Happy Holidays, everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the holiday season so far. Are you almost finished with your shopping and gift wrapping? There’s no doubt that gift cards continue to be a very popular gift. You can personalize a gift card by making an extra special, sparkly holder for it.
An empty Altoid tin is just big enough to snuggly hold a gift card. I took an empty tin, coated it with glitter, then added a ribbon, flower, tag and crystals. Here’s the finished product.
It’s pretty easy to make something like this. First, gather an empty Altoid tin, glitter, gesso (or paint that matches the color of the glitter you’re using), and decoupage glue like Mod Podge.
Apply a thin layer of paint to the outside of the tin to even out the color. Try to avoid painting the small rim where the lid overlaps the bottom edge so that you’ll be able to easily open and close the lid after it’s coated.
Once the paint is dry (which you can speed along with a heat gun or hair dryer), add a thin coat of decoupage glue. Again, try to avoid coating the small rim where the lid and bottom overlap. While the decoupage glue is still wet, sprinkle on the glitter and let dry. Optional: Add a second coat of decoupage glue afterwards to seal in the glitter.
Adhere embellishments and a stamped sentiment to the top of the glittered tin. Note: The adorable “Happiest of Holidays” stamped sentiment is one of the exclusive stamps included with the fabulous SCT Delivered Winter Kit!
Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today, dear SCT friends! I wish you a very happy holiday season, and hope you’re able to squeeze in some fun crafty time for yourself!
"12 Days of Holiday Giving" Day Nine GIVEAWAY!
It's Day Nine and the fun is far from over! Today we've got three more of our amazing partners joining us to celebrate you by offering three more huge prizes! Let's hum that favourite song at this time of year together…"On the 9th day of SCT's 12 days of holiday giving, SCT offered to me…." (don't be afraid to sing it nice and loud!!!)
Our first prize is a sweet package from our friends at Lawn Fawn Stamps featuring the Sprinkled with Joy stamps, die and add-on! How cute is this set…
Our second prize today is from our wonderful friends at Cocoa Daisy kits!
"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to our friends on the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog! We wish you a joyful holiday season and hope you'll find joy in the spirit of giving! We know we're pretty joyful to be giving away the most current Cocoa Daisy scrapbooking kit to one lucky SCT reader! Our December kit, Moments, is all about spending relaxing time at home, cozied up on the couch, being with those you love. Yellows, turquoises, fuchsia, and grays balanced with some very fancy pops of gold in this kit, the perfect way to dress up any project. You'll get products from Pink Paislee and Crate Paper, as well as our Cocoa Daisy exclusives. Die cuts, stamps, alphabets, stickers, tags, wood veneer, vellum, and baker's twine will give you plenty of embellishing choices! So get ready, Moments has what you'll need to create a memorable December." ~ Cocoa Daisy
We have one more amazing prize today from our friends at Scrapbook.com! We have loved our partnership with Scrapbook.com this year. Did you know they offer a sweet discount to our online class participants? And that when we release an issue we send a whole skid of them to Scrapbook.com for their customers which they give out for FREE? They also love to celebrate with us and have this amazing prize to share with you!
"We are excited to participate in SCT's "12 Days of Holiday Giving" Festivities! One lucky winner will receive an amazing Die Set valued at $140 (5 STAR RATED – BESTSELLER.) The Complete Nested Variety Kit from Umbrella Crafts (exclusively available at Scrapbook.com) is the perfect addition to all of your die-cutting and crafting needs. If you are a beginner, this is the best bundle to start your manual die-cutting obsession! You will enjoy using these basic shapes over and over for everything from cards, to party decor, to school projects, to gift giving, to pocket page scrapbooking! You will appreciate the versatility of the true 4" x 6" rectangle, the crisp squares, the classic circles, the adorable hearts and the scalloped variations. Wafer-Thin is IN! These are the best, high quality metal dies on the market and can easily cut paper, cardstock, foil and vellum. Umbrella Crafts Dies are compatible with most die cutting machines (sold separately)."
WOW! Falalalala! What an amazing Day Nine. Want an opportunity to win all these prizes? Be sure to leave a comment below by midnight EST, December 23rd. On December 24th one winner from each day will be randomly selected and announced right here! Super easy!
Let's keep the jolly nature of this day going by heading over to the Facebook pages of today's partners! They will love hearing from you and as they always say, the SCT readers are the most appreciative around. We could not agree more.
Have a wonderful Sunday friends! We'll be back here tomorrow with more holiday fun for you! If it's your first day joining us be sure to start on Day One here and follow along!
I just love the glittered tin. I have to make this. Thank you for the chance to win in another day of such great prizes. I so need die sets. Thank you to all the great sponsors.
The tin is such a great idea! Thanks for the chance to win some great prizes. The sponsors &SCT are so generous!
I love to bake for Christmas and I find it’s the best way to spread Christmas Cheer, along with singing :)
It makes my day to check out the Holiday give away, Thanks SCT!!
What a wonderful way to get this Sunday started with inspiration!.
Great projects! Merry Christmas
Wow! Beautiful Tin idea, and so easy to do. Love the prizes today!
What fun and beautiful prizes! Thanks for the opportunity to win! ??
Wow that stove die cut is so cute would love to have
That set of nesting dies is a fabulous prize! I would definitely put another coat of ModPodge over the glitter on the tin – I have been working with glittered foam snowflakes this week and that glitter gets everywhere!
Love the diecuts such a fun and awesome prize
Wow wow wow what awesome prizes today! I could definitely put all of these items to good use . Happy holidays to all and thank you for chance to win.
Awww!!! Such a cutie project and card!!! The prizes of today are amazing!!! Great Sponsors!!!
I love the idea of using an altoids box, its hinged lid keeps thing from going missing! Another use for that box, unglittered, in my snowy and cold climate, is to put 6 tea light candles inside it for a traveling ‘heat kit’ in emergencies. Add a BBQ lighter, and you will stay warm enough for 12 hours. Each tealite will burn for 2 hours, so you have heat and light. Add a bag of mini marshmallows and some toothpicks, and you can toast marshmallows over the flames! lol
Oh goodness, that tin is so pretty; without the second layer of decoupage I imagine the glitter would be spreading “joy” for a long time! The prizes today are phenomenal!!
Such an amazing giveaway – I must be dreaming! Would LOVE to win!! The tin idea is amazing and I always give my husband Starbucks gift cards! A great way to package them! Will so have to try this idea! Thanks so much for a great idea and a day of GREAT prizes!
Wow! Amazing prizes again today. And the gift card holder is sweet!
What a clever idea to use and decorate the tin. So pretty
I used decorate those tins. I forgot all about those. Throwback
Love your stuff! Please?!?
everything is so adorable but I especially like the oven. I love to bake all year long but especially during the holidays.
It keeps on getting better as the days go on!!! Love each of these companies and thanks for the wonderful gift card holder ideas.
Great prizes again I hope to win Thanks for the chance
Thank you for today’s tutorial and a big shout out to today’s sponsors. My niece and I love to bake so the LF prize would be well used by us. The die package is a very generous prize. My BigShot sure would like to crank out some new die cuts :)
Love the Lawn Fawn cards!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win such terrific prizes!
Happy Holidays!
Love that glittered tin idea – going to make that this week i think ! Also great prizes today for 12 days ! Would love to win those nested dies ? ?
Love the products!! Would really love to win them!!
So many inspirations ideas (and prizes)! Eek! Thank you so so much for bringing us scrapbookers so many ways to obtain inspiration and knowledge of our craft. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Love the tin idea, such great prizes. Thanks for the chance to win!
The prizes are so great! Thank you to all of the sponsors!
Great, glittery Altoids tin! More fun prizes too! Thanks to SCT, Lawn Fawn and Cocoa Daisy!
Dies and Stamps are my favorite supplies to work with and I absolutley LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! this giveaway. Oh wish my luck! Lawn Fawn, Cocoa Daisy have done it again and so I sing. “On the ninth day of Christmas…. Oh I can’t wait for the draws. Merry Christmas everyone.
What a gorgeous tin! Love the inspiration each and every day! More fabulous sponsors! I left them some love!
Oh the fun I could have with these! good luck every one!
I love your glittered gift card tin. It looks great. Thanks as always to your sponsors for the wonderful giveaways. :D
Oh ? wow. Beautiful prizes. So many nice things. Have a wonderful time during the Holidays
The Cocoa Daisy kit is so beautiful, I can’t stop looking at it!
I have giftcards to wrap… will DEFINITELY be doing this! Love it :)
Love the idea.. Thank you, and such awesome prizes.
I love that gift card tin! Especially love the Cocoa Daisy kit prize. Would love to win!
What amazing prizes!
Thanks for the amazing giveaway, I love all of the creative ideas.
Your prizes are great..would love to win one
Glitter is always a great way to embellish especially around Christmas. Great prizes–always look forward each day to see your wonderful giveaways. So lucky to have such great sponsors.
Oh the possibilities! So much fun.
What a cute gift card holder! I will have to start collecting small tins ;) And the prizes today are awesome! Such wonderful companies donating such amazing products all week! Thank you for the chance to win.
Always so many neat I ideas. Love the dies I find myself using dies for so many projects.
Wow!! Amazing prizes! Would LOVE to be the lucky one today!!
These prizes are amazing. Merry Christmas to all!
Everything is better with glitter! What a great way to jazz up giving a gift card. Amazing prizes again today SCT you sure do know how to spoil us.
The ninth day of giving is awesome!