Welcome to Your Creative Connection; a bi-monthly creative showcase which comes to you on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday/Thursday of each month.  Your Creative Connection came together from a group of eight global friends wanting to give you a worldwide connection to creativity.  We hope to inspire you to connect with us as we share papercraft ideas using Stampin’ Up! products.  Each showcase will have a theme, and we will ‘travel’ around the world to connect with our creative friends.

This week's Your Creative Connection theme is GIFT CARD FOR ANY OCCASION.  I took this challenge literally and created a z-fold card that holds a gift card, and used the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set, Lily Pad Dies, Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper, and Metallic Baker's Twine & Sequins.  I love how they all coordinate!

Stamps: Lovely Lily Pad (photopolymer: 152288), Sending You Thoughts (cling: 152297).  Ink: Bermuda Bay (147096), Calypso Coral (147101), Grapefruit Grove (147142), Blackberry Bliss (147092), VersaMark (102283).  Card/Paper: Bermuda Bay (131286), Blackberry Bliss (133682), Whisper White (106548), Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper (152284).  Accessories: Metallic Baker's Twine & Sequins Combo Pack (152314), White Stampin' Emboss Powder (109132).  Tools: Lily Pad Dies (152315), 1-1/2" Circle Punch (138299), Heat Tool (129056), Embossing Buddy (103083), Stamping Sponges (141337), Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430).

I have showcased this gift card design by Dawn Griffith previously, using the Peaceful Poppies Suite.  I love how this design folds flat for shipping...

Sits up for display...

And opens in a surprising way to reveal a pocket containing a gift card...  It's like a gift card inside a card, inside a card! 

This gorgeous card was created specifically for a birthday.  However, the lilies-theme is beautifully universal and it would be easy to use this card for any occasion.  I could have equally have stamped Congratulations or Thanks inside instead of Happy Birthday.

The next stop on the Your Creative Connection tour is Jenn Tinline...

If you get lost in your travels, here's a complete list of everyone on this tour...

Janneke Dijkstra de Jong - Netherlands
Michelle Last - UKClaire Daly - AustraliaDawn Olchefske - USA
- Austria
Kristine McNickle - New Zealand
Jenn Tinline - Canada
Jennifer Pauli - Germany

A reminder that Sale-A-Bration finishes next week!  Make sure you have placed your qualifying order and received all the FREE gifts, like the Lovely Lily Pad stamp set, Lily Pad Dies, Lily Impressions Designer Series Paper, or Metallic Baker's Twine & Sequins.

If you live in New Zealand, love what you see, and want to purchase Stampin' Up! products then shop online with me...