Inspired By #55 Just a little something!

 It's time for another fabulous Inspired By challenge! I took last week off because I was immersed in PTI release frenzy, but I'm back today sharing a trio of gift card holders using this week's inspiration! You can check out the challenge HERE as well as see how the rest of the team used the inspiration! I loved the mix of plaid, ticking and color combination, so that was my starting point.

 I hosted a cocoa night for the ladies in my church and I needed a few "cocoa" inspired thank you gifts, so this challenge was perfect! I love these papers from Authentique and knew they would work well to include the mix of patterns from the photo. I used the fabulous Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder from Honey Bee Stamps for today's cards. 

I also used the Gina K tag bundle that was a freebie from Simon Says Stamp during the holidays. The "just a little something" sentiment was the perfect thing to add to the front of these gift card holders. 

 I used a circle punch to create the circles once they had been stamped. It is obviously larger than the image, but I like the bold white edge.

 I'm planning on putting gift cards to a local sweet shop into the gift card holders. I will package them up in cellophane bags with a couple of packets of hot cocoa as well, so I wanted to make some tags for the cello bags. I really like the pillow from the inspiration photo that says "let's huddle" so I used the simplicity of that for the tags. I also did some zig zag stitching along the edge for some extra textile detail since that is so present in the photo. I hope you get a chance to join us this week. I know I sound like a broken record, but participating in challenges really helps get the creative juices flowing and creating things that you might not normally. Thanks for fluttering by!