Card Captain, Day 4, July 17, 2014

Happy Technique Thursday! Today I'm sharing a Torn Paper Pocket card.

 My card has 3 pieces that are positioned to create 2 pockets after they are stapled to the front of the card.

The left piece is about 2" wide by 5-1/4" long.

The middle piece is about 3" wide by 5-1/4" long.

The last piece has the straight on the right edge and is about 3-1/2" x 5-1/4" long.

Distress the edges and stamp as desired.

Staple them together to the front of the card.

Tags, about 2" wide by 3-3/4" long, are made to insert into the pockets.

Use a corner rounder punch on the edges (or leave them square or cut at an angle).

Distress the edges, stamp as desired, punch a 1/4" hole and add a strip of tulle or ribbon.

For the inside, add a layer of paper, 8-1/4" by 5-1/4" to hide the staples. Stamp this as desired and adhere on the left just above the fold. I like double sided tape. 

Torn Paper Pockets Card

Here is my torn paper pocket card for the new neighbors next door.

My friend, Lynette, introduced me to this torn layers technique. She saw Beth Cote demo it on the Carol Duvall Show some years ago. Lynette has made cards with this technique and we've used this in our altered books.

Here you can see the 2 inserts that tuck into the pockets. I included my info to share with the new neighbors and asked them to return the blank insert with their info.
Stamps: Hero Arts & Michael Strong
Distress Inks: broken china, scattered straw, shabby shutters, peeled paint

Altered Books Stampfest

Lynette and I worked on our altered books at our most recent Stampfest on August 12th. Lynette started with photos of her granddaughter, Anella. Initially she worked on a tag with the Lonely Girl Stamp by Dina Wakley. Before she was done, however, she switched to a Julie Nutting doll design stamp and made a new tag.

I fell in love with the Lonely Girl tag. Graciously, Lynette not only let me copy her tag, but she shared all her supplies with me...the tulle for the dress, the mica sheet to place over the stamped image, the green fabric trim as well as the black cord for the "balloon", the fibers, ribbon and the pink crepe paper for the fringe. It was super easy for me because all the planning was already done by Lynette! Thanks, my friend!!

Lynette's made cutouts of her granddaughter, Anella on her journal layout.
Some of the stamps Lynette used are from Hero Arts and other stamps.

Above you can see the artist, Lynette, at work!

Here is my art journal layout. Some of the stamps I used:
Stampers Anonymous: Winged Things, Spring Sprung, Blueprint Light Bulb
Paper Artsy:  Kids-Plate 2 (Boy with fish)
 and other stamps.

A close up of Lynette's original Lonely Girl tag.

And here we are at the end of our fun stampfest!

Click on any images for a more detailed view.

Altered Book Update-Sept. 2012

Lynette and I worked on our Altered Books in September. 

These 3 layouts are Lynette's:

This one is mine: