It’s graduation time and you might need a Graduation Gift Card Money Holder Idea for a graduate! It’s graduation time for everyone from pre-school and kindergarten all the way up to college and PhD’s! And most often we gift them with cash, a check, or a gift card. If you are a cardmaker and papercrafter, you undoubtedly want to make something special for the graduate in which to give your gift. This is a very easy pattern and you can decorate and embellish it any way you like. Change the embellishments and colors to make it for any occasion, like birthdays or Christmas.
Start with a 4 1/4″ x 12″ piece of paper. I used Whisper White Cardstock. If you don’t have 12″ x 12″ cardstock, you could also use designer paper. Score this strip of paper at 4″ and 8″, basically in thirds since the paper is 12″ long. Then on the end section, cut from the score line down to the corner on a diagonal. This can be on either end of the card.
Put a strip of Tear & Tape Adhesive on the bottom of that section with the diagonal cut. Then fold that diagonal piece over to the inside panel next to it. Stamp or embellish the inside of this gift card holder however you like. I used the words in the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set. (If you are interested in this stamp set and the Happy Birthday Thinlit Die, purchase the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Bundle and save 10%. The Bundle – ALL Bundles– in the current catalog are retiring May 31 – even if the stamp set is continuing on to the new catalog. The Bundle is just being taken apart to make room for the new catalog Bundles!)
Now let’s go back to the front of the graduation gift card holder cover. Of course you would want to use school colors if you knew them, otherwise black and white with maybe some gold or silver is always appropriate.
My gift card is on a black background but the card base itself is Whisper White Cardstock. There is a layer of Basic Black with another layer of Whisper White on top of that. I stamped three balloons from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous Stamp Set and punched them out with the Balloon Bouquet Punch. For some extra bling, I punched two more balloons in Silver Foil. The strings are just hand drawn with the narrow tip of the Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker. The “Congratulations” is stamped from the Flourishing Phrases Stamp Set and layered on another piece of Silver Foil.
If you need another idea that can hold a graduation greeting and some monetary gift, check out this Graduation Pocket Card I made HERE.
Even though I labeled this gift card holder for graduation, you can see how you could copy it exactly and it could be for a birthday or other gift-giving occasion! It will only take you a few minutes to make the basic money holder and you can decorate it appropriately however you like. If you are looking for a Graduation Gift Card Money Holder Idea, try this one out!