Tri Fold Pocket Card Tutorial featuring Meandering Meadow Suite

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Tri Fold Pocket Cards with Meandering Meadow Suite

TRI FOLD POCKET CARD

• Card Base: 8-1/2 x 9" Score: 3 and 6" on the 9" side, score at 3" on the 8-1/2" side (Fresh Freesia Cardstock)
• (3) OUTSIDE DSP Panels: 2-1/2 x 5"
• (3) OUTSIDE Glimmer Paper Panels: 2-3/4 x 5-1/4"
• (6) INSIDE DSP Panels
  • (3) Inside Pocket Panels 2-3/4 x 5"
  • (3) Bottom panels: 2-3/4 x 2-3/4"
• (2) Pocket Card Inserts 2-3/4 x 5-1/4"
• (1) Die Cut Deckled Circle 1-3/8" size (for sentiment) (Basic White Cardstock)
• (1) Die Cut Deckled Circle 1-1/2" size (for layer) Three Color Glimmer Paper in Highland Heather
• (1) Piece of the Center Stripe Ribbon (About 12-15" depending on size of bow you want)
• Bird & Dragonfly Embellishments
  • NOTE: I also did a version where the DSP is just under 3" so you could also try 2-7/8" measurement if you want to show more DSP and don't need glimmer paper

INSTRUCTIONS

Score your card. Fold pocket and burnish edges with bone folder so you can get a nice crisp fold. Gluing the pocket panel is optional. I did one with adhesive and one without and I preferred the one without adhesive. If you glue the pockets, be sure to punch your half circles with the 2" Circle Punch on each pocket panel first.

Start assembling and gluing the DSP pieces. I chose a different pattern for the outside than the inside. Glimmer paper is optional but so pretty on the outside of your card. Once outside panels are done, glue the inside pocket DSP panels and then the smaller cut DSP pieces for the front pocket. 

I chose for the DSP to match. Meaning, the inner pocket piece matches the outer pocket piece so it looks like one continuous piece of DSP. You can choose different patterns here if you like. I prefer florals and meadows so I went with that choice.

For the stamping:

There are two inserts for your pockets. On one, I stamped the girl with tea or coffee from the Coffee with Friends stamp set in the lower corner with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored with Stampin' Blends in the following: 

• Top: Fresh Freesia Combo
• Pants: Night of Navy Combo
• Skintone: Lightest Combo of Natural Tones Blends
• Hair: Pebbled Path Combo
• Inside of Tea Cup: Copper Clay
• I did NOT color the cup or the steps
• Outlined entire image with Pool Party Dark, softened edges with Color Lifter
• Boots: Fussy Cut Green DSP to make boots for her feet!

On the other panel I stamped in the wheel barrow and used the same shades of blends except no Night of Navy. Stamp greeting in Highland Heather ink on the Deckled Circle Die Cut. 

OPTIONAL: Stamp greeting directly onto the DSP in the center panel on the sky if desired with Garden Meadow Stamp Set. Once your card is assembled and everything is stamped, add your inserts inside the pockets and a packet of tea or a little surprise in one of the pockets. 

Fold closed and tie shut with ribbon. Add the Deckled Die Cut to the layering glimmer paper and pop on the front with pop dot.

 

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