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Pockets &
Flaps
Scrap Cardstock Organizer
By: Regena
Crafty Cruisers
Intermediate Rubber Stamping Team Designer
I store these Scrap card stock organizers in a box wide enough to hold the
square envelopes. A photo box would probably be suitable. Instead of folding
them, how about hanging them with hooks on a pegboard? Of course, at some
point, you have to decide just how many scraps do you REALLY need!
Supplies:
Paper Texture Cube stamp (Stampendous)
Jubilee Big ‘n’ Little Dots stamp (Hero Arts)
Ancient Page inks - Coal Black and Cardinal Red (Clearsnap)
(3) 5¾” Square Envelopes - (Michaels)
1½ x 1” piece of coordinating scrap cardstock to match
1 Large eyelet
Crop-a-Dile Eyelet Setter and Punch (We R Memory Makers)
Bone Folder
Masking tape
HermaFix (Permanent) Tape Runner (EK Success)
Or Scotch Double stick tape (3M)
1½” Square punch (McGill)
30 - 36” Fiber or Ribbon (for tying closed)
Instructions:
1.
Lift the envelope flaps and run tape along the glue strip. Lay them front side
down with the glue strip facing up. Attach the flap to the bottom front of each
envelope.
NOTE:
If your envelopes have short flaps, you may want to punch out an ‘opening’ in
the top edge to make it easier to get into.
2.
Attach masking tape to the center front of the entire length of the connected
envelopes. (This will be the side with the flaps attached). Do the same on the
left side about ¾” from the edge. Stamp one side of the textured cube with the
Coal black ink repeatedly down the space between the masking tape. This will
create your border strip.
3.
Remove the tape on the left side and over-stamp the Jubilee dots with the
Cardinal Red ink along the left edge of the first and last envelopes. The
middle (second) one will be the ‘front’ envy showing when it’s closed. Stamp
the dots on this one horizontally instead. Punch a red square from a scrap
piece and stamp with the texture cube. Attach ‘on point’ to the border right
above the horizontal stamped dots as shown in the photo. It will be below the
dots and on the right side when the organizer is closed. This step will use a
different color of ink and scrap square for each organizer to show which colors
are being kept in it.
4.
Flip the whole thing over and stamp the Jubilee dots down the entire length of
the right side this time using the coordinating color ink for the scraps.
5.
Attach the 1½ x 1” scrap piece under the center of the very first envelope flap
leaving about ¼” showing. This piece should be the same color as the punched
and stamped square. Attach a large eyelet to the center. This is where you
will tie the fiber or ribbon to hold the project closed.
6.
Fold the bottom up over the middle and fold both again over the top. Run your
fiber or ribbon
through the eyelet, wrap around the folded envelopes, and tie in a bow. You
could, also, substitute a Velcro Square instead of tying it closed. Just make
sure you reinforce the center of the flap so it doesn’t rip from opening it.
7.
If you want to have more than three envelopes, you may want to do an accordion
fold after you attach them together to find your front envelope to decorate.
Keep in mind though, with more than three, your top envelope flap will need to
be large enough to cover all of them when you close it. You could extend it
with a piece of cardstock.
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