Card and gift in one

Trawling through Youtube the other day, I came across a video from Stamperdog, who demo'd a card which had a top note gift card holder on the front. I loved that idea, so I cased it, and here is my version.

 The card is made in So Saffron and Pear Pizazz, and using the teddy stamp from Every Little Bit and the Oval All stamp set. It also uses the To Note die, and to cut the slit for the gift card, I used the word window punch and the 1/2 inch circle punch.

I just have to add a note here to say that until early this week, I didn't have the Oval All stamp set. I bought the punches over a year ago, but despite Oval All being always on my wish list, I hadn't got around to ordering it. But on Tuesday, my dear friend and wonderful upline Karen came to visit and brought me not only the stamp I had requested for my birthday, but the much coveted Oval All set for me too. I was so pleased with my gifts, and count myself extremely lucky to have Karen in my life. She is truely a great friend.

Top Note

I needed to make a birthday card for a 12 year old, and was struggling a bit to come up with an suitable idea. Then I remembered seeing someone used patterned papers, weaved them together, and then cut them out using the top note die. I dug out some old papers and tried it myself and was chuffed with the results.

The card base is in Old Olive, and the sentiment is the Curly Cute set, which has been inked seperately and punched out with the large oval. I also used up some old Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, although Early Expresso would have worked just as well. What do you think?