Have you ever...

...lost your gift cards or money during the Christmas gift unwrapping? It's bound to happen! I've lost a few gift cards in my day. It's horrible as you try looking for the card in all the madness of broken ribbon and torn wrapping paper. Only to find empty envelopes but no gift cards. So I thought of a way to prevent this from happening. I decided to create an accordian folder where I can immediately place all our gift cards so there's no worry of losing them in the chaos. :)

Here's what you'll need...

• Adhesive: I used Helmar
• 3 envelopes: size 3 5/8" x 6 1/2"
• 2 pieces of your favorite Paper Trunk paper. Make sure the 2 pieces are of the same pattern or color.

1 piece cut at 6" x 6 1/2" long

other piece cut at 6 1/2" x 7 1/2" long

• a fastener of some kind

First step...

1. Take your first piece of paper, the 6" x 6 1/2" piece, and on the 6" side mark at every 1 inch. This will you keep your folds even. Each fold will be 1" in thickness when your are done.
Next step...

2. Take your 3 envelopes and glue them in each individual fold.
NOTE: Make sure to glue the envelope on the back side of each fold as shown below. Also I had my envelope's flap face the backside. To me it just looks neater but it's whatever works best for you.
3rd step...

3. Once your glue is dry, then take your other piece of paper and begin by gluing on the back part of the accordian folder.
4. Once glue is dry, then take the piece of paper, fold it around the top of the envelopes. Like so...
5. Take your fastener, here I used a button fastener, and fasten it to your folder.
Final Step... Decorate to your liking. :)

*And in about 30 minutes you have a fun and festive organizer that's sure to make your Christmas morning unwrapping that much easier.

Paper: Krafty line, Rockabilly line

For each envelope I used the krafty journal tags and

Benny alphas. I labeled each one differently.

"receipts" for gift receipts that go with gifts given to our family.

"gift cards" gift cards that we received.

"receipts: gifts I purchased" these are receipts that go with

gifts that we gave. It might be nice to have those with you

just in case there was a wrong size or a repeated gift.

You have the receipt handy to give so they won't have to wait. ;)

A close-up picture. I used some glitter glue for my snowflake.

Merry Christmas Trunkers. May your holiday be blessed.