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Tutorial: Watercolor Gift Card Holder + Giveaway

Hello Everyone, welcome back for another Pretty Pink Posh tutorial.

The holidays are coming up and some may be opting for gift cards instead of gift wrapping. This tutorial will help you use your different die-cuts that you might already have on hand to create a holder for gift cards. For this project I used the new released Holiday Pals stamp set, Holiday Pals coordinating dies, Rainy Days stamp set, Rainy Days coordinating dies, along with the 6mm Clear Droplets and 4mm Clear Droplets.

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To begin, I first watercolored the background for my card panel. Then I stamped the images from Holiday Pals and Rainy Days stamp sets on a watercolor paper and watercolored each image and used the coordinating die-cuts for each one. To watercolor each images I used the Zig Clean Real Brush 60 set, which really versatile. If you don’t want to color it directly on the watercolor paper you can put down the color on the acrylic block and use your wet paint brush to get the color from the block and start watercoloring this way.

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To begin my holder for the gift card, I cut a piece of cardstock bigger than the gift card and traced the lines using the gift card and used the lines as guide on where to put the die-cut.  Like the picture below, I left the top part of the cardstock and the die-cut hanging,  this will avoid cutting when you ran the plate through the machine.

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The cloud die cut from the Rainy Days coordinating dies is really pretty holding the Gift Card. You can try using different kinds of die-cuts to create your own designs for your Gift Card holder.

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This is just another look of the Gift Card adhered inside of the card.

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Finally, I adhered the pieces from Holiday Pals and Rainy Days using foam tape and finished it off with lots of 6mm & 4mm Clear Droplets using the Multi Medium Matte adhesive. It’s the best for little embellishments!

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Want to win the Rainy Days stamp set, coordinating dies and droplets? Paulina is giving one away in today’s post! It’s a great way to add to your collection, or it would make a fun Christmas present to a crafty friend!

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I hope you guys enjoyed today’s tutorial! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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164 Comments

  2. I love the soft colors! I recently tried watercoloring with dye inks thanks to a tip by Jennifer Mcguire and I loved the results! Will be using this coloring technique much more as it allows me to get more mileage out of my dye inks!

  3. An absolutely charming way to dress up a gift card! Sweet and pretty! My favourite colouring medium of late: markers and coloured pencils. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity!
    ~carol

  4. that’s a great idea on using the die cut to make a gift card holder!

  5. What a cute and inventive idea for the gift card holder! I was actually trying to find a die cut for one on SSS and EH right before seeing this post. So much more cost efficient and totally cute!

  10. That is such a cute card with those sweet little penguins. Love their eyes. So happy. Clever idea to use the cloud to make card holders! Thanks!

  12. What a great idea to use a different die to make the holder for your gift card! Love this!

  14. I love using distress inks as watercolors… I love the colors!

    I love the thought of using a cloud die to hold your gift card… so creative!!

  18. Such a beautiful card! Great idea to use the cloud to create a gift card holder.

  19. OH MY so as crafters we hoard one thing, some its paper and some its stamps or adhesive. Mine are clouds. I am not sure why I am sooooo obsessed with them. I create a lot of scenes and if you use the same clouds, after a while they look like the same scene and these clouds and umbrellas would be a PERFECT addition. thanks for the opportunity to win!

  20. I plan on giving several gift card and this is such a cute card. Thank you

  21. Your little gift card holder is so adorable! I love how you made it with partial die-cutting of the cloud die! I guess my favorite coloring medium is the one I use most often, which is Prismacolor pencils. I do enjoy watercolor occasionally too.

  25. This is a great idea! Thanks for the tutorial and pictures. It sure helps when trying it on my own. Thanks for the giveaway too!

  28. Your card is so soft and pretty. I like to use a lot of different mediums for coloring but I guess my favorite is copics. Thanks.

  29. I am still a beginner at watercolors,but fortunately there are many great tutorials out there.

  30. Oh my goodness this is adorable! Very creative way to make a gift card holder, thanks for sharing this idea!

  31. A fun way to make the holder for the gift card. Decorative and pretty.
    thanks for the idea.

  32. Love the gift card holder idea – – never would have thought of that!!

  33. Adorable card and such a clever way to create a unique gift card holder.
    I don’t colour as much as I’d like to. Although I’m beginning to be a bit more comfortable using alcohol markers and love to use water colour for backgrounds, I feel that coloured pencils give me the most control so far. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome giveaway!

  35. What a great idea to use clouds to make a gift card holder. I wouldn’t have thought of that in a million years. Your card is so soft looking and pretty and I just love the stamps and dies and the pretty colors you used.

  36. What a sweet card! I love the watercoloring on these cute little holiday pals! And what a fabulous way to use the cloud die to hold the gift card! LOVE it!

  37. Very pretty for a gift card holder. When I am in a hurry I like to use my Copics. When I have more time I like to watercolor or use my colored pencils with Gamsol.

  41. My favorite coloring medium is using Distress Inks as that’s what I have the most of. Fantastic card today!!

  44. I enjoy using Copics as my medium to color in objects! Your card is really cute.

  45. Such a cute card! I love the partial cutting of the clouds for a gift card holder!!! Such a unique technique!

  46. What a clever way to make a gift card holder. I love this design and using those adorable images made me smile. Love the “droplets” as well. Your water coloring is really nice. TFS!

  47. Beautiful card! I never would have thought to use dies this way. Thanks so much for the tip!

  48. This watercolor card is amazing,! What a brilliant gift card die cut idea too! I love my Zig real brush markers as well as my Distress mini cubes for watercoloring. Thanks for a wonderful video and generous giveaway.

  49. My favorite color medium is distress inks! Thanks so much showing how to use misc. dies for holding the gift card. I’d never thought of that. What a cool idea!

  50. I’ve been using Stampin’ Up markers for years. I occasionally use colored pencils.

  51. I always love your creations, Joni! And I’m crazy about wtercoloring right now, too! But I also love my Copics!

  52. Lovely card. I not only like the design of your card, but also all the colors…gift card cut out is awesome as well.

  54. Seriously, the cutest penguins ever! Also, love how you made the little card holder. Brilliant. ♥

  56. Well, it’s too soon to tell if it’s my favorite…but I just bought some watercolor pencils that I CANNOT wait to try out!

  58. Right now I’m having fun withy Zig Real Brush pens but I do like my Copics too!

  59. I love the idea of using the clouds for gift card holder! I am in the process of making a lot of gift card holders and I am going to start looking at my dies in a different way now. Thank you!

  60. This is such a great idea! My favorite coloring medium is copics. I haven’t used a lot of watercolor, so I’m still a little scared of it!

  61. I am a new customer and loved my first order. Especially the hand written note that came along with it. It will not go in “file 13”. Thank you for being there and being so kind with your words.

  62. I really love the blending I can get with Copics, but I keep returning to my Prismacolor pencils, my old friends.

  63. Joni makes the most beautiful cards and this one is no exception!! I’ve become rather attached to my pencils of late, not that I’m very good at colouring with them but I’m getting better. Water colouring would be my next choice, with my Ziggies!!

  66. Wow – the coloring on this cute card is fabulous! LOVE it! I use colored pencils mainly, but I would love to try water coloring with Copics (or similar).

  67. Beautiful gift card holder. Love the idea of using cloud dies. Very nice!! I don’t have any copics. So I use my regular markers and watercolor. I’ve not tried pencils yet.
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

  69. Absolutely ADORABLE card! LOVE it!!

    My favorite coloring medium…..has to be a tie between copics and watercolor. Love pencils, but I’m terrible with them :-D

  72. What a nice tip. Thank you! I never thought of using existing die to make a gift-card holder–very clever. I will definitely use this in my Christmas Cards I’ll be working on over the Thanksgiving holiday ☺

  73. Beautiful card and what a great way to get more use out of our dies. I’m loving the droplets.

  75. Super cute card holder with all the PPP products, great coloring and card design.

  76. What a neat card, so pretty and delicate. Love your watercolouring.

  78. I loved the way you made the insert for the gift card. Very clever!

  79. I’m in the shallow end of the pool, just easing into coloring and so far it’s nice watercolor pencils for me!
    I am so impressed at your ‘outside the box’ thinking for using different dies for gift card projects….that’s just so cool!

  80. Such a beautiful card! Love the sentiment! Those penguins are the cutest! Awesome idea for the gift card placement! Love partial die cutting technique!

  83. My favorite color medium is distress inks. You can almost anything with them.

  85. Love the card, and a great way to give a gift card as well. Hope your holiday is great

  86. I just love the colors used on this card and the images are so adorable.

  87. Love the Rainy day set and dies. My favorite color medium choice is cross between copics and prismacolored pencils.

  90. My favorite way to color is with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol, I would love to try Copics or the Zig Clean Color markers, but I haven’t got them yet.

  91. What a great idea to stretch existing dies/stamps! And the card is simply adorable..and those clear droplets are to die for!! Such cute design! 👍🏻👍🏻

  92. I love the new stamp & die sets! I’m going to give yall a try on my next order.
    Thank you, Sandra

  94. What a great idea for using the cloud die to partical cut and make the gift card holder. Love it! I love using Copics but watercolor is also fun.

  95. My favorite medium is copic right now. I am still learning though. Love how you used the cloud to make the holder for the card.

  96. What an awesome idea for getting more use of your dies, especially the smaller dies. I love using Copic markers or watercolours (distress markers) the most. I seem to get the best results from them.

  98. Great prizes! There are so many creations to be made with the Rainy Days Stamp and dies!

  99. Cute Card! Nice idea using clouds to hold the gift card! Great Job Joni! <3 Your Art Work!

  101. That is so very clever that gift card holder. And the card is gorgeous too! Thanks for the inspiration and a chance to win.

  103. Gorgeous card design!!! I love using my copic markers to color images, it’s magic to see how the blending appears!!!

    1. Oh, and my favourite way to colour is watercolour (although its just chucked on!)

  108. Awesome idea. I love the clouds as the holder. I love to use both copics, water color and colored pencils.

  109. Your card is so darling and using the clouds for the gift card holder is so clever! Thanks for sharing your idea. :-)

  110. My favorite color medium to work with has got to be Distress inks. I also love working with watercolor paints.

  113. Darling card with pretty details and coloring!
    I am loving my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers!

  114. Hi Paulina ~ Not only are your penguins adorable and your water coloring beautiful, but what a clever way to use the dies on the gift card. Love everything about this card!! I’m addicted to your droplets and will need to be reordering them soon!!
    Happy Thanksgiving!

    #sharehandmadekindness

  115. DELIGHTFUL card Joni!!!
    I don’t have much colouring experience, to date it has been with watercolour pencils. My latest crafty addition (and addiction) are Zig Wink Of Stella Glitter Markers, looking forward to branching out to the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens soon.
    THANK YOU for the INSPIRATION and the chance to win :)

  117. This card is very sweet… and I love your inventive gift card holder idea. So much prettier than buying a bog standard cutting die made for that purpose. Thanks for sharing :)

  119. I love that you took a rainy day and turned it into showers of blessings! This is such a cute card and no one will know there’s a gift card inside until it’s opened. I love it!

  120. That is such a neat idea to use the cloud dies to hold a gift card. How clever!

  123. Fabulous card. I love the way you used the partial cut cloud die to hold the gift card. My favourite colour medium is distress ink – either using the pen or the pads to watercolour.

  125. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing. Your tutorial was great, so easy to understand.

  126. Joni! This is a great way to use your dies, that I have not thought of yet. Thanks so much for sharing. I love your water coloring too. This is such a sweet stamp set. I love water color and copics both so well. Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving!

  129. Adorable card and such a cute way to create a gift card holder. my fav. medium to colour is watercolour and colouring pencils.

  130. Sooo cute! Thanks for the DIY card holder tip! My favorite coloring medium right now is Copics.

  131. SUPER SWEET Project!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chance to WIN!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE to us Color Period!! I LOVE EVERYTHING!! I’ve been water coloring ALOT with my Distress and Zig Markers, but I still use my Copics just as much!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

  132. I love the look of Copic markers but they are just too expensive for me! These clear droplets look amazing!

  133. Such a cute idea to use clouds to hold the gift card. I try a little bit of every colouring medium but I like to control of water colour pencils best.

  134. This is such a completely adorable card- I love the colors!
    My favorite color medium right now are the Zig Clean Real Brush pens. The colors are so vivid!
    Thanks for the inspiration :-)

  135. I like trying all coloring mediums–copics, zig clear color brush markers, colored pencils . . . And Joni’s card is adorable!

  137. I have Copics, shinHan Touch, Inkcrdibles, Stampin Up and Tim Holtz markers, Zig-drawing, writing, and new paint markers, some PRIMA, SOME Tombow, water color: pencils, pans, tubes; pastels, crayons, chalks, DTP with inks, and DTP with mica & alcohol inks or mica, white glue and two pices of colored glossy papers, But, and I dont think, I’ve forgotten any, but my fav must be my Prismacolors and Gamsol.

  138. WOW.. what a soft cuddly cozy looking card…I love how their eyes even though they are closed.. like they are smiling … like they have a little secret …and the do….lol….it’s on the inside. What an awesome idea to use the clouds as a card holder. Thanks so much for sharing and the chance to win. Sincerely
    LesLee

  139. When I started Cardmaking a couple of years ago I fell in love with Copics (still love them ;-) ) but lately I really enjoy Watercoloring!
    Joni’s soft coloring is so beautiful and the way she created the gift card holder is really clever!

  141. Stunning card, from the watercolors to the Pretty Pink Posh elements..love the stretch your dies use of the clouds. My favorite at the moment are colored pencils

  142. It depends on what I’m making, but I like using my Prismacolor pencils.

  144. Such a cute way to make gift card holders to match the card.
    My favourite colouring medium at the moment is watercolour, either pencil or markers.

  147. This is such a beautiful card / card holder and I just love those droplets.
    Thanks for sharing. =)

  149. I love that you’re based out of Seattle! We live in lacey.
    What a great idea for a gift card! I love it

  151. What a pheonomenal card. I also love the fact that the die cuts are more versatile than just for the main idea. Thank you for sharing. I have become such a big fan of PPP.

  152. Loving this set. I would like to use this set with watercolors. Very soft look.

  154. What a clever way to make the gift card holder! The water coloring is beautiful.

  155. Happy Thanksgiving Paulina!! Super sweet card, I love the happy penguin faces! My favorite coloring medium is probably my Tim Holtz Distress Markers and Mini Pads. I need to buy a Zig Marker and see what I can do with it. Blessings, Kym

  157. I just found your website via FB I love your line of sequins and die cuts and your selection of stamps is cute. I really enjoy this watercolor tutorial as I have been wanting to do some watercoloring Thanks

  158. You just made rainy days a fun thing! I will be sending gift cards in a cute way now!

  159. Such a great idea using a cloud die for the gift card holder. So creative!
    To answer your question, my favorite coloring medium is the Derwent
    Inktense water soluble ink pencils. Love, love, love. The color is intense!

  160. These little penguins are so lovable. I love how your stamps turned out. I am blown away each time you come out with new products, I just wish I could buy them all up.

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