Today, I’m showing you how to make these easy apple gift card holders. I love giving gift cards to teachers as a way to say thank you for all their hard work. I love to make them extra special by making a cute card or envelope. These Apple Gift Card Holders are the perfect way to dress up your gift cards and make them way more fun to give away. Read on for the full tutorial!
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED
- Cardstock (red, green, and brown)
- White Adhesive Vinyl
- Transfer Tape
- Weeding Tool
- Scraper
- Liquid Glue
- Gift Card
- Electronic cutter (cricut explore or maker, silhouette or other cutter)
- Cut File – Apple Gift Card Holder BA2465 (click here to get the SVG file for free from my free SVG Library)
STEP 1: DOWNLOAD THE FREE SVG FILE
The first thing you’ll need to do is get the free SVG file you’ll use for this project. I keep all the SVG files I use for the projects I make in my SVG Library. These SVG files work with Cricut and Silhouette machines, as well as many others. This library is open to everyone and is free! You can access the library here. Look for the file called Apple Gift Card Holder BA2465. It will be listed under school/teacher category.
STEP 2: CUT THE CARDSTOCK AND VINYL PIECES
Open the design in your software program. Keep everything grouped together and resize the design to 8″ high. This will fit a standard-size gift card. Once everything is resized, you can cut the cardstock and vinyl pieces. If you’re using Cricut Design Space, you’ll need to ungroup the layers. Then click on the red pouch and perforation lines and attach them together. Do the same with the brown background piece and oval-shaped cut lines. If you’re not using a Cricut, you’ll need to move the white parts of the design off the apple and leaf shapes. Cut the red, brown, and green pieces out of cardstock and the white pieces out of vinyl
STEP 3: PREPARE THE VINYL DESIGN
Weed away the excess vinyl from around the design.
Use your weeding tool to pull out the pieces inside of the letters and leaves.
Cut a piece of transfer tape a little larger than your design and place the vinyl on top of it.
*If your transfer tape is extra sticky, you might want to rub over it with a towel or t-shirt to remove some of the tackiness. This will prevent the transfer tape from pulling up and ripping the cardstock when you apply the vinyl*
Rub over the designs with your scraper.
Trim off the excess transfer tape and cut apart the different pieces.
Remove the vinyl backing from the quote.
Position the quote on the apple cutout.
Lightly rub over the vinyl. If you rub too hard, the transfer tape might rip the cardstock when you pull it off.
Carefully pull off the transfer tape.
Repeat with the leaves.
STEP 4: ASSEMBLE THE GIFT CARD
Fold along all the perforation lines of the pouch.
Add glue to the three tabs.
Match up the edges of the pouch with the back of the apple
Then press the tabs onto the back of the apple.
Once the glue is dry, you should have a little pouch for the gift card.
Glue the leaves onto the gift card holder.
The gift card holder should have two slits.
Slide the gift card under the slits.
Then, slide the holder into the pouch on the back of the apple.
And this gift card is ready to go!
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Want to make your own? Get the free cut file for this project in the resource library