Small Folding Pocket Card

Today I have a new card design that has a small pocket to hold bookmarks, gift cards, whatever you can fit into it. I need to thank my pen pal Lana in Montana (I like the way that rhymes) who sent me one of these cute little cards and the directions for the card. I had already chosen this file to work with for the week:
 

 

You can find this file here: Ewe-N-Me Printables. You get 2 of each hang tag for a total of 6 hang tags per sheet and you can print as many as you need.

 

I cut out all 6 of the hang tags, added a piece of white card stock in between and stacked them up like a sandwich giving them a little bit of strength. Then I punched a hole in the top of each one and added a piece of ribbon.

 

 



 All 3 cards from the outside.

 
This card has a Japanese flair, "Arigato" = "Thank You" in English. The patterned papers are from Japan.

 

I used sea foam embossing powder on a few of the stamps then sponged some Distress Stains onto the images. Some pages have sponged backgrounds with the stamping done on top of the sponging.

 

On some pages I used a background stamp then used a different color of ink and stamped the image on top of the background stamp.

 
The patterned paper I used here is from Craft Smith.

 

Here is the pattern for cutting and scoring your cardstock.

 

 My added notes are hard to read:

 

The top solid pieces of card stock measure: 2" x 3"

The patterned pieces of card stock measure: 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

 

I want to make more of these but will plan it out a bit better trying to better match my papers, inks, etc. with the bookmarks, hang tags, whatever I decide to use.

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

 

Sue





 

Note cards with a Japanese Flair and Tri-Fold Card

I have more flowers for you today as well as some Japanese papers my son and his beautiful wife brought me from Japan. I was able to play with this cute file this week which you can find here: Ewe-N-Me Printables
 

 
 

 
You get 2 different size tags and 3 different designs for a total of 6 tags per sheet and you can print as many as you want to.
 
I really liked the colors on these tags and I thought that they looked great with some of my Japanese crafting papers. I used the 3 small tags for these cards. I also added a little bit of twine to the fold side and a few jewels and my note cards were finished.
 

 
I made a tri-fold card using the 3 large images.
 

 
I added some flowers to the inside and you can't tell from the pictures but I also added jewels to the flower centers.
 
Thank you for stopping by and taking a look.
 
Sue
 

Spring Note Cards

In an effort to restock my note card supply I have made a few more this week using this file:
 

 

I really love the pretty spring colors, you can find this file here: Ewe-N-Me Printables  You get 2 each of 4 different designs for a total of 8 hang tags per sheet and you can print as many sheets as you need.

 

 

I used a couple of different ways to decorate these, I used burlap on a few and a cute spring embossing folder on a few.

 

After adhering some thin chipboard to the images I cut them out, inked the edges, punched a hole in the top of each one and added some twine then a couple of sequins for a little sparkle.

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

 

Sue

 

 

 





 

It's Christmas in February

For some unknown reason I decided to work with a Christmas file this week, maybe because I really like this file.
 

 

You get 3 large and 2 small images of each saying for a total of 10 images on the page and you can print up as many as you need. These make really cute Christmas cards, I think that using them for a Christmas banner would also be really cute. I decided to make up a few Christmas cards so that I'll be ahead of the game this year.

 

I used 8 1/2" x 11 Kraft paper, getting 2 cards out of each sheet of paper.
 
You can't see it very well in the pictures but I added some gold Craft Twinkles to the stars before adhering them to the cards. The Craft Twinkles show up a lot better in person and add a bit of sparkle to the cards.
 



 
On the inside I used the smaller images...using the other sentiment on the inside...The "Merry Christmas" on the outside, "Merry and Bright" on the inside.
 
I also chomped my corners and added some pearls to the outside.
 

 
 

Thanksgiving Place Cards & Autumn Note Cards

I have been having fun with more of Deena's Printables.
 
I started off with this Thanksgiving Collage file:
 

 

You get 6 images in 2 sizes for a total of 12images and you can print as many as you need.

 

 
It was very easy to make place cards for my Thanksgiving table.
 

 

I used some leftover letters to add my name, of course I could have picked a color that shows up better.



 

 

After cutting out the 6 large images I inked the edges then cut Kraft paper backings a little bigger than the images and layered them together.

 

For the bottom part I used a leftover place setting from my son's wedding as a pattern then added as I needed to make my images fit then I scored them down the middle and folded in half. I used double sided tape to attach the images to the I guess easel part and added some sequins for a little shine.

 

Next I made up some note cards using this file:

 

 

 

You get 3 each of 3 different images for a total of 9 images and you can print as many as you need.

 

 

Once again after cutting out the images I inked the edges. Then I cut the card bases which I decorated using a stencil and colored pencil for the little blocks on the top and bottom of the cards.

 

I cut Kraft paper and wrapped them with ribbon, attached to the card fronts then I layered the images on top with foam pads. I also chomped the corners.

 



 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

 

 



St. Patty's Card in a Box

I used two different printables on this Card in a box: St. Patty's Tickets Hang Tags and I used some of the St. Patty's Collage Sheet that I used for last week's rocker cards.
 

 

You get 2 tickets of each design for a total of 10 tickets.

 

You get 2 of each design in 2 different sizes for a total of 12 hang tags. I used 3 of the larger images and 3 of the smaller images.

 

 

If you have never made a card in a box before, here is a Card in a Box Tutorial on youtube for you to watch. They really are rather easy once you make the first one.

 

I printed my printable files onto white cardstock and cut them out then I did my cutting and measuring for the card in a box. The card itself is cut on a cream cardstock, layered with some green and cream stripped paper from Craft Smith (I won it in a giveaway) on the bottom sections and a Kraft paper with green stripes from Core'dinations on the upper sections.

 

Assemble the card, use 3 of the large images on the bottom sections of the card, tickets on the upper sections. I cut out a few shamrocks with my Cricut, first going around the edges with my Cricut Ink, then with the blade. I used a large shamrock to mount a small image onto the embellishment support in the back.

 

 

I used some scraps from the Kraft paper for the supports rather than the ones cut from the cream cardstock because the Kraft paper was much sturdier than the cream.

 

 

 

I used one of each ticket and sprinkled a few shamrocks around. This does fold semi-flat for mailing. Box cards can be used for almost every occasion and are a lot of fun to make.

 

Thank you for stopping by to take a look.

 

 

 

12 Months of Note Cards

I couldn't decide if I wanted to make birthday or note cards, then I looked at my stack of correspondence that I SHOULD be answering I went with note cards using this very file: Altered Calendar Hang Tags  You get all 12 months in this file.

Since I am still learning how to use the eBrush I got with my Christmas gift card I wanted to incorporate it in the project so I pulled out the masks that I have had for a couple of years but never used before. I really like the rick rack/zig zag look so I started with that mask. I also decided to go with a newsprint paper because the rick rack on these are layered on to newsprint paper.

I laid the mask on my paper and held it into place using blue painter's tape (this stuff is GREAT!! I've had this roll for quite a while but never used it before). I find that the eBrush is very easy to use, changing colors is no big deal and I don't have the overspray that you get when you use the spray bottles, no more going outside in the wind trying to add a little color to my paper.

 

I really like the way I had a couple of different zig zag options to add a little extra to my note cards but I got tired of zig zags and used different masks on the remainder of the year.

 

 

I like the zig zag pattern the best then the diamond shaped mask, not real nuts about the circles, which do you prefer?

 

As you can see, I punched the hole at the top of the tag and added a matching piece of twine and a piece of twine up the folded side. On the zig zag patterned paper I also added a piece of matching paper that I ran through my Cuttlebug with a zig zig edge folder. I adhered the tags to the card using foam tape.