In my opinion it's never too early to start planning your Christmas gifts and with that in mind I have made two sets of notecards in a presentation case to give to my two friends at work. We agreed that we would not spend very much and just do gifts that were under £5.00 so these came out well within budget.
This notelet case and set of notlets can be made from one piece of cardstock three pieces of paper, some ribbon and six 4 inch square white cards and envelopes. I used Graphic 45 World's Fair range and the three papers were:-
This notelet case and set of notlets can be made from one piece of cardstock three pieces of paper, some ribbon and six 4 inch square white cards and envelopes. I used Graphic 45 World's Fair range and the three papers were:-
1.
Cut out your cardstock pieces as shown in
diagram below.
- Score the 12in x 5 ½ in at 5 ½ ins and 6 ½ ins
- Score the 6in x 2 1/2 in pieces at 1/4 in, 3/4 in, 5 1/4 in and 5 3/4 ins and 1/4 in and 3/4 in from bottom. Cut the two squares (shown drawn in white) from these pieces.
- Glue folds to form a pocket.
- Cut cut two 5 inch squares of Balloon Bouquet and two pieces 5 inches by ¾ inch. Cut two pieces of 1 inch wide ribbon to 10 inches in length and adhere centrally to the front and back of your card holder. Onto the top of this stick your 5 inch squares of paper, with the blue side showing and the 5 x ¾ inch ones on the front and back of the spine of your case.
- Cut two pieces of Envision Expo 5 inches square and stick, with the blue side showing, onto each side of the inside of the case. Cut two a 3 ½ squares of Envision Expo and stick to the centre of your two 4 inch card squares. Attach an 18 inch piece of ribbon to the back of each 4 inch card square so that an equal length of ribbon is at the top and bottom. Adhere the card squares to the centrally to each inside of your case.
- Cut the Inspiration Station paper as shown below.
- Make your cards up like these. Cut phrases from Envision Expo to add to your cards. I added small strips of paper to each side of the 3 x 4 journal cards to make them 4 in square.
- Cut two pieces from the remaining piece Inspiration station, measuring 4 inches x 1 ¼ inches and adhere to the card pockets then stick the card pockets to each side of your notelet case approx. ½ inch from the bottom.
- Use the remaining 3 in x 4 in ‘journal card’
from Inspiration Station to decorate the front of your notelet case and add a
couple of balloons cut from the remaining Balloon Bouquet paper. Also add some small balloons to the front of
the pockets inside the notelet case.
I also made one using Graphic 45 Time to Celebrate
- more detailed photos can be found in the September Gallery.
