I’m doing well after my recent cataract surgery although as I’ve only had one eye done so far my vision is a bit lop-sided. Still, the second surgery is scheduled for next week so I’ll be able to really get back to my crafting soon. That said I couldn’t resist making a quick project using the March 2024 Paper Pumpkin kit called Memorable Meadows. The gorgeous watercolour scenes are hard to cut up, but that’s exactly what I decided to do. The result was this pretty birthday gift card holder.

DAISY MEADOWS GIFT CARD

First I cut the front off the landscape daisy card base from the Memorable Meadows kit. Then from that I used the main die from the Mini Pocket Envelope Dies to cut out the basic gift card holder piece. Next I took a large purple vellum piece from the kit and covered the back with some Adhesive Sheet. With that done I used the same die to cut out the vellum and give it a scalloped top to match the back portion of the gift card holder. All I had to do was peel off the backing from the Adhesive Sheet and fix it into place on the die-cut card.

Now I folded the card along the ‘scored’ lines left by the die and put a little Tear & Tape Adhesive along the side and bottom tabs. Finally I tucked the tabs in, folded over the front section and pressed it firmly into place.

Going back to the Memorable Meadows kit I chose the wide sentiment label and the “have a beautiful birthday” sentiment. However, instead of using the included Garden Green ink spot, I found my Gorgeous Grape ink pad and used that.

The sentiment piece was too wide for the the gift card holder and I didn’t really want to cut it. But I had an idea… After flipping the sentiment over I put a line of 3 Stampin’ Dimensionals down the centre. Then I stacked two more Stampin’ Dimensionals on top of each one. I fixed some Tear & Tape Adhesive down the sides of the sentiment before using my Bone Folder to curve the right and left sides of the label up. With that done I attached it the front of the gift card holder with the centre of the sentiment lifted up.

Finally I added three sequins from the kit and my quick project was complete. Spring has definitely sprung in my craft studio.

MORE INSPIRATION

So that’s it from me for today. For more projects inspired by, or using the Memorable Meadows Paper Pumpkin kit make sure you visit these blogs by clicking on the links below.

Oh, and if you like paper with watercolour scenes check out the Meandering Meadows DSP in the Online Store.

PRODUCT LIST

If you missed getting the full kit Paper Pumpkin subscribers can still buy the Memorable Meadows Refill Kit. This contains everything from the original kit except the stamp set and ink spot.

Here’s a list of all the other products I used.