks for sharing!

[Nichol Spohr LLC]

You’re welcome! Enjoy!

[Nicole H.]

Adorable!! :) I can't wait to copy this idea!! ;) Thanks, Nichol!!!!!

[Marcia scantlin]

Love all things coffee and this is way too cute.

[lisamom]

So cute and clever as always! How do you have the time???

[Alison Day]

Love these!! I’m a huge fan of mixing and matching too! I’d love this die set as I can see making these for teachers and coaches a LOT! LOL!

[Michelle]

These gifts card holders are so cute!

[Beverly Sizemore]

Oh my these are SO cute! I love the colors and images....bright and festive! I enjoy mixing and matching crafty supplies too....but excellent job on these! Happy holidays!

[Amy Cooley]

I love this coffee die! I purchased this and really enjoy seeing your ideas with it. The vellum bands are a cute idea.

[Susan Pezza]

I love those Honey Bee Gift Card Holders, one of my favorites from this year and I love the snowmen you put on them! So adorable!!

[Isabelle]

Awesome idea very useful and beautifully created !

[Amy McCue]

Those gift card holders are so stinkin’ cute!!!!!

[Lauryne Cunningham]

Love these cards! What a great idea to give to my sons who love Starbucks!

[Carla Hundley]

Fun holders and
so festive!
Carla from Utah

[Christy M]

These are super cute! Love them!

[StephanieM]

These card holders are perfect! Thumbs up on velum cozy. I love that you mixed different companies and old and new products.

[Mel H]

I had to have this die after seeing all the projects with it. I love using a card wrap for it. It is a great die!

[Linda BL]

The coffee cup holders are so clever! They would make such a cute addition to a package or as a special surprise in a stocking.

[Lori Ritchie]

Hi Nichol, read my video comment about getting larger plates from Spellbinders, I got a free set with proof of purchase. Lovely cards, anyone would love to get one of these with their favorite coffee card inside!