Sometimes I get a little crazy, admit it, if you are a crafter you do too. I think most of us find that we restrain ourselves in order to preserve clean elegant lines or at least that is what well tell ourselves in the name of sanity. Well, let’s just forget all of that. I present to you a project that will bring out the crazy.
It was inspired by a junk journal video I watched. I have never made a junk journal because, if I started collecting junk and recyclables along side of my many crafting supplies I would probably be committed to an institution for extreme hoarding. (Honestly, my husband does insist on sleeping on a bed.) Oh yeah, I did have to restrain in the end. Mostly because I wanted to mail this card to a friend, see notes on postage below.
Supplies
Pocket Thoughts Dies
Perennial Postage Dies
Spotlight on Nature Cling Stamp Set
Sketched Butterflies Cling Stamp Set
Sketched Butterflies Dies
Labeled With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set
Wanted to Say Dies
Unbound Beauty Designer Series Paper
Basic White Card Stock
Peach Pie Card Stock
Peach Pie Stampin’ Pad
Linen Thread
3/8″ Ribbon
Gems
Tear and Tape
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Mini Glue Dots
Stampin Dimensionals
Paper Trimmer
Cut and Emboss Machine
Directions
Pocket Card Base
Cut two of the largest pocket dies from one pattern of the Designer Series Papers and then cut another two from another pattern. You should have four pieces in total. If you plan to stamp on the pockets, as I did, now is the best time to do it, before they are glued together.
Fold on all of the score lines and burnish well. Remember you are folding the tabs to the back or what will be the inside of the pockets.
For the front pocket only, unfold the tab on the left side. Place Tear and Tape or glue as indicated in the photos below. Remove the backing from the tear and tape for the Inside Left piece and adhere two of the tabs to the matching tabs on the Front piece. You will glue the last tab to the body of the front pocket, leaving that left side tab free. (Center photo). Now adhere the free tab to the right tab on the Back piece, photo on the right.
For the next pocket remove the backing tape from the Inside Right piece and adhere the tabs to the matching tabs of the Back. The original tab left free should now be sandwiched between the inside right and the back pocket pieces. This will create a hinge between the pockets. You now have complete right and left pockets that can be folded together like a card. (See photos below)
To decorate the front pocket I stamped the large butterfly on a piece of white card stock along with the smallest butterfly from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set using Peach Pie ink. I used the Sketched Butterflies die to cut out the larger butterfly and one of the rectangles from the Perennial Postage Dies to cut out the smaller butterfly. If you do not have the Perennial Postage Dies you can use a small rectangle of white card stock cut to 4cm x 6cm (1-1/2″ x 2-1/4″).
I tore a piece of Designer Series Paper (of a different pattern) to approximately 6cm x 6.5cm (2-1/4″ x 2-1/2″) and placed it the approximate center of the pocket.
Next, I cut a length of Linen Thread and looped it back on itself. A loose overhand knot keeps the thread in place. Using a mini glue dot, I adhered this to the back of the butter fly. Both die cuts were adhered using Stampin Dimensionals.
To decorate the inside pocket, I used the ‘Happy Birthday’ greeting from the Wanted to Say Dies. The background was cut from basic white card stock and foreground/letters were cut from a scrap of Peach Pie card stock. The greeting was glued flat to the pocket. This step is not strictly necessary.
Tags
Both tags are cut from basic white card stock using the 8.3cm x 11.4cm (3-1/4″ x 4-1/2″) rectangle from the Perennial Postage Dies set. As noted above if you do not have this die set, it is no issue, just cut plain rectangles.
Cut two pieces of Designer Series Paper 7.6cm x 10.5cm (3″ x 4-1/4″). Layer on top of your white tag bases. Note: Because of the jagged nature of the Perennial Postage dies this layer is cut a little smaller than I normally would for a layering piece. If you are NOT using the Perennial Postage Dies cut this first layer 7.7cm x 10.9cm. Imperial measurements worked out the same. Not sure why, I think it is because the metric tends to be a little more precise.
The last layering piece is cut using the same die as you did for the front, 4cm x 6cm (1-1/2″ x 2-1/4″). Cut two of these and stamp with a greeting or decorate. I used the greetings from the Labeled With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set. Finish these greetings by tying small Linen Thread bows and attaching them to the bottom of each greeting with a Mini Glue Dot. Pop the greetings up on dimensionals for added texture.
Finish the tags by punching a hole or cutting a slit at the center top of each tag. Thread a piece of Peach Pie Ribbon through and knot. The backs of the tags are left blank as I like to write messages in my cards.
Notes: My first go with this card was out of card stock. It was very stiff, when I make another one I will cut some of the tabs off to get rid of the bulk. And speaking of bulk, this card is quite heavy 20gm or .7oz, which is twice the weight of a regular greeting card. So if you are planning to mail it be prepared to add extra postage. For the next iteration I will also attach thread/twine or ribbons to tie the card closed (and probably add more weight!).
Thank you for reading today, There is so much you can do with this design and so many opportunities to stamp and decorate to your heart’s content. It is a great project to get a little crazy with, I truly believe you can keep adding to the tags and pockets until you run out of paper and if that’s the case try putting a couple of photos in here! I hope you give this fun double pocket card a go. If you do please post a picture in the comments or on social media, tagging me @loriothen.
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