Gift Card Tin

With my daughter and son-in-law’s first anniversary coming up, I plan on getting them a gift card to their favorite local restaurant.  Being as they are on a budget, I thought it would be nice for them to take a night out to eat together {I’ll even babysit!}.  How many times have you thought that these little mint tins must be good for something once they are empty?

I’ve been saving all of mine, especially after seeing several different ways of decorating and using them.  Did you know that gift cards fit inside them perfectly?  I decided to dress one up for the gift card to “the kids”.  I got a scrap of scrapbook paper, some embellishment papers, and some dimensional embellishments. 

I used an old JC Penney reward card as my template {it also works well to get air bubbles out of Mod Podge projects and to use in applying vinyls}.  You can sand and paint the tins, but I decided to just work with the red in this tin.

I will either use some shredded paper or tissue paper to cushion the gift card inside the tin.  Plus, it will make a nicer presentation.

Here is one I started for myself to hold a mini-album of pictures of my granddaughter and myself.

“E” is for Evalyse and “L” is for my grandma name ~ LaLa {which actually has a story behind it; I’ll tell you about it sometime.}  This cardstock has been cut and will be the base for the album.

Another month or so and then I’ll start decorating a few for Christmas.  I think this might be a banner year for gift cards {especially for gas}!  The tins will fit perfectly into stockings or tucked onto a branch on the tree.

My Joss & Main $100.00 e-spree Giveaway ends this Sunday! 

Kathy