Double Pocket Card - a Tutorial

This is the card I promised you in my last post - a card using the squirrel from the Peaceful Place stamp set on.  My plan originally was to make a tag card, but along the way my card morphed into something totally different.

Instead of a tag card I made a double pocket card, a pocket for each of 2 tags .  I blame a conversation I had with my friend for this transformation.

 A tutorial to make  a double pocket card, is included in this post.

Below is the final card:

Note:

• Start with an 8 1/2 by 11" piece of double sided DSP.  Place the side you want to be on the front of the card facing up.
• Score each fold as you make it.

Here's how to make the double pocket card:

1,  Fold an 8 1/2 by 11 piece of double sided DSP (in this case "Share What You Love") in half vertically and open.  Then fold it horizontally and open.

2.  With scissors, cut on the left horizontal line to the center fold line.  I inserted the bone folder in the cut to visualize it better.

3.  Fold right bottom corner to the center.

4. Fold top left corner down approximately 2 3/4"

5. Fold top left quarter on the top of the top right quarter.

6.  Fold left bottom quarter underneath the bottom of the bottom right quarter.

7.  Fold bottom right corner up to meet middle horizontal fold.

8.  Fold bottom quarter onto the top quarter to finish the card.

Close all loose edges with tombo glue or double sided tape.

I punched three holes in the left upper side with the crop-o-dile, inserted a 1/4" Rich Razzelberry velvet ribbon through them and tied them in a knot.  Conversely eyelets or brads can be inserted through these holes.

Two tags were made to inset into the pockets and an embellishment was made for the front.

Embellishment:

The squirrel was stamped with Black Memento ink on Whisper White card stock and coloured with Watercolor pencils and a blender pen. I used Stampin Blends to touch up the colours.  The image was die cut with the layering circle framelits, adhering the image circle to the slightly larger Mossy Meadow scallop circle with dimensionals.  This in turn was adhered to the larger Berry Burst scallop circle and the unit was adhered to the card front.  Two leaves were punched with Berry Burst card stock and added above and below the image piece.

Tags:

Both tags start with 2 by 4" Whisper White card stock and the top punched with the scallop topper tag punch.  Chevron Old Olive ribbon is inserted through the tag aperture and tied with Old Olive linen thread (new in Occasions catalogue)

On the bottom I added a 2 by 1" piece of matching DSP with a 1/8" strip of Berry Burst card stock n the top edge.

Tag 1:

The entire front of the tag is stamped randomly with the Leaf stamp using Mossy Meadow ink.
On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, using a Berry Burst marker,  I highlighted the sentiment "Thinking of You" from the larger sentiment. After trimming it so it would fit on the tag, I matted it the Berry Burst card stock and adhered it to the tag.

Tag 2:

This time I used a Mossy Meadow marker to highlight the images of the trees from the larger stamp  and stamping it onto the tag.  

I adhered a Mossy Meadow sprig punched with the Sprig Punch on the tag top.

Insert each tag into a pocket of the card.

Winter Woods Tree Tags

As I was making the card in the last post, I was already visualizing how gorgeous those Very Vanilla trees would look on a tag.
Here they are all 4 of them.

Each tag is 2 by 4" and the top punched with the Scallop tag topper punch.
On the body of the tag I adhere some "All is Bright" DSP and a 1/8" strip of gold foil at the top.

For each tag, I die cut 2 trees in Very Vanilla card stock using the "In the Woods" framelits - a large one and a smaller one with 3D branches.

Using a stylus I curled the 3D branches up a bit and applied Clear Wink of Stella along the edges as well as the edges of both trees.
The two trees were adhered together using the mini dimensionals, and then adhered to the tag front.

The sentiment, from "Holly Jolly Greetings" was gold embossed on a strip of Very Vanilla card stock, and after a banner was made at one end it  was adhered to the tag top just under the tree.

Linen thread tied around the 1/8" Real Red satin ribbon inserted through the tag top helped to keep it in place.  To carry the red color through to the rest of the tag, I added small red rhinestones randomly on the front of each tree.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Holly Jolly Greetings
Inks:  Versa Mark
Papers:  Very Vanilla, All is Bright DSP, Gold Foil
Accessories:  In the Woods Framelits, 1/8" Real Red Ribbon, Linen Thread, Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Clear Wink of Stella, mini Dimensionals.

Hearts Come Home Bundle Tags

It's another warm fall day in southern Ontario - so warm that a winter coat is not needed.  Very unusual for this time year, but who am I to complain??

Spent the morning cleaning out my craft area as I'm having the carpet shampooed.  Got a call last night that the people shampooing the carpet are having a half price special as well as a no tax day.  Bonus!!

After I got everything cleaned up I felt in the mood to create something, so since I had the Hearts Come Home Bundle already out for class tonight I decided to make some tags.  They ended up looking totally different from the ornaments I made yesterday, but that's the beauty of this bundle.

I made 6 and packaged them in a tin for sale at my craft show on the weekend.

Each tag has a  2 by 4" Whisper White base punched with the scallop tag topper punch.

The 2 7/8 by 3" Night of Navy art piece has white embossed with images from the Hearts Come Home stamp set, and then a silhouette die cut from the coordinating edgelet die.  Some gold foil was placed behind the house to make it look like the lights were one and someone was -super easy - and no mess.

The sentiment "Merry" was cut from part of the sentiment from this stamp set.  I stamped it in Night of Navy and matted the Whisper White piece with gold foil.

At the top of the tag I added a bow made using the Bow Builder punch, and placed a gold faceted gem in the center of that.

Because I ran out of the silver tag twine I used the 1/2" crumpled Night of Navy ribbon instead.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Hearts Come Home

Inks:  Night of Navy, Versa Mark

Papers:  Whisper White (thick), Night of Navy, Gold Foil

Accessories:  White embossing powder, Scallop tag topper punch, Bow Builder punch, Gold faceted gem, Adhesive sheets, Hometown Greeting Edgelet dies.

Sneak Peak - Eastern Palace Suite Projects - Gift Bag

Last weekend I was at On Stage in Toronto, and had a wonderful time.  But before I left I had the opportunity to pre-order the Eastern Palace Suite projects. A couple of days ago, everything arrived.  Today I made some sample projects - some sneak peaks for you.

The first project, which I will post about today, is a medium gift bag made using the Gift Bag Punch board. 

Tomorrow I will describe how I made the Thank You note card.

To make the bag, I used 4 by 11" piece of  the new thick Very Vanilla cardstock and it was a delight to work with. Before putting the bag together I did a bit of decorating.

Two pieces of  Eastern Palace Designer Specialty DSP 2 3/4 by 5 7/8" were matted with 2 7/8 by 6" pieces of Tranquil Tide cardstock. Both are new items that will appear in the Annual catalogue launching June, 2017. These pieces were added to the front and back of the bag.

Gold natural trim (1/4") were inserted through the punched holes to hold the bag closed.

The decorative tag was made using a 2 by 4" of Tranquil Tide card stock, punched at one end with the scallop tag topper punch.  After randomly stamping it with Tranquil Tide ink, it was attached to the gift bag at an angle, with dimensionals.   A gold mini tassel was attached at the top of the tag.

The sentiment, gold embossed on a scrap of thick Very Vanilla cardstock, was die cut using the coordinating Eastern Medallion Thinlet dies and adhered, with dimensionals, to the right side of the tag and extending over the edge.

Supplies Used:

Stamp: Eastern Beauty

Ink: Tranquil Tide, Versa Mark

Papers: Thick Very Vanilla card stock, Tranquil Tide, Eastern Palace DSP

Accessories: Gift bag punch board, Gold embossing powder, Eastern Medallion Thinlet dies, Gold Mini Tassel, Linen thread, 1/4" natural gold trim, Scallop tag topper punch

Stay tuned for tomorrow's post - a Thank You note card.

That's the Tag - Global Design Project #074

This is the first time I have entered a card in the Global Design Project challenge. It is also the first card I have used the "That's the Tag" stamp set with its coordinating "Timeless Tag Thinlets" and thoroughly enjoyed myself. This bundle proved to be perfect for this sketch challenge.

I started by punching one end of a 2 by 4 1/2" piece of Tip Top Taupe card stock  with the Scallop Tag Topper punch.

Then I proceeded to make the art piece.

First I made the basis for the tag.  This was done by die cutting  a Whisper White oval  to which the flower pattern  Thinlet was glued to.

Color was added to the flower thinlet by paper piecing.

To do this I die cut the flower tag 5 times - in Rich Razzelberry, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Tip Top Taupe, and Blushing Bride.  Tombo glue was applied to each pieces from those die cuts and they were inserted in the various parts of the flower and background. A Blushing Bride piece was added to the center of the flower with a dimensional.

A dimensional was also used to adhere the art piece to the Tip Top Taupe tag.

The sentiment was first stamped  within a stamped dotted frame and die cut with one of the other thinlets (the center only).  Another identical one was die cut in Rich Razzelberry.  The rounded portions above and below the Whisper White frame were cut off, and the remaining frame was adhered to the Rich Razzelberry one using dimensionals.  A silver metallic enamel embellishment was placed on both sides of the sentiment  which was then it was adhered to the taupe tag below the flower art piece.

Lastly a 3/8" white cotton ribbon bow was placed below the sentiment.

Anyone who knows me, know that I love bling. So, I added some Dazzling Detail  to the flower parts and an Itty Butterfly was punched out in the new SAB glimmer paper and adhered to the top of the art piece. A row of rhinestones were placed in its center of the butterfly.

The base card is Rich Razzelberry, layered with Whisper White and then Falling in Love DSP.  The Tip Top Taupe tag was adhered to the left upper part of the card front.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: That's The Tag
Inks: Black Memento
Papers: Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White, Pear Pizazz, Tip Top Taupe, Soft Sky, Bermuda Bay glimmer paper
Accessories: Timeless Tags Thinlets, Itty Butterfly punch, Scallop topper tag punch, 3/8" Whisper White cotton ribbon, Silver Enamel metallic embellishments, dimensionals, Dazzling details, rhinestones

Scallop tag top card enclosure

I seem to be a bit late in trying this technique.  It seems it was first tried by Tanya Bell (Stampin T), an Australian demonstrator who made a video on this technique.  Here is the link to the video.  You'll find it quite easy to follow.
Here is my card.  Again, I tried to use the new in colours.

The stamp for the image was coloured with Mossy Meadow and Hello Honey markers and die cut using the apothecary accents framelits.

Stamps: Embellished Events, Label Love
Inks: Mossy Meadow, SU Markers (Mossy Meadow, Hello Honey)
Papers: Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Moonlight Designer Series Paper Stack
Accessories: Scallop tag topper punch, Artisan Label punch, Gold Baker's twine, dimensionals