Pocket Card with Bookmark Tutorial

My dear brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Don and Sandy, were married on Valentine's Day in 1998. They are such a wonderful, Godly couple and I am so blessed to have them in my life! To commemmorate their anniversary I created the following card that I am mailing to them tomorrow. The cover of the card has a little dog-eared pocket which holds a cute, personalized bookmark that includes their photo:

Here's how I created the card, which could be modified for any occasion! In lieu of a bookmark, a gift card could be tucked into the front pocket, or you could add a bookmark and a gift card to Barnes and Noble for your favorite reader to enjoy!

I started out with the following materials:

• Standard, white A2 card blank and envelope
• 4" x 5 1/2" piece of white cardstock
• 4" x 5 1/2" piece of decorative paper (red heart paper shown in my example)
• 3" x 4" piece of decorative paper (black and white polka-dot paper shown in my example)
• 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" piece of solid cardstock, cut in half diagonally (pink cardstock shown in my example)
• 4 3/4" x 2 1/2" piece of black cardstock, cut as outer layer of tag
• 4 1/2" x 2 1/4" piece of cream cardstock, cut as inner layer of tag
• 1 1/2" x 2" piece of cream cardstock to stamp "LOVE" sentiment on
• 2" x 2 3/8" piece of black cardstock to attach "LOVE" sentiment to
• Scrap red and pink cardstock to attch mini photo to
• 3 pink die-cut hearts
• Ribbon
• Red heart brads
• 3-D dots
• CTMH "Playful Flourishes" stamp set
• CTMH "Atomic Caps" stamp set
• CTMH "Soul Mates" stamp set
• CTMH "Say It In Style" stamp set
• Black ink
• Tulip ink

Begin by adhering the red heart paper to the 4" x 5 1/2" piece of cardstock. Fold the upper right corner down to form a right triangle that is 2 3/4" on the short sides and attach pink cardstock triangle to the flap:

Using a ruler mark off 3 spaces, 3/4" apart on the long side of the triangle flap. Using a Crop-A-Dile, punch holes where you've made marks and tie pieces of coordinating ribbon through the holes:

Attach the 3" x 4" piece of black polka-dot paper to the upper portion of the front of the card blank:

Attach the decorated red heart pocket piece to the front of the card - remember to only apply adhesive to the sides, bottom, and top left corner so that you'll form a pocket for your bookmark and/or gift card to slide into!

Using black ink, stamp the word "LOVE" onto the 1 1/2" x 2" piece of cream cardstock and sponge the edges with tulip ink. Attach the "LOVE" sentiment to the piece of 2" x 2 3/8" piece of black cardstock. Attach the sentiment to the lower left corner of the front of the card using 3-D dots for dimension. Attach a heart-shaped pink die cut to the right of the sentiment.

Trim the top corners of the black and cream colored cardstock that you've pre-cut to form a tag. Attach a piece of black and white polka-dot organza ribbon to the cream cardstock tag with a red, heart-shaped brad. Center and adhere the cream cardstock tag to the black cardstock tag. Stamp a sentiment along the left edge of the tag. (Mine says "...and they lived happily ever after").

Trim a photo to 1 5/16" x 1" and adhere to pink and red cardstock mats that you've cut slightly larger than the photo. Adhere 2 pink heart die-cuts, in a staggered fashion, under the photo:

Stamp the initials of the couple inside the hearts and then stamp flourishes on the cream cardstock as well:

Slide the bookmark into the pocket on the front of the card. If desired, attach a red, heart-shaped brad or button to the lower corner of the dog-eared flap. Open the card up and stamp a sentiment and/or decorative elements:

Decorate envelope as desired and pop in the mail!

Blessings,