How are you? In this blog I have created cards which have a pocket made to fit a gift card.
It is a useful way of giving something small like a gift card in something a little bit more decorative and personal than the cards and envelopes that most shops supply free. The pockets are made to measure. Useful for the varing sizes of gift cards you can get!
All you have to do is add 1.5 cm to the sides and the bottom edge of your piece of card, scoring at 1cm and 1.5 cm on each of these three sides to make the pocket shape. Use a circular punch to punch a semi-circle at the top to give it the ultimate pocket feel.
I have made the backgrounds using two and three coordinating pigment inks with a spong, blending the colours in. Ranger's Distress Inks are the best for this - although I did use some colours from the Mountain Meadow Big and Juicy stamp pad as well. Then I used a darker ink for the stamping. Stamp sets (I have used Creative Expressions and Tim Holtz for these cards) are best for this type of card as you get a range of images that go together in a theme. The backgrounds were made up of three randomly stamped images from the sets.
From the same stamp sets I have taken one image and a sentiment and stamped that on another piece of card and cut it out. I have also used a piece of card coloured and stamped in the same way as the pocket and matted that onto a piece of card to bring out the colours.
I think it makes for a very decorative way or giving a small gift.
Until next time
Happy crafting!
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