12 days of holiday giving! Day One!

Good morning SCT readers!  Thank you so much for joining us on Day One of our "12 days of holiday giving"  We are thrilled you are here to take part in our favourite 12 days of the year on the SCT blog.  During these 12 days our design team and our partners will be joining us each day with a fun mix of inspiration and prizes all celebrating YOU!  YOU are worth celebrating.  YOU, our incredible readers, are why we do what we do.  But this isn't any day one, this day one is special and we are kicking it off BIG!   Nicole Nowosad joins us today so let's get this party started! 

"Welcome to the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog! I am excited to be on the blog today to share a quick and easy way to make a unique small gift holder!  I created these gift holders out of the Fancy Pants Oh, Deer! Collection and thought I would show you how you can make your own in just a few simple steps.

 

Let’s get started:

1)      Die cut 4  3 ½” circles from double sided patterned paper

2)      Fold each of the circles in half, keeping the pattern you want on the outside of your gift holder to the outside.

3)      Add a small amount of tape runner or glue dots to the bottom ¼ of your folded circle, on the inside pattern. Adhere a 2^nd folded circle overtop the adhesive so that they are attached.

4)      Repeat with remaining 2 folded circles

5)      Add adhesive and place the circles together to form a box like shape. The inside circles will overlap.

6)      Using a 1/8” circle punch, punch small holes into the top of 2 sides of the box.

7)       Add your small gift inside (a gift card will fit, but you can also use this for small jewellery pieces etc), then tuck the two unpunched sides of the box shape in and tie the flaps with punched holes together with twine.

 

Supplies: Patterned paper (Fancy Pants), Twine (May Arts), Adhesive (Adhesives by 3L)

  

 

I decorated the top of each of my gift holders with some diecut and chipboard shapes and tied a tag onto each to finish them off!  Easy! 

DAY ONE GIVEAWAY!!!

To kick off our "12 days of Holiday Giving" today's INCREDIBLE giveaways are brought to us by our good friends at Janome Canada and Fancy Pants Designs!    I hold both of these companies near and dear to my heart as I use my Janome machine on almost every project I make – it really is the perfect machine to use on your paper crafting projects and I love the Oh, Deer collection which I used on today's project." ~  Nicole

 

   

The Janome G1218 is an easy to operate, powerful machine that delivers convenience from a top-loading bobbin to 18 fully adjustable stitch selections. Accessory feet are changed with a push of a button to release them, and they can be raised up and over any project with the extra-high presser foot lift. The 4-step buttonhole is also up for any challenge with density and balance adjustment. Once you sew on this machine, you won’t believe how easy it is!  

Of course, with your sewing machine you need some paper right?  Our friends at Fancy Pants have you covered and would love to share their Oh, Deer! Collection too!

 

How amazing are these prizes?  Can you just imagine these landing on your doorstep?  Well they will for one lucky SCT reader!!!   For an opportunity to win, please leave a comment below by 6:00 pm EST on Sunday, December 21st. All prizes will be announced right here and on Facebook at noon on December 23rd!  Good luck everyone!

For all our friends on Facebook, we would LOVE for you to take a moment to give each day's sponsor a huge "SCT thank you!" and "LIKE" them on Facebook if you don't already.   Our sponsors always love to hear from you and they tell us all the time our readers are the best.  We agree!  For today's sponsors, please visit them on Facebook here:

Janome Canada

Fancy Pants Designs

Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine

But wait there's more!  (don't you love hearing that?)  For even more chances to win today's giveaways, enter below! 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

See you tomorrow for Day Two!  You're going to love it ;)

 

Comments

[Michelle Semak]

I love my janome machine,which was my mother's and is 20+ years old. I'd love this new one too. Thanks for the contest.

[Kristine]

thank you for being so awesome SCT!

[Melissa Joyes]

I just love this time of year! Between the decorations, all the goodies and SCT's 12 Days of Holiday Giving, my cup runneth over ;). Thanks for the chance to win. You guys ROCK!!!!

[Judy]

Oh wow, this is incredible! I love the idea too Nicole. I will definitely be recreating some of those gift holders. I hope mine look half as good as yours. Merry Christmas!

[Donna R]

I am so excited that the fun has started! What a cute idea for a gift card holder and so easy. Thank you Nicole for sharing. I will be making several of these for sure! Thanks to Janome and Fancy Pants too the sponsoring the giveaway! Happy Crafting!

[Kris M.]

Thanks so much for the opportunity to win this great sewing machine!

[Kathleen Spaeth]

I just Love this easy, and sweet, Gift Card Holder. Thank you Nicole for sharing all the great Instructions. I believe I understand and can follow these Instructions, too! Yeah!! I have been looking for a basic, uncomplicated, and easy to follow Gift Card Holder Design. Catherine you must of read my To Do List and knew that I was looking for this? You just made everything easier for me. Consider yourselves hugged!

[Amy Hanschen]

Nicole, your gift boxes are adorable! And reusable! Thanks for sharing them with us!

[theCook]

Love those simple gift card holders!

[Sandy K.]

What a great kickoff to the 12 days of giveaways. To say I love Scrapbook and Cards Today and Fancy Pants is a given. It has been a must do of mine to start stitching on cards and scrapbook layouts so I am positively salivating over the chance to win that fabulous machine from Janome. What a Christmas that would be to win all of today's special products from amazing companies.

Sandy :)

[kae_c]

What an awesome prize! thanks for the directions for the gift card holder - I will be using that this year.

[Michelle Mounts]

What a wonderful giveaway!! Love the gift card too! I am going to try that idea! :)

[Bevb]

WOW! Day one is certainly a jaw dropper. What a fabulous, generous giveaway. I just this year had to part with my sewing machine of 50 years. and I would dearly love to win this. Thank you to your most generous sponsors, I can't believe that Janome Canada and Fancy Pants Designs are giving this to one lucky person. Thanks for this awesome chance and Merry Christmas to everyone. Your card holder is a a sure thing to make this year and you made it look so easy. Thank you.

[diana]

Great project and awesome giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win. ;-)

[Joana]

Awesome prize! I love the gift card holder.

[Cindy Zemble Stewart]

omgggg!!! i cannot believe you arer giving away a sewing machine!! WOW! ah-ma-zing and so generous of you all! thanks and Merry Christmas
oh and cute gift card holder!! adorable :)

[Janis in ID]

LOVE the gift card holder idea!!! And what a terrific giveaway!! Count me in!
<3 J

jwoolbright at gmail dot com
Christmas GIVEAWAY at herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/

[shirl boughner]

exciting week starting with all the give a-ways. Thanks for all the work gathering the sponsors for this event. I would love to win a sewing machine as it looks so nice on the pages. And all the other items are wonderful as well.

[Efrat]

WoW!! happy holidays to everyone

[Karen Sullivan]

What great giveaways.....would love to win!

[Dale Daiken]

I have worn out a few sewing machines over the years. The only one working for me today is one that will only do a forward & back stitch, so I really do need a new one. Thank you to SCT & Janome for the chance to win this awesome Janome G1218 machine.

[Dianne Haist]

What amazing giveaways.Thank you.

You have solved my gift card problem. Love the holder. Off to make them now.Thank you for the inspiration.

[Sharon P.]

Wonderful prizes!

[Glenda Thorne]

OK, my dream has come true! Would love to win these prizes.

[Linda Tupper]

What a fantastic prize. I would love to win this great machine as I don't have one. Sure could use one.