"Pockets and more pockets!"

Our Guest Instructor is Shelly Maxwell

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Shelly is a mother of two young children, Julianne (8) and Charlie (6) and wife of eleven years to Mark. They have an adorable beagle mix called LB. Previous to scrapbooking and being a stay at home mom for six years she worked as a project manager for an environmental laboratory in Baraboo, WI. Since May of 2006 Shelly has enjoyed working for Reminisce, a scrapbooking/card making store located in Coralville, IA. At the store she teaches classes for card making and scrapbooking.

Shelly is indeed a valuable member of the Scor-Pal design team.

Step 1:
Trim your paper to 12” x 5 ½ “. Place right side of the paper on the Scor-Pal with the 12” edge along the top fence

 

Step 2:
Score at 4 ¼”.

 

Step 3: Turn the paper over, top to bottom, wrong side is now showing. Score at 6 ½”, 10”, and 11”.

Step 4:
Turn paper over to right side, Move the 6 ½ “ score to the left, ½”. It will line up with the 6” gutter. Score at the inverted triangle gutter (7  5/16”).

The reason we turn the paper over each time is so that we are always folding with the score line, indentation to the outside of the fold.

Step 5:
Fold up the 10” and 11” panels back onto themselves twice. This forms a one inch wide border. Use a Crop-a-dile to place eyelets at either end to hold down the folds. This creates a thick bottom edge to the card front. (Refer to photo)

 

Step 6:
Accordion fold the last two creases. Glue down the front flaps along the edges so it still open as a pocket. On the inside glue the sides of the inner fold thus forming another pocket. (It could hold a tea bag, secret note, embellishment or gift card). You now have one pocket on the card front and one pocket on the inside of the card.

Step 7:

Lace ribbon through holes and tie ribbon in a bow on the front of the card. Cut a decorative paper strip about ½” wide from scraps and glue to the bottom edge of card or use ribbon. Tuck thin treats or additional paper embellishments into the pockets. (Refer to photo).

 

Diana: I added a kick Stand to the front of my card so it would stand up on its own. You can also change the orientation of the card by standing it up with a side fold.

Step 5 - Folded Band

Step 6: Accordion Fold to form another pocket

Inside of card

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