Having finished the Fiddlesticks explosion box (a very special kind of all occasion card, check out my blog post with demo video), I had lots of leftover scraps that were demanding to be used. So you might have guessed I designed a cute little booklet with pockets and tags and went to town with it!
For this special birthday photo wallet I went “Bigger”! I used two bright pink 8,5×6 inch (22×15,5 cm) envelopes and two pieces of cardstock to match. I decorated it with Uptown Flair design paper, which is a lovely, sparkly summer paper that I’ve totally fallen in love with!
Creating such a large photo wallet comes with the advantage that the recipient can use a lot of photo’s without having to cut each and every one of them to size!
Anyway, see for yourself and let me know what you think!
Here’s a cute little booklet of my own design, in the bright summer colours of Uptown Flair design paper by The Paper Studio.
Useable as a gift card holder, or simply as a card holder just like I’m doing here, just using the entire thing as a birthday card.
No distressing this time, just a few embellishments without overdoing it.
A couple of weeks ago I found a nice little Youtube tutorial for a photo wallet made of only one piece of doublesided 12×12 inch paper (30×30 cm). So I chose a beautiful, stylish piece of design paper by K&Company, Flora and Fauna, and got to work.
Keeping a bit low profile with the embellishments, I tried to make the wallet as flat as possible. Assuming the person who receives it might want to keep her business cards nicely together in her handbag, any 3D embellisments or bling would run the risk of coming off and getting lost in said handbag. So I kept it nice, flat and simple and just used some ribbon and a border punch.
Here’s the minimalist yet still very feminine end result!
Here’s a nice little mini photo wallet gift card I designed for a friend’s birthday. Along the way it turned into sort of an alternative to sending someone a bunch of flowers – sort of, with a huge wink. 😉
Here’s an alternative for an explosion box that I came up with – which will come in handy if you want to send it over the mail!
The paper I used was Sweet Threads 6×6 inch design stack by BasicGrey. I distressed the paper with “tattered rose” distress ink by Ranger (Tim Holtz) – which looks something like vintage pink. Or – a tattered rose, if you will 😉
Just make sure you put something inside the card that will create enough tension to make the card “explode”. Like the cute little baby socks I sent to a very happy pregnant couple!
Klik hier als je de video hieronder niet kunt zien.
Dutch translation
Deze uitklapkaart heb ik bedacht als handig alternatief voor de zgn. Explosion Box (een bijzonder type kadokaart), vooral als je het iemand over de post wilt toesturen!
Je hoeft alleen maar te zorgen dat het kadootje dat je erin doet genoeg papierspanning veroorzaakt om de kaart open te laten springen. Zoals de schattige babysokjes die ik hier heb gebruikt! Zorg er hoe dan ook voor dat het kadootje dat je in de kaart stopt voldoende papierspanning veroorzaakt, anders springt hij niet open en is het een gewone uitvouwkaart. Een goed voorbeeld van wat werkt zijn de superschattige babysokjes die ik heb gebruikt!
Het papier is Sweet Threads 15×15 cm, van BasicGrey. Het papier heb ik gedistressed met distress ink van Ranger (Tim Holtz), in de kleur “tattered rose” – wat zoiets betekent als gehavende roos en in feite gewoon een vorm van oud-roze is 😉
