Sunday Snippets - Small Wallet

Hi Playmates!

There's a new challenge to play along with over at the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND hosted by Miss Di for the next fortnight.

For my homework, I made a little wallet to hold a book of postage stamps and a gift voucher to give as a gift (measurements at the end of this post). 

The gift wallet when closed

The front partially open - showing the magnetic closure.

 

The inside - with a folded-up gift voucher on the left
and a book of 8 postage stamps on the right.

The whole of the outside.

Details:

• I took a larger snippet of SU Island Indigo card and trimmed it to 7½" x 5".
• The long edge was scored at 1" and  4¼". Then it was turned 90 degrees and the short edge was scored at 1". All scored lines were creased and folded. I then flipped the whole piece over so that the flap was on the right hand side and the pockets at the bottom.
• I trimmed a sliver of card off the left hand pocket edge so that it would not impede the small front flap when closed.
• A corner rounder punch was used on the small front flap, and a notch punch in the centre of the two pockets (see picture). Once the pockets had been "notched", a THIN line of wet glue was added at the edge of the FAR RIGHT and FAR LEFT of the pockets ONLY. (There is no glue by the middle score line between the pockets.)
• Then I decorated it by cutting into a WHOLE sheet (shock, horror) of beautiful 8" x 8" floral patterned paper from Funky Fossil's "Pretty Little Things" paper pad. I trimmed the patterned papers to be a quarter inch smaller than each pocket and flap measurement.
• To finish, I added a sticky backed magnetic closure. If you don't have one of those to use as the closure, you can always make a paper wrap to go around it, or tie ribbon round it before adding the patterned paper - OR - as ingeniously used by Liz HERE - cut up a piece of sticky backed Velcro!

A paper template which might help if you want to make one yourself!

Playground Round-up!

After all the excitement of having 8 winners for the December challenges, we are back to normal this fortnight. However, as Valentine's Day is next up . . . Miss Di has a prize bundle to reflect this and has chosen an optional theme of "Love is in the Air" (you can still enter with an "Anything Goes" piece of homework). Hop on over to see what she made, along with all the challenge and prize details.

PS: Don't tell Miss Di, but I've ordered a little microwave for the treehouse - so we can have yummy treats like sausage rolls heated up - or maybe some soup, etc. I managed to get an electrician to install a couple of extra power sockets in the treehouse while Miss Di was busy trying to keep the old school boiler going in this cold weather. The game was nearly up when Miss Di spotted the turned over soil where the cable went, but I think I managed to persuade her it was ambitious moles!