Tri-fold Pocket Card

Hi everyone!  

In the last week two of my spinning friends (one in Utah, the other in the Netherlands) posted photos of their cold and snowy-white back porches, and that's what inspired today's card.    

Often when we exchange Christmas gifts we include cash or a gift card...it's a preference for some, and easier for travelers than having to transport a gift back home.  So each year when I'm making cards, I always make some sort of gift card wallet to make the presentation more special.  

This one is a tri-fold made from a 5.5 x 11 inch piece of card stock, scored at 4 1/4 and 8 1/2 inches.  I used Spellbinders classic circle dies to cut a window into the card front.  That's a sheet from Craft Consortium Brick Textures there in the background.  The images I used are from a couple of stamp sets from our Christmas collections.    

The right half of "positive" piece from the card front is attached to the flap so that it is visible from the outside.  I stamped the deer directly onto a piece of designer paper from Test of Time.  The stamped images and sentiments were under-stamped with distress inks and then over-stamped with Delicata Silvery Shimmer, so IRL this card is quite shimmery, sparkly and elegant!  I under-stamped the tree with Iced Spruce to give only the very palest hint of green. The deer was under stamped with Hickory Smoke distress oxide ink topped with the Delicata.

I love how the various Craft Consortium papers work so well together.  With the right side of the card opened, the cash/gift card pocket is visible.  It was made from the remaining piece of card stock, accented with designer paper, with a thumb hole cut out using small circle dies.  (Just be sure to only glue it down on three sides!).  The Tim Holtz die cut greenery helps bring the tree theme from the card front to the inside.

The center and innermost section of the card is a sheet of "damask" from Craft Consortium Baroque with one sentiment stamped directly onto the paper and another that is die-cut.  

Both sentiments peek through the window when the card is left partially open for display.

The images on this shimmery but clean-and-simple card would work for either a masculine or feminine recipient.  Without the pearl it could be mailed without requiring hand cancellation although it will likely require extra postage, and sending cash through the mail is considered risky business!  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Farmhouse Christmas
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - O Christmas Tree Bundle
• Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Holiday Greens Mini
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Blessings Word Die
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Christmas Stockings & Mittens (snowflake)
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Circles SM
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Circles LG
• Craft Consortium Brick Textures 6x6
• Craft Consortium Baroque 6x6
• Craft Consortium Test of Time 6x6
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Silvery Shimmer
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Pearls - Champagne
• Distress ink (iced spruce, for under-stamping sentiment and greenery)