Gift Card Holder SVG

How it is laid out

A gift card on its own looks a little bare, so this holder gives it a cover. The template is a long blue strip in three panels. On the left is the cover, with a red balloon and a green balloon above a yellow label that reads A GIFT FOR YOU in tall navy capitals. The middle panel holds a big yellow star, a smaller green star and two red dots. On the right is the pocket flap, with a yellow bar and a green bar, a glue tab along its top and bottom edges, and a half-circle notch on its outer edge.

Fold the pocket flap over and glue its tabs down, and it becomes a pocket for the card. The notch leaves room for a thumb, so the card slides out easily. The cover then folds over to close it.

About the folds

Each fold is a row of short dashed cuts, so you don’t need a scoring tool. A dashed fold is not quite as strong as a scored one. This template has not been folded and tested by us, so do a test cut on scrap card and try your gift card in the pocket first.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 22 pieces and 29 cut-outs. The blue holder is the main piece; the balloons, stars, bars and label are the decorations. The cut-outs include the fold dashes and the centers of the letters. It passes our cut checks from about 5.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Blue in cobalt blue: the holder itself
• Red in cherry red: one balloon and the two dots
• Green in grass green: the other balloon, the small star and one bar
• Yellow in golden yellow: the label panel, the large star and the other bar
• Lettering in deep navy blue: A GIFT FOR YOU

Getting the size right

A standard wallet-size gift card needs a fairly large cut. Start at about 9 inches wide, then measure the middle panel and the pocket against your card in the design software. The middle panel should be a little wider than the card is long, so the card lies flat when the cover closes. At the 5.5-inch minimum, the holder suits a small note or a folded bill rather than a full-size card.

Assembling

1. Cut the holder from 80 to 110 lb card.
2. Fold along the dashed lines and decide which faces will show.
3. Glue the decorations to those faces; they are separate pieces, so they can go on either side.
4. Fold the pocket flap over and glue the top and bottom tabs.
5. Slip the card in and close the cover.

Variations

Change the blue to a recipient’s favorite color with our guide to changing SVG colors, or print the decorations and cut them with Print Then Cut.

Pairs well with

The Box Card and the Lace Cutaway Card go along with it as the card itself.