Jo's Crafty Place: Peaceful Peonies Envelope Pocket Card

Peaceful Peonies Envelope Pocket Card

For this card I've used one of the patterned papers from the Peaceful Peonies 6 1/2" paper pad, dies and hot foil stamps from the Peaceful Peonies collection, along with die cut/foiled flowers and a mini envelope made using the Couture Creations Mini Scoring Board.

I've covered my 7" x 7" card blank with some pale pink pearl card and added a mat for the patterned paper using some green pearl card. I've then used more of both card stock to die cut some of the foliage and for the die cut heart the sentiment is mounted on.

I show how to use cut/foil dies with foil or ink, and how to make the envelope in my video (link at bottom of page).

I've added foiling on the inside of the envelope flap. This is done before folding the side and bottom flaps on the score lines, so that the card will lie flat on top of the hot foil stamp.

Here's how to make the envelope:

Cut a piece of white card to 5" square.

Use the envelope tool on the back of the Couture Creations Mini Scoring Board and score lines on 2 opposite sides with the bottom of the square against the 2" mark - these folds will make the sides of the envelope.

Then score lines on the other two opposite sides with the base the square against the 2 3/4" mark. These score lines will be where the bottom flap folds up, and where the top of the envelope would fold (we are just marking it - don't fold the top one.

Where the score lines cross over, you need to cut away the card - cut so that the score lines are removed with the card you remove.

It will be easier to foil the envelope if you leave burnishing the folds until after you have added the foiling. I show how to position the hot foil stamp in my video. It may help to mark the top flap on the back of the card to make sure you put the card on the foiling platform the right way round.

To finish the envelope fold in the side flaps, then fold up the bottom flap and use glue or double sided tape to stick it in place, but be careful only to put glue or tape on the area where it overlaps the side flaps.

The foiled leaf under the heart and sentiment is stuck in place partly under the envelope, so check where both will be placed and glue the leaf in place first, then the envelope.

Some of the flowers and foliage in the envelope are stuck to the back of the envelope, with the glue on the back of them and some are stuck to the inside of the front of the envelope with the glue on the front of them, just on the part that is hidden by the envelope.

I've left a gap in the middle of the flower spray for the foiling on the envelope flap to show through.