Long Pocket Card Tutorial

Well, it's taken me awhile, but I finally have a pocket card tutorial for the long pocket card.  For the regular card size, go here.  On my original post about the long pocket card, I explained how I had a lot of pretty business sized envelopes, so I decided to come up with a card that would fit in those envelopes.  To see my Christmas themed long pocket cards, go here.

Here is a pocket card I made for Valentine's day.

For this, you will start with a piece of cardstock 8 1/2" by 9 1/2."  You will score on the 8 1/2" side at 4" and 8".  You will score on the 9 1/2" side at 1/2".  Here is what the paper looks like when it is scored.

 I then folded on all the score lines to decide where I wanted the front of the pocket to be.  I then removed the bottom left and bottom right pieces (see below) by cutting them out.

 If you like the fold down flap of the Valentine card above, then you can simply score at 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch below the top of the pocket.  However, with this card, I decided to make the pocket have a rounded top like in the style I did at Christmas time for the regular card-sized pocket.  I took a CD and lined it up about half way on the top of the card.

 I traced the arc with a pencil...

 This is what it looks like when that portion was removed.

 Here is the pocket unfolded so you can see how that portion is removed.  I also cut the right side down so it won't show when the pocket is folded down.

 Then I used a corner rounder to make this:

 The pocket is now ready to decorate.  I decided to add some stripes of the same paper to the tag which will go inside the pocket.  The tag is 3 3/4" by 8 3/4".  I rounded the top corners but left the bottom corners intact.  

Here is how it looks decorated:

I used some "Pebbles" Birthday Wishes diecuts for the cupcake and "let's party" banner.  The other banners are the Stampin' Up Banner punch.  The sentiment, Happy Birthday, is a Pebbles Rub-on.  I just happened to have a small cupcake sticker that matched the large cupcake so I used that on the tag to coordinate.

Here are some other cards I've made lately:

This one also uses the Stampin' up Banner punch and another rub-on from Pebbles

This one used more diecuts from Pebbles Birthday Wishes and some bakers twine for the balloon strings

Just can't get enough of banners lately! :) 

 This one I found and cased from here.  I didn't have the exact same papers or stamps so I did my best to work with what I had.  

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Happy New Year 2015!

I thought I'd start the new year out with some thank you cards since I needed to make some for the Christmas gifts we received.  I came across my stash of rub-ons and decided to use those for some of my cards.  As much as I like stamping, I like the no-clean-up-reqired easiness of using  a rub-on.

flower die- Floral Fusion (Stampin' Up)

 Banner punch- Stampin' Up, Label Die, Stampin' up

Thanks die, Simon Says Stamp

I love this bicycle die and especially in red- I always wanted a red bike as a kid and finally got one as an adult.  :)