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I Discovered Santa’s Belt Buckle

December 5, 2019 2 Comments

Yesterday I received a small order from Stampin’ Up! It contained the last of the Online Extravaganza products ordered by my customers and an extra surprise. I thought I was ordering the Ornate Frames Dies but I didn’t realise the set included Santa’s belt buckle too!

Gift card holder with Santa's belt buckle created using the Ornate Frames Dies & "believe" sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set, all from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

CLASSIC SANTA COLOURS

I began my project by making the basic gift card holder using Real Red Card. Then I added a thumb notch at the open end using the 1/2″ Circle Punch.

You can see the process for creating the basic gift card holder in the video below. In this video I cut down a notecard to 3″ x 7-1/2″ but you can use any piece of card that size.

To make things easier for you I also created a diagram showing all the cutting and scoring measurements.

Diagram to create a simple gift card holder. #papercraftwithme

Once I had my Real Red gift card holder made, all I needed to do was add Santa’s belt.

SANTA’S BELT EXPLAINED

First I cut a 3/4″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Basic Black Card. Then I folded it around the gift card holder so the two ends met at the back roughly in the centre. But I wasn’t ready to fix it in place just yet.

Next I stamped the ‘believe’ sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set onto some Shimmery White Card using Tuxedo Black ink. Then from my new Ornate Frames Dies I took the small label die and cut out the sentiment. This die is great because it also added a small hole at the top so I could thread it onto some Whisper White Bakers’ Twine.

Gift card holder with Santa's belt buckle created using the Ornate Frames Dies & "believe" sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set, all from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

Turning Santa’s belt over I attached the loose ends of the Baker’s Twine to the back with a little Tear & Tape Adhesive. Then with more Tear & Tape I fixed the the belt around the gift card holder.

ONE FANCY GOLD BUCKLE

That just left the belt buckle to do.

First I found a scrap of Gold Foil Sheet roughly 1-1/4″ x 1-1/4″. Then I covered the back of the foil with pieces of Tear and Tape Adhesive. Next I cut out the foil using the squarish die in the Ornate Frames Dies. With that done I removed the backing from the Tear & Tape Adhesive and attached the buckle to finish Santa’s belt off in style.

Oh my goodness, I can’t believe I waited so long to get these dies! They are gorgeous and I’m so pleased that they’re not retiring just yet. Right now you can buy them by themselves as I did, or as part of a bundle with the coordinating Spooktacular Bash Stamp Set. If you buy the bundle you’ll save 10% off the cost of getting the stamp set and dies separately. However unlike the dies, that stamp set is retiring and only available while stocks last.

But I here’s some advance information, there is a new stamp set designed to coordinate with the Ornate Frames Dies coming out on January 3rd. More about that later.

For now though, I think I need to go and play with these dies some more.

PRODUCT LIST

UPDATE 2021 – Sadly the following products have retired and are no longer available from Stampin’ Up!

  • Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Set
  • Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine (white twine is included in the new Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack)
  • 1/2″ Circle Punch
Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Real Red 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Gold Foil Sheets
Gold Foil Sheets
Shimmery White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Shimmery White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock
Whisper White Solid Baker's Twine
Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)
Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En)
Ornate Frames Dies
Ornate Frames Dies
1/2" (1.3 Cm) Circle Punch
1/2″ (1.3 Cm) Circle Punch
Paper Snips
Paper Snips
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Tear & Tape Adhesive
Tear & Tape Adhesive

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  1. geraldine says

    December 5, 2019 at 11:19 am

    Oh, how perfectly perfect!! Very cute!!

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    • Tracy Elsom says

      December 5, 2019 at 7:48 pm

      Thank you Geraldine

      Reply

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