Cathy's Craft Room: Double Pocket Card

This article is all about using up some of that unused Designer Series Paper (“DSP”) you have lying around (don’t deny it – we ALL have some). The featured project is a beautiful and fairly simple two-pocket card.

All you need to make the basic card is an 11” x 8-1/2” piece of DSP that has a pattern on both front and back (the sample shown below uses See a Silhouette DSP leftover from the Stampin’ Up! 2019-2020 Annual Catalog). It also may be helpful – but not absolutely necessary – to have a scoring board with a diagonal scoring plate.

The scoring, cutting and initial folding directions follow, but you because the assembly is just a little confusing and difficult to explain in words, you should watch a video for that. The two YouTube video tutorials listed below are fairly clear (although the second one is a little long).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13rwZJg_C_Q Video by Jessica Taylor shows very clear basic instructions how to use 11” x 8-1/2” paper to make a double-pocket card. NOTE: This card has two pockets on the front, but the card does not open.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PYPYSRjiBc Video by Dawn McVee shows basically the same instructions, but uses 12” x 12” paper and goes on to show how you can add a LOT of embellishment. NOTE: This card shows a slightly different fold that allows you to open the card to add an inside greeting.

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Materials for Sample:

Paper:

* See a Silhouette DSP (11” x 8-1/2”; leftover pieces for embellishments)

* Whisper White card stock (5-1/4” x 2” for bookmark; 5” x 3-1/2” for note card; 5-1/4” x 4” for inside)

* Night of Navy card stock (scraps for daisies)

* Old Olive card stock (scraps for sprigs)

* Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper (tiny scrap)

Accessories:

* Scallop Tag Topper Punch

* Daisy Punch

* Medium Daisy Punch

* Sprig Punch

* ½” Circle Punch from 2019-2020 Annual Catalog

* Detailed Trio Punch

* 3/16” Braided Linen Trim (about 12”)

* Clear Faceted Gems from 2019-2020 Annual Catalog

* Bone Folder
* Simply Scored Scoring Tool

* Adhesives: Tombow Liquid Glue

Stamp Set (bookmark):

* Sending Sunshine stamped with Night of Navy Ink

Assembly:

Refer to diagram below for Steps 1-5.

1. With pattern you want to use as the inside of your card facing up, score lengthwise at 4-1/4”; score cross-wise at 5-1/2”.

2. In lower right-hand corner, make a small dot on right edge of paper 2-1/4” from bottom. Make second dot on bottom edge of paper 2-1/4” from the right edge. Score paper diagonally from dot to dot.

3. In upper left-hand corner, make a small dot on left edge of paper 4-1/4” from the top; score diagonally from dot to top of page at center score line.

4. Make a cut ½-way across paper from right edge to center along vertical score line as shown.

5. Fold each corner to inside on diagonal score line.

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Now you’re ready to assemble the card. It would be very difficult to explain in words how to fold this card, so please visit the YouTube video tutorials listed above for clear instructions. Note that one of the videos shows how to fold a card that doesn’t open and is simply two pockets; the other shows how to fold the paper so you have two pockets on the front of a card that opens like the sample shown here. If you don’t like to follow links, you can find several videos online by Googling “Double Pocket Card Tutorial.”

Once you have folded your card, you’re ready to embellish it. The instructions below describe how the sample was made.

6. Instead of folding the upper left corner to the inside, the corner flap for this card was folded and glued to the outside (front) of the card.

Two sprigs were punched from Old Olive card stock and glued over the flap.

Two daisies were punched – one from Night of Navy card stock and one from leftover DSP – and glued together with a dot of liquid glue at the center, rotating slightly so all petals show.

Two medium daisies were punched – one from Night of Navy card stock, and one from leftover DSP – and glued over the larger daisies, rotating slightly so all petals show. The assembled flower was then glued over the sprigs, and a self-adhesive Faceted Gem was attached to the center.

7. Pocket Inserts:

For the bookmark, the bottom two corners were punched with both the flower and the corner rounder sides of the Detailed Trio Punch. This piece was then glued to a 5-1/4” x 2” piece of leftover DSP, and the excess DSP in the corners was trimmed with the corner rounder side of the punch. The top was then punched through both thicknesses with the Scalloped Tag Punch.

The sentiment was stamped with Night of Navy ink. A sprig punched from Old Olive was glued onto the card, and a medium daisy assembled from Night of Navy card stock and leftover DSP was glued over the sprig. The center of the flower was punched from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper with the ½” Circle Punch, and then glued to the flower.

Finally, two pieces of 3/16” Braided Linen Trim (about 6” each) were looped through the hole at the top of the bookmark.

For the note card, all four corners of a 5” x 3-1/2” piece of Whisper White card stock were trimmed with both the flower and the corner rounder sides of the Detailed Trio Punch.

8. Don’t forget the inside! Since the sample card opens, something was needed for the inside – easy-peasy! All four corners of a 5-1/4” x 4” piece of Whisper White card stock were punched with both the flower and corner rounder sides of the Detailed Trio Punch, and then the card stock was glued to the inside of the card, ready for a personal note.

Below is another sample of this card made years ago with some then current DSP -- if you were attending my classes at the time you may remember this. This card shows what the card front looks like when the upper flap is folded to the inside instead of the outside. If you have several sheets of coordinating DSP, you also can make a matching envelope as shown here.