So I was browsing Stetler Arts blog and saw an adorable shirt card design she shared. I love origami and so I thought it would be fun to do a little tweak to make the shirt a gift card holder and let it be the card rather than attach it to another piece of paper...so I will show the steps here. The beauty is you completely use your scrapbook paper.
Cut your paper in half to 6"x12
Fold in half.
Unfold and fold both sides to center as shown.
Fold the top out as shown...this will create the sleeves. I used the envelope as a guide to see how large to create the sleeves. It is approximately 2 1/4" from the top.
Turn over and fold the bottom up for the collar. Mine is about 3/4".
Turn over again and fold collar toward center as shown.
Fold so that the shirt body tucks under the collar and crease the bottom.
Fold the bottom up about an inch.
Open up and you will have to reverse to of the folds to creat an accordian effect...
it should look like this. I like to glue the back flap of the accordian fold to create more stability.
I will add three buttons.
The back looks like this.
Tuck in a note with a gift card, check or cash!
Fold in half.
Unfold and fold both sides to center as shown.
Fold the top out as shown...this will create the sleeves. I used the envelope as a guide to see how large to create the sleeves. It is approximately 2 1/4" from the top.
Turn over and fold the bottom up for the collar. Mine is about 3/4".
Turn over again and fold collar toward center as shown.
Fold so that the shirt body tucks under the collar and crease the bottom.
Fold the bottom up about an inch.
Open up and you will have to reverse to of the folds to creat an accordian effect...
it should look like this. I like to glue the back flap of the accordian fold to create more stability.
I will add three buttons.
The back looks like this.
Tuck in a note with a gift card, check or cash!
How fun. I can do that!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this, my guys will love it.
Thanks for visiting PapaSue! Keep your collar straight! LOL! Hope you have fun with this little design!
ReplyDeleteThese are pretty spiffy! Love your paper choices.
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sweet idea, it looks so thoughtful! And gift cards are sometimes the gift of last resort, but this makes it such a nicer option :)
ReplyDeleteI want to thank you and I very much appreciate your help.
ReplyDeleteThank you again.
I just want to thank you for your great idea cant wait to try
ReplyDeletethank you
too cool! Thanks for sharing and the great instructions!
ReplyDeleteThis is such an awesome Idea! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. I am always looking for things to do for gift cards, gifts and such! They are very creative!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the share...I love origami...and it's easy to do once you figure out the folds...lol. Great for the guys. Have a blessed year <3
ReplyDeleteJust found this - the older I get the more I give gift cards - I find I can't buy for others and they can't buy for me - voila - gift cards. These are so cute - I will definitely be making some. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteohh..such an awesome Idea!
ReplyDeleteif i use thicker paper will the result be the same? I would like to try with something between paper and cardboard
ReplyDeleteIt would probably work with heavier paper but you might want to score the fold lines first to prevent cracking or separating at the folds. If you do a practice one with paper you will have a template for your fold lines. Have fun!
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