Autumn Shaker Pocket Z Fold Cards
Hi Craft Friends!
I'm Dana! Glad you are here! During the Autumn Season, I enjoy sending special cards to my Craft Friends and Family. How about you? What's your favorite thing about Fall? I love sitting by my Craft table with a cup of Pumpkin Latte!
Today I will be creating some Fall Z fold Shaker pocket cards using the new Tres Jolie October Cards Tags and More kit! This Card kit features Graphic45 "Hello Pumpkin 8x8 paper pad with lots of pretty Fallpatterned papers and plenty of Journaling cards and little stamps to adorn your cards, Tags and envelopes! You also receive Graphic45 Ivory Album in a Box ( I created one last week) you can check it out on the blog) you'll love receiving several new chipboard pieces from Tres Jolie! There's a cute Gnome, squirrel and More fall pieces I'm sure you'll love. Also included are Graphic45 flowers pack. 5 Clear Adhesive Shaker pockets, and Tonic Craft die set along with a set of Graphic45 Black 4 & 1/4 x 5 1/2 card set including envelopes!
You can see all the Tres Jolie chipboards available for purchase here https://tresjoliekits.com/collections/chipboard/products/sports
From my stash I'm using Smooch inks in Orange, Green Apple, Black, Red, Stickles Glitter Orange Peel and Lime green. Gel pens, foam dots, Clear Adhesive, Sequins and gems.
Let's start by creating our Z fold card bases. I'll be creating 5 total cards for my project. Take your Black Card base, open and lay across your scoring board. Score at 2 & 1/8 inches on the left side.
Fold back to create your Z fold. See photo:
Repeat these steps for all 5 cards. Then set them aside.
Take out your 5 Adhesive Shaker pockets. I cut out a variety of different patterned journal cards from the paper pad. Trim to fit inside your pocket. Some hang over a bit but we will be covering the backside with our scrap papers. Slide each journal card into your adhesive pocket. Add any shaker filler of your choice. I'm using colored sequins from my stash. Then using a clear adhesive glue close up your shaker pockets. Repeat this for the other 4 shaker pockets. See photo:
For the Happy Fall journal card I trimmed out outside frame from my journal card using my x-acto knife. Save frame scrap. See photo:
Then slip inside the pocket. See photo:
Card 1: Happy Fall: Peel off the backside of your adhesive pocket and adhere your adhesive pocket onto your front Z fold flap. See photo:
On the backside you can add a scrap piece we had leftover. Here's a photo:
Inside flap I cut out a small journal card and glued on the inside Z flap. Inside card base, I cut a green pattern paper to measure 4 x 5 1/4 inches. Glue in place.
Next take out the Chipboard wheel barrow piece. I colored the leaves and Pumpkin/stem with Green, Orange Peel Stickles Glitter (my stash) and gel pens. The wheel barrow and wheel I painted using Smooch inks in black and tan. Here's a closeup look:
Glue the Tres Jolie chipboard Wheel barrow along the bottom. I fussycut out some leaves from scrap paper and glued at the top right corner! I added a few crystal gems along the bottom edge on the front of my card. At the top, I glued a few leaves from the 49 & Market flower pack and a small flower from my stash. Here's a photo:
Card 2: Adhere the "Fall is in the Air" adhesive pocket to the front Z fold flap. Inside card I cut the Orange polkadot paper to 4 x 5 & 1/2 inches and glued onto my inside card base. See photos:
On the inside of my card I cut a piece of 4 x 5 & 1/4 inches from the orange polkadot paper and glued in place. Take the Squirrel chipboard piece and color however you like. I used a combination of Smooch inks. Here's a closeup:
Glue your Squirrel chipboard piece at the bottom right corner using foam dots to add some dimension. I cut out a small leaf stamp and glued at the top right corner. On the inside Z flap i glued a leftover leaves paper piece. Here a look:
On the front I cut a few leaves from the 49 & Market flower pack and a small orange rose at the top of my card, and a small journal card along the bottom edge. Here's a photo:
Card #3: Welcome to the Pumpkin Patch shaker: Front I adhered my shaker pocket. I cut a piece of " Color Me Happy " paper B side same measurements as previous cards. Glue on the inside base. See photo:
Take out one of the Gnome chipboard pieces. I colored him using my Smooch inks.
Then glued to the inside bottom right edge of my card. I cut out a pumpkin stamp from my scraps and glued it on the upper right corner. I cut out a pumpkin stamp from my scraps and glued in the upper right corner. Next take out the Tonic Craft die and diecut your piece. I used a cream cardstock from my stash. For the center die i diecut a small pumpkin scrap. See photo 
I glued my diecut piece onto the inside Z flap. With foam dots I adhered the pumpkin diecut piece. I fussycut out some leaves and glued on the top and bottom areas on my Z flap. I also added acouple strips of paper from my scraps and glued along the backside of my pocket Here's some photos:
On the front Z flap I glued some fussycut leaves at the top along with a skinny border strip at the bottom. Here's a photo:
Card 4: Autumn Days I cut a scrap piece of Falling Leaves paper 1 & 3/4 x 5 & 1/4 inches. Taking the same paper but using the B side (purple pattern) cut to 4 x 5 & 1/4 inches. See photo:
Glue the long strip of leaves paper on the front Z flap. Next I adhered my shaker pocket on the front Z flap. I adhered some leaves paper scrap on the right and a skinny border strip at the top to cover the adhesive back. Glue your purple patterned paper on the inside card base.
On the inside Z fold flap, I glued acouple stamps at the top. Below I glued a leftover diecut piece and added acouple gold heart stickers from my stash. At the inside top of my card I glued another small stamp and acouple leaves from my flower pack in the kit. Here's a closeup:
Here's a photo of the front of my finished card:
Card 5: From my scraps I cut 2 border strips at 5 & 1/2 x 3/4 inches. Glue the leaf border on the front Z fold flap in the center. The other border sentiment strip I glued onto the back Z fold flap. Adhere your Shaker adhesive pocket over top of your leaf border strip centered.
On the inside of my card I cut out a journal card and glued inside. You can add a message here if you like. Here's acouple photos:
Now all our cards are finished! I think anyone would live to get some Happy Mail during the Autumn Season! I hope my ideas inspired you!
With your leftover scraps you can decorate the front of your envelopes. Here's acouple examples I did:
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I'll be back again soon to share another project idea. Until next time Have a Crafty Day!
Dana
October 2024 Mood Board Challenge
Tres Jolie has always hosted a monthly sketch or mood board challenge. So, with that being said, here are the rules:
This challenge is still open to everyone.
2. You can create any type of project for the challenge.
3. You MUST say what you were inspired by.
4. You MUST include the twist in your design. This month's theme is FALL ELEGANCE
5. We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 OF Tres Jolie's products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.
6. It MUST be a new project.
7.To have everyone eligible to win, we are limited the same winner to once every 3 months.
Place your entries in the July 2024 challenge folder on Tres Jolie Kit Club Cafe Facebook page. This challenge ends on September 30th 2024 at 11:59 pm CST. Winners will receive a gift certificate to our store.
So, what are you waiting for? Grab your September kits, dive into the mood board challenge, and let your creativity run wild. Who knows, you might just discover a new favorite technique or design style along the way. Happy crafting!
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