Card Holder Tutorial - Lots of Photos

Start with A4 sheet of card.

Turn up approx 4cm....allow enough room for cards.

Fold the folder in half and then cut a 'v' shape from the centre on the 4cm section.  Also cut a section (half a triangle shape) off each end of the fold up section.

Now punch four holes to thread the ribbon through.  Try to punch close to the edges to allow room for the cards to sit in the holder.

Thread the ribbon through.

To make the lace flower, cut a piece of lace approx 20cm long.  Then using needle and thread do a running stitch along the edge of the lace that you want as the centre.  

Pull the edge tightly to gather up into the flower shape and knot the ends.  I then added a medium sized retro flower punch and a bling flower to the centre.

I decorated the front of the folder with my lace flower and the Love Dove image from Cardmadfairy Creations.  I coloured the image with my watercolour pencils and added some Kindy Glitz for a bit of sparkle.  Stamped up the letters to spell out the word 'Cards'.  Mounted the image on card that I have run through my Swiss Dots embossing folder.  Finished the front by edging everything with black border stickers from Sticker Store.

The inside of the holder with finished cards which I will share with your tomorrow. 

Card Holders

My friend is having a fundraiser night for our Relay for Life team next year.  I can't attend the night so she asked for a donation of a prize.  So I have gone through my card collection and made up two card packs with a seven cards in each to cover variety of occasions. 

I have used Bazzill card for both holders.  Also got to use a new purchase - 'Just the Edge' Cardstock Strips.  They come in a pack of 20 pieces, 2 of each style all pre-cut.  Makes borders easy. :-) The first holder I punched flowers with my large and medium sized retro flower punch.  Then added  purple star stickers to the centres.  Dug out my Quirky Font Stickers to create the word 'Cards'.  Then finished the holder with this lovely purple satin ribbon.

For this card holder I used another edge strip.  Printed out this fantastic 'Poppies' image from Cardmadfairy Creations.  I coloured it slightly with my watercolour pencils and added some leftover sticker pieces to the butterfly.   The word 'Cards' I used rub-on and cut them into shape.  Added a flower which I created with black lace and two punched out large retro flowers and red bling for the centre.  And again a ribbon (black satin) around the middle to hold the holder closed.

I would like to enter these holders into the following challenges.

Crafty Creations - Challenge 91 - Halloween or perhaps Autumn ends Wed 3rd Nov

Polka Doodles - Week 43 Challenge - Autumn ends Fri 5th Nov

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Challenge 11 ~ No Designer Paper ends 5th Nov

(This is for my second folder)

Stamping Vacation - No! No! Challenge 

MARK'S FINEST PAPERS Prize if you enter for the month of November is 

4 of the December Sneak Peek stamp sets and there will be a $25.00 gift certificate from Marks Finest Papers

Card Holder

This is the wonderful card holder I have made for my last three cards using the Kaisercraft paper. The holder is folded from one sheet of A4 card and I found the terrific tutorial here at Stampin n Stuff