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Making Birthday Gifts for Friends….Part One: Personalized Stationary with Matching Gift Card Box

Looking a wonderful birthday gift for a special friend in your life? One of my favorite gifts for a friend’s birthday is personalized stationary in a pretty box. I look for unique boxes for the stationary like Lori Whitlock’s A2 Card and Magazine holder with skeeve. This cute little box and sleeve are perfect for a quick gift. I made this box and cards in a little over four hours using cardstock and scraps of printed paper.

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Start out by creating the magazine holder and sleeve with coordinating cardstock.

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Fold along scores and glue box as well as sleeve together.

IMG_5580Once the box is done it is time to create the matching cards. Try to do four each of three different cards in a box: Birthday, Thank You and Monogrammed Notes. Here are some of the cards that I created for this stationary set.

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If you need a gift card box, this is a really nice one to use. Download the 3D Gift Card Box with Easel Card.

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What I like about this project is that it is a box within a box. You have an outside box which just plain cardstock. Once opened there is a inside easel box also made with cardstock. The easel box has a drawer for a gift card or check with little brad pull.

IMG_5590 As with the Birthday Stationary project, I used scraps of coordinating prints to create the gift card box.

Next week: More birthday gifts ideas using Silhouette downloads…..Stay tuned!

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