Jingle Belles - Gift Cards

This fortnight the Jingle Belles asked us to create cards that doubled as gift card holders.  Truth be told gift card holders are one of the things I wind up doing last minute.  I think it depends on who and what kind of gift cards we're going to need.  Well, I know that we usually give a gift card to Dunkin' Donuts to the mailperson so I went about thinking of ideas.  I remembered having an Ellen Hutson die that has somewhat of a zippered compartment that would be pretty simple to decorate.  I tried to stick to a simple decorating scheme since the top of this card get's pulled off to get to what's inside.

Here is the backside of the front panel where I hope you can see the perforations around the edge where the panel will be pulled off.  I cut a thin piece of cardstock and attached it to the back with the other end protruding through to the front so the received might have a clue as to how to open it.  I will add a note that I precreased all those perforations, in all directions so that it would be easier for the paper to tear away.  

Here is the tab I added.  I know I have a stamp set with pre-printed directions like "Pull Here" and such which I'll have to search for.  But if I don't readily find it, I can always hand print it on the tab.

I used double-sided tape to adhere the front panel to the backing but I purposely left the side of the tab opened for now so that I will be able to insert the card when it is purchase.  I'll just have to pull the backing off the tape and it will be sealed.

And since I had all the ingredients out, I made another one and now I'm glad I did because I'm thinking that I usually also give my hairdresser a little extra something at the holidays.

So now I'm off to check out the other gift cards for this Jingle Belle challenge.  You can join me by clicking here.