Tricia's Stamping Creations: Stamping With Friends May Blog Hop Pocket Card

Saturday, May 4, 2024

Stamping With Friends May Blog Hop Pocket Card

It's time to hop along with the Stamping With Friends May Blog Hop and this month we are showcasing Pocket Cards. Our wonderful Design Team will be showcasing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to step outside your comfort zone and try this fun card style to create your own beautiful designs.

For my Pocket Card design, I chose to use the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper to create a beautiful Mother's Day card. I paired it with the sentiment from the Stippled Roses stamp set and heat embossed the image with Gold embossing powder to give it a touch of elegance. This style of Pocket Card was inspired by a similar card created by fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Karen Titus. Instead of leaving the sides open, I chose to adhere them shut using Tear & Tape Adhesive. This style of card is great for adding a gift card inside for a special occasion. It is simple to create and so much fun to decorate.

Products Used:

Stippled Roses stamp set (item #162657)

Painted Lavender Dies (item #162596)

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165678)

Natural 3/8" Polka Dot Trim (item #163465)

Brushed Brass Butterflies (item #158136)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Mini Glue Dots (item #103683)

Tear & Tape Adhesive (item #154031)

Measurements:

Gorgeous Grape Cardstock

Card Base - 4 1/4" x 11" (Scored at 1" & 5 1/2")

Medium Circle die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

2 Small Circles die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Lost Lagoon Cardstock

3 Leaf Sprigs die cut with the Painted Lavender Dies

Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 4"x4"

Flap Strip - 3/4" x 4"

Insert Strip - 1" x 3 5/8"

Basic White Cardstock

Insert - 3 5/8" x 5 1/4"

I was so happy when Stampin' Up! decided to carry over the beautiful Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper and I thought it would be perfect for this card design. I wanted to keep the design clean and simple with a touch of elegance. The coordinating patterns made it easy to mix and match to create the contrast with the front panel, the flap and the insert so that everything tied together. I added some foliage die cut with the Painted Lavender Dies and a touch of bling with the Brushed Brass Butterflies. The Natural Polka Dot Ribbon adds some wonderful texture to the design without being too bulky. For the pull top on the insert, I attached the small Gorgeous Grape circles on either side of the insert to make it easy to move the layer in and out of the pocket.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my Pocket Card design will help inspire you to explore this fun fold to come up with your own beautiful cards. There are so many options to explore.

Please take a moment to hop around and visit the other members of our wonderful Design Team to see their amazing projects. Just click on the links in the Roll Call List below to find your way. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.