February 28, 2007

Ooh La La! Yummy New Paper!

I am so in love with these new Petals & Paisleys Papers from the Spring Mini! Aren't they delicious! I made this Pocket Card with the also new and in the Spring Mini, Long Notes cards and envelopes. The Long Notes are cool because the open from top to bottom; meaning when open they are almost 14" wide. Closed they measure 6 5/8" X 3 1/4", with a matching Vanilla envelope... so hip! I sealed the sides of this Long Note with Sticky Strip; turning it into a pocket!

Prior to gluing it shut; I used my 1 1/4" square punch to punch the rectangle out from the base of the pocket. I cut the Petals & Paisleys paper in random strips for the top, and lined the envelope with the matching paper. As I already stated; the envelopes that come with these Notes are Vanilla toned; so matching them with the white in these papers was tricky. I used Twill tape to tie in the Vanilla, and then lined the envelope in a pattern that has some white stripes... it seemed to work!

The inner tag was created with the Tag corner punch, and stamped with Old Olive and Cool Caribbean Ink. I used the great set that ALL us demos got for FREE this Holiday season; "Polka Dots and Paisley". I finished the tag with a Large Oval Punch folded over the top and affixed with a Hodgepodge Hardware Hanger strung with Twill Tape. Viola!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ooooh, that is a really, really cute pocket card. You're so clever, Sarah! Love your blog ~ keep up the great work!

bethtrue said...

Sarah - wow what awesome ways to convert/reuse products- i love how you made a pocket out of the card. and the folded oval punch shape looks great with that Hodgepodge Hardware piece. Thanks for some good inspiration!! Have a great day!

~Beth~ (mommy to a busy 3 1/2 year old)

Anonymous said...

I love the creation you did with this new paper. I too love it. Last weekend I had an Altered Clipboard Class and we used this paper...Awesome!!!! Hope it's in the new catalog...

Anonymous said...

My new stuff is arriving tomorrow!!! I can't wait!!

Denise Bryant (imchatty) said...

Sarah...this card is beautiful. I love everything about it! Thanks for the inspiration.

Anonymous said...

Okay how simple is that, great idea, thanks so much for sharing, i have everything to make this...thank goodness dinner is in the crockpot. Time for me to play!
Dawn in Canada