Beautiful papers from Craftwork Cards Antiqued and Chinoiserie pads were used to make some serious cards for ‘thinking of you’ messages
I used the scan n cut to create a decoupage effect with the water lilies (very impressed with the direct cut feature now I have tried it) and the trellis strip (a border from the pattern library) Continue reading
A simple way to make envelopes, particularly useful for large items or flat presents
measure the item you want to insert diagonally from one corner to another, say six inches. Then cut a square (always a square even if the insert is rectangular) of paper one inch bigger ie 7 inches square.
place the insert on the paper and fold each corner of the paper loosely over the insert towards the centre, crease the folds and then put the insert to one side
where the four creases intersect at the edges, cut out the triangle overlaps as shown
stick double sided tape along both sides of one corner (in this case the westerly corner with my mug on it) and stick the adjacent flaps to it to form an open envelope
round the shoulders and tip of the remaining corner for neatness and seal as you choose (stickers can be usefully used up here)
A stamped image was cut into jigsaw pieces using a downloaded svg file
I mounted a border to the jigsaw on a backing card and made an envelope for the mount and smaller one for the jigsaw pieces (separate post on that)
I wanted to present some of my mountain of hand made cards so I made gift bags using a roll of wallpaper (I buy 50p remnant rolls of the more ornate papers when I see them). This is sturdier and more pliable than paper or card.
method: cut a rectangle of paper about 34cm wide by 20 high ie just bigger than A4, this will hold 8 ish A6 cards and envelopes
fold about 3 cm down and towards you to make a cuff with the reverse of the paper showing, then score down over the cuff at 3 cm, 16 cm, 19 cm, 32 cm – all the way to the bottom
then fold under about all the way across about 3 cm from the bottom to make your base
cut up the score lines from the bottom to that last across score line to make the bottom flaps and cut out the tiny rectangle bottom right
fold the score lines to form the bag shape
stick double sided tape on the right hand down strip and bottom flaps to fix bag
punch matching pairs of holes in the cuff front and back, I used an office hole punch which fit inside the bag neatly. Thread ribbon or cord through the holes and tie knots inside the bag to fasten
if needed cut a piece of card to fit inside the bottom to reinforce the base, wallpaper seems strong enough for a light package though
You can pinch the side panels to give the impression of a side gusset and embellish or label as well..
Want to display some photographs or cards but don’t have any frames spare? Head for the recycling box and use old cardboard for a quick fix.
I covered my card with pretty paper before cutting. I used my scan n cut to get a neat shape but scissors would work.
I then creased the shape against a ruler to get the fold
adapt for your photos but aim For a width much wider than the photo so, once the support is creased, the photo can lean backwards rather than be too upright
A craftwork cards Leisure kit contained the greyboard apron shaped cut outs so I have covered them with paper and die cuts from the kit, made pockets as pen holders and attached post it note pads with red liner tape
on one I took part of a memo block and covered it in paper to make a note pad
to finish I stuck ribbon scraps to make the handles and found some mini pegs to clip on the sides as receipt holders
little Mothering Sunday gifts, done!
Men! They would rather a bottle of wine than a lovingly hand made gift and card toppers are so often fuddy fuddy that I nearly BOUGHT funny cards for the current group of male birthdays.
However tintin saved me… I found a downloadable cartoon which I tweaked with my Pages software and printed on photo paper. The right size for my card bases.
Then for each recipient a personalized caption was also printed on photo paper. The backing is some Tyre print effect paper so i feel comfortable that these are acceptable…
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