Stampers by the Dozen - 01/19

Welcome to the first Stampers by the Dozen blog hop for 2019.  If you are joining me from Judi (wasn't her project lovely), or starting here with me, welcome - I hope you enjoy our projects.  This month our brief was to make a special fold card.  

My best friend moved house this week after waiting over a year for her house to be built/finished - I wanted to give her a little something so I decided that a gift voucher would be a good idea.

Take one gift voucher - it looks nice enough but obviously I could not give it to my friend like this could I?

As the voucher sat on my desk, I realised that the colours and the flowers reminded me of something I had been using all week for Coffee & Cards sessions - the Needlepoint Nook Designer Series Paper.

So my fancy fold project is a gift voucher holder - I've not made one of these for several years as I am not generally a fan of giving gift vouchers.  This is what I came up with - sort of a gate fold card with a surprise!

I used thick Whisper White (WW) card for my project.

Measurements for the base

4 1/4" x 11" - score at 2" on one side and 3 1/2" on the other

Measurements for the inside mechanism
7" x 3 1/2" - score at 2" on one side and 1/1" on the other

You will also need a piece of WW to cut a Rectangle Stitched shape from.

Measurements for the DSP
4" X 3 1/4"
4" X 1 3/4"

Crease all the score lines and adhere the DSP to two front panels. Using fine Red Line Tape adhere the two short sides of the right hand panel to the base.

For the inside mechanism, I used 1 1/2" Circle Punch on the 2" flap.  I used fine Red Line Tape to adhere both sides to create a pocket for the voucher.  I then placed double sided tape on the 1/2" flap.  

Top Tip
Before adhering the mechanism, place the punched end into the pocket on the card base - much easier this way!

This was then adhered to the inside of the card.

You can see here how the card looks when it is flat ... the voucher mechanism is adhered in line with the spine on the left hand side - this creates the sliding mechanism when you open the card that reveals the voucher.

I knew I would need something to close the card so at this point I wrapped the card with some Old Olive Sheer Ribbon and adhered it with tape on the front and the back - don't worry this will be hidden from sight soon.

Decorative Panel for the front
I started with a Stitched Rectangle and some die cut bits and pieces cut from Garden Green and Old Olive.

As I said, I have been using items from the Needlepoint Nook Suite all week.  At some point I realised that it was possible to mirror the stitched pattern one of the framelits produce.

I added corresponding die cuts - adhered with just a tiny spot of Tombow at the base to allow the pieces to be raised and shaped slightly to add dimension.

I then stamped and die cut an assortment of flowers and leaves and arranged them to the pane; adhering them with Tombow and Dimensionals.

I then realised I had a pot of these gorgeous mini buttons with a lovely pearlescent finish on them that I hadn't used yet.  - They provided the perfect finishing touch and were adhered with Mini Glue Dots.  The panel was adhered with Dimensionals taking care not to put them on the right hand edge for obvious reasons!

I covered the reverse of the card with a panel of Blushing Bride card and added  a WW layer on top (1/8" smaller) to hide the ribbon.  I stamped this lovely sentiment and added some butterflies as an accent leaving myself plenty of space to write a message.

Somehow, this card actually stands up which was a relief I can tell you!

Here is the completed project with the envelope.  (I could not resist stamping some more butterflies in the corner).

I can't wait to visit my friend and to see her new house; unfortunately she has now moved a bit further away; around 175 miles, so I will have to plan a long weekend very soon.

I have no idea what this fancy fold is called - a gate fold slide out pocket card perhaps?  If you know, I would love you to tell me!  I hope my instructions make sense - one day I will do a video tutorial and it will be much easier!  If not, let me know and I will try to explain again.

Thanks for hopping along with us - Stampers by the Dozen will be back again in February with more inspirational projects for you.

Next up is Tricia - I can't wait to see what she has created this month!

Happy hopping!

Susan xx

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