Butterfly Pocket Card

Today I have another way to use the Butterfly Pocket Insert from Elizabeth Craft Designs: Art Journal collection. It makes a lovely little card - or, like I have done, a card on a card. The reason I did this was because I felt it was just a bit too small. So, I made an A6 card base from purple card, and mat and layered with green card and patterned paper.

I cut out the pocket insert from plain purple card, and stuck the pocket part together. I used the same green and patterned paper layers inside of the pocket card. To keep this all closed, I attached ribbon to the back of the pocket insert, before attaching it to another piece of green card. This was then stuck to the base card. The ribbon then ties around the front. 

 

The tag die from the set was cut from green card, also using the additional cut-in pattern die. This was backed with purple card, and then another tag cut from the patterned paper. To get the letters I wanted, I had to cut a combination of the dies from the set - but it's worth it.

For the butterfly, you need to cut this twice, as the die only cuts half. Cut one from the front of the paper, and one from the back. I did the same in the purple card as a backing. I used a small strip of card down the middle to cover the join.

If you want to see a video demonstration, then please click on the first photo.

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Cxxx