Double Diagonal Pocket Card

Cary Eldred © Copyright 2007

 

Our Resident Instructor is Cary Eldred

Supplies:

 

Scor-Pal®

Personal Trimmer or scissors

Card Stock, two coordinating colors, 4 ¼ x 11

Card Stock, 4 3/8 x 3 ¼

Card Stock, 2 9/16 x 2 ¼

Card Stock, neutral, two pieces, 4 3/ 16 x 3 1/8 and 2 3/8 x 2 1/8

Scor-Tape™ ( Red Line tape is shown in the picture)

Stamps and ink

Step 1:

Score each piece of 4 ¼ x 11 card stock

at the 5 ½" mark.

 

Step 1:

 

Score each piece of 4 ¼ x 11 card stock at the 5 ½ mark.

 

Step 2:

Score again on the diagonal from the 5 ½ score to the corner, being sure to score each piece of card stock on opposite halves

 

Step 3: Trim off the upper diagonals on each piece of card stock.

Step 4: Cut off a 1 ¼ inch strip off of the back of the inside piece of card stock. Make a small diagonal cut on the flap. Cary’s finger is pointing to the cut edge. Do not cut all the way across, leave a 1/4” flap. The flap makes for a better engineered card.  It stays together better and leaves more room for the inserts to get maximum writing room.

 

Refer to photo.

Step 5: Stamp and embellish the scored card stock as desired.  Stamp and embellish the neutral pieces of card stock and matte them to the coordinating pieces of card stock (4 3/8 x 3 ¼ and 2 9/16 x 2 ¼).  These are the pocket inserts. 

Step 6: Place the red line tape along the side edges of the card backs and along the bottom edges of the diagonal flaps (see photo for placement).

Step 7: Adhere the card pieces together with the backs on top of each other making a double pocket card.  Adhere the diagonal flaps over the top of the card creating the crossover pieces.

 Step 8: Embellish the inserts as desired.

Voilá Carte Extraordinaire!

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Cary is a published rubber stamp artist living in Virginia.  She has been stamping for almost two years and has been a stay-at-home mom for 14 years. 

Before stamping took over her life and became a career hobby, Cary worked in the field of publishing as an editor for several technical science journals, including The Surgeon General’s Report. 

Besides creating and designing for publication, Cary also teaches rubber stamping at her local stamping store.