Back to basics – chocolate pocket card with 20 cm design paper

Why back to basics? Chocolate pocket cards were my first attempts on the paper crafts journey – I have written a bit more about it in my first paper crafts post . They are still close to my heart because they have a very simple structure and are practical at the same time. I decided to get my nose out of YouTube for a change, just pick up some nice papers and create something. This is probably the first time I have done something without anyone specific in mind. I will write in more detail this time – if you are interested in trying it out, it is a good exercise.

What materials do you need?

  1. Each card requires one sheet of thicker A4 cardstock – preferably at least around 200 gsm.
  2. When I was twisting the chocolate (100g) on the cardstock to get the measurements in place, I discovered that 20×20 cm design paper is the perfect size – one sheet can cover exactly all sides. I went for the romantic “Tenderness and Love” from Fabrika Decoru. Instead of design paper, you can use other beautiful pictures that are stronger, such as old postcards or beautiful pictures from some cardboard packaging.
  3. You need a ribbon to tie the chocolate pocket – it can be any ribbon that you would also use to wrap gifts (satin, tulle, etc.).
  4. All elements require either craftng glue or thin double-sided tape to secure them.
  5. To fold the cardstock, the ideal option would be a scoring board, where you can draw scoring lines with the help of grooves and a special stick. If not available, you can also use a ruler and a tool with a finer edge that is not too sharp to cut through the paper (such as the blunt side of scissors or a butter knife).

How to make the chocolate pocket card?

  1. The first thing I recommend is to select and match all the materials – cover pictures, cardstock of suitable color and ribbon.
  2. Then it’s time to pick up the tools and get the card base ready. I made a simple blueprint with dimensions – the dotted line indicates the scoring lines, the solid line shows the cut sections. NB! Do not use it as a template – the scale is not in place! As you can see in the layout, the wider cut strip can in turn be used for the fastening strips for the pocket.
Card base

3. Continuing with the selected 20×20 cm sheet of design paper, you can cut exactly three cover panels for both sides of the card and the pocket. The sides of the panels are all 5 mm smaller than the card base, so that the folding lines stay free when attaching the pictures.

Cover panels

4. Now it’s time to find the ribbon and cut a piece (or two) of suitable length. To keep the edges from branching, I hold the cut edges close to a lighter’s flame until they melt slightly.

When all the elements are ready, you can start gluing. There is no specific order, but I will leave some suggestions here.

  • Since I like to hide the ends of the ribbons under the panels, I usually cut two pieces and stick the ribbons on the cardstock first. However, you can also leave the ribbon on top and attach it last – then I recommend cutting one long strip that would extend around the card, and be sure to glue it to the closed card.
  • I suggest attaching the cover panels when the pocket is not yet closed up and the cardboard can be fully unfolded – then the panels can be pressed without damaging the card.
  • Once the visual elements are in place, it’s time to attach the small side strips on the pockets – they should fit between the back and the shorter side of the pocket so that the card holds together nicely.

Happy crafting and happy munching (we all know what will happen to the chocolate)!

Tagasi minevikku – šokolaaditasku 20cm disainpaberiga

Miks tagasi minevikku? Šokolaaditaskud olid mu esimesed katsetused kaartide teekonnal – kirjutasin sellest natuke lähemalt oma esimeses paberikunsti postituses. Nad on mulle ikka südamelähedased, sest nad on väga lihtsa ülesehitusega ja samas praktilised. Otsustasin oma nina vahepeal YouTube-st välja pista, lihtsalt mõned ilusad paberid kätte võtta ja toimetada. See on vist ka esimene kord, kui ma teen midagi, ilma kedagi konkreetset silmas pidamata. Ma panen seekord detailsemalt kirja ka – kui on huvi kaasa teha, see on hea käeharjutus.

Mis materjali vaja läheb?

  1. Iga kaardi jaoks on vaja ühte lehte paksemat A4 kartongi – soovitatavalt vähemalt 200gsm ringis.
  2. Kui ma šokolaadi (100g Kalev) kartongi peal keerutasin, et mõõte paika saada, avastasin, et 20x20cm disainpaber on ideaalne suurus – 1 lehega saab täpselt kõik küljed kaetud. Mul läks sel puhul käiku romantiline “Tenderness and Love” Fabrika Decorult. Disainpaberi asemel saab kasutada muid ilusaid pilte, mis on tugevamat tüüpi – näiteks vanu postkaarte või ilusaid pilte mõnelt papp-pakendilt.
  3. Šokolaaditasku kinni sidumiseks on vaja paela – see võib olla igasugune pael, mida ka kingituste pakkimiseks kasutaksid (satiin, tüll, jms).
  4. Kõikide elementide kinnitamiseks on vaja kas käsitööliimi või õhukest kahepoolset teipi.
  5. Kartongile voltide tegemiseks oleks ideaalne variant voltimisalus, kus saab spetsiaalse pulgaga soonte abil jooned ette tõmmata. Kui seda ei ole, saab edukalt kasutada ka joonlauda ja mõnda peenema servaga tööriista, mis ei oleks liiga terav, et paberit läbi lõigata (näiteks kääride või võinoa tömp pool).

Kuidas šokolaaditaskut teha?

  1. Esimese asjana soovitan kõik materjalid välja valida ja kokku sobitada – kattepildid, sobivat värvi kartong ja pael.
  2. Siis on juba aeg tööriistad kätte võtta ja kaardi põhi valmis teha. Tegin sellise lihtsa joonise koos mõõtudega – katkendlik joon tähistab voltimisjooni, täisjoon näitab lõikeid. NB! Mitte kasutada šabloonina – mõõtkava ei ole paigas! Nagu joonisel näha, saab laiemat ära lõigatud riba veel omakorda kasutada tasku “kinnitusteks”.
Kaardi põhi

3. Jätkates seekord valitud 20x20cm disainpaberi lehega, saab siit lõigata täpselt kolm kattepaneeli mõlemale välisküljele ja taskule. Paneelide küljed on kõik 5mm väiksemad kui kaardi põhi, et voltimisjooned oleks vabad, kui pildid peale liimida.

Kattepaneelid

4. Nüüd on aeg leida pael ja see sobiva pikkusega (kaheks) tükiks lõigata. Selleks, et ääred ei hargneks, hoian ma lõigatud servi tulemasina leegi lähedal, kuni nad kergelt kinni sulavad.

Kui kõik elemendid valmis, saab liimima hakata. Siin ei ole kindlat järjekorda, aga jätan siia mõned soovitused.

  • Kuna mulle meeldib paelaotsad paneelide alla peita, lõikan ma tavaliselt kaks tükki ja kleebin esimesena paelad kartongile. Paela võib aga ka kõige peale jätta ja see hoopi viimasena kinnitada – siis ma soovitan lõigata ühe pika riba, mis ulatuks ümber kaardi, ja see kindlasti liimida kinnisele kaardile.
  • Kattepaneelid soovitan peale liimida siis, kui tasku pole veel kinnitatud ja kartongi saab täies ulatuses lahti laotada – siis saab rahulikult paneele kinni suruda, ilma kaarti vigastamata.
  • Kui visuaalsed elemendid on paigas, on aeg taskutele küljekinnitused kleepida – need tuleks sobitada kaardi tagumise ja lühema taskukülje vahele, nii et kaart ilusti koos seisaks.

Head meisterdamist ja maiustamist (me kõik teame, mis selle Kaleviga juhtub)!

Discovering the pop-up world

When I was writing about different types of cards, I wasn’t very familiar with pop-up cards yet. I had seen mainly pop-up books and some layouts in design paper inspiration groups, but I was under the impression that it is a complicated mechanism.

Now that there are several kids birthdays coming up, I figured I would take up the challenge and try something new. I was browsing through different tutorials on Youtube and I found one which got me hooked – The Pop-Up Channel. Already after the first video I pulled some papers from my printer and started testing around. I have been watching more of the videos and the second one also has some useful information to get the logic right – but after those two you can already start creating some simple pop-ups! I love this channel because the tutorials show the basic rules, different variations of pop-up folds and there are always many examples from books for inspiration.

Once I figured out the base, I started digging through my papers to find suitable pictures to pop up. I discovered some papers I had actually bought specifically considering children – Scrapboys “Fairy Land” (I have the sheet 1 and 5). Once I was playing around with the images, I started to regret I didn’t have the whole set. But I found another sheet from a Scrapboys collection – I think “Dream Garden” made a good match in this case. I also had some cut out butterflies, but I don’t know where they came from anymore.

Pop-up folds
Pop-up folds

Ironically the harder part was to figure out the outside of the card. Since the focus was on the pop-up design on the inside, I wanted to keep the cover simple. I also decided to add a ribbon to keep the card closed – due to the many layers it is quite thick and doesn’t close on its own. I ended up using another sheet of design paper on the cover to have a clean finish and cover up the ribbons.

Pop-up card cover
Amazon.de: Stamperia – House of Roses (20.3 cm)
Amazon.co.uk: Stamperia – House of Roses (20.3 cm)

As you can see from the pictures – while I was writing the post, another card was born.

Fairy pop-up card

Pop-up maailma avastamine

Kui ma kirjutasin erinevat tüüpi kaartidest, polnud ma pop-up kaartidega veel eriti kursis. Olin peamiselt näinud pop-up-raamatuid ja kompositsioone disainpaberi gruppides, kuid mul oli ettekujutus, et tegemist on keerulise mehhanismiga.

Nüüd, kui päevakavas on mitu laste sünnipäeva, mõtlesin, et võtan väljakutse vastu ja proovin midagi uut. Sirvisin Youtube’is erinevaid õpetusi ja leidsin ühe, mis mind köitis – The Pop-Up Channel. Juba pärast esimest videot tõmbasin printerist mõned paberid ja hakkasin katsetama. Olen rohkem videoid vaadanud ja teises osas on ka kasulikku infot, et loogikat paika saada – kuid pärast neid kahte saab juba lihtsaid pop-up-e püsti panna! Mulle meeldib see kanal, sest õpetused näitavad põhireegleid, pop-up-mehhanismide erinevaid variatsioone ja inspiratsiooniks on alati palju näiteid raamatutest.

Kui ma alustalad paika sain, hakkasin oma pabereid läbi kaevama, et leida sobivaid pilte, mida lisada. Avastasin mõned paberid, mis olin tegelikult ostnud spetsiaalselt lapsi arvestades – Scrapboys “Fairy Land” (mul on lehed 1 ja 5). Kui ma piltidega mängisin, hakkasin kahetsema, et mul pole kogu komplekti. Kuid leidsin Scrapboysi kollektsioonist veel ühe lehe – ma arvan, et “Dream Garden” sobis antud juhul hästi. Mul olid ka mõned välja lõigatud liblikad, aga ma ei tea enam, kust nad pärit on.

Pop-up voldid
Pop-up voldid

Iroonilisel kombel oli raskem osa hoopis kaardi väliskülje kujundamine. Kuna fookuses oli pop-up tüüp sisekülg, tahtsin kaane lihtsana hoida. Kaardi suletuna hoidmiseks otsustasin lisada ka paela – paljude kihtide tõttu on see üsna paks ja ei sulgu iseenesest. Lõpuks kasutasin kaanel veel ühte disainpaberi lehte, et oleks puhas viimistlus ja paelad kaetud.

Pop-up kaardi kaas
Amazon.de: Stamperia – House of Roses (20.3 cm)
Amazon.co.uk: Stamperia – House of Roses (20.3 cm)

Nagu piltidelt näha, sündis kirjutamise ajal juba veel üks samas stiilis kaart.

Haldjateemaline pop-up kaart

Amigurumi spring bunny by lilleliis

I haven’t crocheted anything in a long time. Lately, I’ve been rustling in my pile of papers. When I saw this rabbit on social media, I immediately attacked my yarn box – you can’t miss out on such a cute thing! And what’s better – this pattern is available on lilleliis‘ website for FREE.

This time I made the cutie for my little one. She is always watching me with great interest when I make something for others and I wanted to surprise her with that bunny egg. She observed me again every evening and occasionally provided me some feedback. At her request, I tried to make the bunny smile because she said that there was a grumpy rabbit in the original picture of the guide. Since I haven’t had much success with pompoms and they tend to break, I decided to leave out the tail and gain more space for flowers. I also changed the flowers more to my liking. Instead of embroidering, I crocheted small six-leafed flowers, which I attached to the body with a few stitches and pearls. The flowers I made without a pattern:

  • magic ring,
  • first round with 6 single crochet,
  • second round in each single crochet: 1 slip stitch, chain 2, 1 double crochet, chain 2.

For a change a nice project, which can be a good target to invest ending yarn. My my little one is in 7th heaven and ready for Easter!

Amigurumi spring bunny
#lillelis

Amigurumi kevadjänku lilleliisilt

Ma pole juba ammu midagi heegeldanud. Viimasel ajal sahistan pigem oma paberihunnikus. Kui ma sotsiaalmeedias seda jänest nägin, läksin oma lõngakasti kallale – nii armsat asja ei saa ju tegemata jätta! Ja mis veel parem – see muster on tasuta saadaval lilleliisi kodulehel.

Seekord tegin loomakese oma tibule. Ta vaatab alati suure huviga, kui ma kellelegi midagi meisterdan ja selle jänkumunaga tahtsin temale üllatuse teha. Ta elas jälle iga õhtu kaasa ja suunas mind vahepeal. Tema soovil proovisin jänku naeratama panna, sest tema ütles, et juhendi originaalpildil on kuri jänes. Kuna tutid ei ole mul seni väga õnnestunud ja kipuvad lagunema, otsustasin saba ära jätta ja säästsin sellega ruumi lillede jaoks. Lilled muutsin ka käepärasemaks. Heegeldasin tikkimise asemel väikesed kuuelehelised õied, mis paari nõelapiste ja pärliga keha külge kinnitasin. Lilled tegin ilma mustrita:

  • võluring,
  • esimene ring 6 kinnissilmusega,
  • teisel ringil igasse kinnissilmusesse 1 aassilmus, 2 ahelsilmust, 1 ühekordne sammas, 2 ahelsilmust.

Vahelduseks väga mõnus projekt, kuhu saab edukalt ka lõngalõppe investeerida. Tibu on seitsmendas taevas ja Lihavõteteks valmis!

Amigurumi kevadjänku
#lilleliis

Computer shaker card for birthday

This card started from the idea to make a computer. My other half’s son decided to build a computer for himself, and since we also contributed with parts for the birthday, I obviously wanted to create a suitable card to go along with it. I hope the “computer” is recognizable in the picture. I think it looks pretty simple, but I’ve used a lot of different materials there.

  1. The card base is a stronger A4 paper – I folded it into three so that the “screen” could stand with the support of the “keyboard”.
  2. The background picture is design paper from the Piatek Trzynastego “Beyond the sea”.
  3. Around the picture I built a frame from cardboard strips to fill it with beads and sequins for shaking.
  4. After filling the frame, I covered it with a transparent plastic rectangle. I have started collecting plastic packaging for shaker cards, but it is possible to buy acetate sheets for it.
  5. For the keyboard I managed to use an impulse purchase – I finally put my mosaic pieces to good use.
  6. Cricut helped me with the chrome elements – I cut the letters and frame out of self-adhesive vinyl.

I used to think that it is very hard to make cards for males, but recently I have had better ideas and results for men.

Helmestega arvutikaart sünnipäevaks

See kaart sai alguse sellest, et tahtsin arvutit teha. Mu teisepoole poeg otsustas endale ise arvuti ehitada ja kuna ka meie panustasime sünnipäeva puhul osadega, tahtsin sellele muidugi vastava kaardi kaasa teha. Loodan, et “arvuti” on pildil äratuntav. Minu arust see on peale vaadates üsna lihtne, aga ma olen seal kasutanud päris palju erinevat materjali.

  1. Aluseks on A4 suuruses tugevam must paber – voltisin selle kolmeks, et “ekraani” saaks “klaviatuuri” toel püsti panna.
  2. Taustapilt on disainpaber Piatek Trzynastego komplektist “Beyond the sea”.
  3. Ekraanile ehitasin papiribadest kõrgema raami, et sinna sisse kõristamiseks helmeid ja litreid panna.
  4. Helmestega täidetud raami ja pildi katsin läbipaistva plastikust ristkülikuga. Mina olen seda tüüpi kaartide (shaker) tarbeks hakanud koguma sobiva kujuga plastpakendeid, aga selle jaoks on võimalik osta atsetaatlehti.
  5. Klaviatuuri moodustasin kunagisest impulssostust – lõpuks leidsin rakenduse mosaiigitükkidele.
  6. Kroomelementidega oli mul abiks Cricut – lõikasin tähed ja raami välja iseliimuvast vinüülist.

Mulle tundus varem, et meesterahvastele on väga raske kaarte teha, aga viimasel ajal on mul nende osas just mõte paremini jooksnud ja tulemused õnnestunud.

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