More Luxurious Leather card from Papermilldirect

Hello and welcome to my weekly Blog Post with news of this week's special offer from +papermilldirect .

I know lots of you loved the previous offerings of this Leather effect cardstock when it was available in the White and Buff colourways.  This time it is a lovely Cream colour and available in both small & midi box sizes from just £5-70!!  It is sure to be extremely popular, so do grab it whilst you can - Link Here

I haven't had chance to create with the Cream yet, but if you would like some inspiration I can share a couple of projects I made using the White and Buff colours, I'm sure these projects would work equally well in the cream colour too.

First up is the little handbag shaped card, I drew a template and hand cut this design,  here is the link for the write up and materials list (what-to-do-with-white-leather)

Next up is the Wallet Gift Card holder, I created 2 of these, one for my father and one for my brother, these are simple makes but the Leather embossed card looks so effective, Here is the link for the write up & materials list: (more-in-buff)

The Leather embossed is in a very sturdy 300gsm and perfect for making 3D projects like this TeePee shaped card, link here: (leather-in-buff)

as well as giving a touch of elegance and luxury to regular card making.  I stamped and coloured onto the leather effect too, here is the link for this card too.(today-is-good-day)

I think the Cream would be ideal for wedding stationery too, especially with a coordinating ribbon and simple styling to show off the beauty of the grain.  I would love to hear what you plan to make or  have made with the Leather Effect card-stocks from Papermilldirect.


Papermill Design Team:
if you have a moment, please do pop over and check out the other papermill teamies blogs and see what they got up to this week:   
Barbara 
Lisa 
Ruth 
Sylvia  
Sandie   
Craig   
Papermilldirect Inspire Blog 

More in the Buff!!

So as promised yesterday, here is the other Design Team sample I created for the Papermill Special Offer 'Buff Leather Embossed' card launched yesterday.  You''ll find all the current 'special offers' in this section, link HERE

As Fathers Day is  not too far away now, i thought I would create something with a 'male' theme.  Sometimes it's difficult to come up with designs for menfolk, and that can go for gifts too, so why not combine them into one special gift /card combo?

I created the basic outer wallet shape from the 'Buff Leather Embossed' card, using a corner rounder on 2 corners only, then cutting an extra 2 pieces to form the inside 'pockets'.  (Making sure that a gift card would fit snuggly into the left hand side 'pocket' when assembled)  I also cut a smaller piece of card to created the fastening flap, using a corner rounder on 2 corners. 

Some patterned papers in a vintage style were attached to the inside of the wallet shape, I thought this design looked most like a fabric lining.  I carefully drew faux stitching around the edges of the wallet on the outside and the inside on the lining paper.  I also drew stitching around each of the 2 inner pocket pieces, and the fastener piece.
Using cosmic shimmer glue I carefully attached both inner pocket pieces, taking care to only apply glue to 3 sides - leaving a large top side unglued to enable things to be popped into the pockets. I like using cosmic shimmer glue as it allows a little time to carefully slide your pieces into place lining them up carefully and as it dries clear you get a neat finish.

I carefully lined up and attached the fastener part by gluing it only on the part that attaches to the back of the wallet.  The front will have a glue dot or mini velcro fastener so it can be opened and closed.  I used a gold coloured 'card candi' and inked a little distress ink over it before attaching to create a faux press stud fastener.

I die-cut some letters from Mocha papermill card and burnished them with a little gilding wax in 'enchanted gold' before applying to the front of the wallet with cosmic shimmer glue.  You could of course add any name or initials to personalise your wallet.

Now you can add your contents, I popped a little 'gift card' into the left hand side pocket, and used the right hand side pocket to hold a photo and a theatre ticket, but you could also add a mini greeting card or gift tag or even money if you are gifting cash.  The wallet shape is great fun to make and would be perfect for all sorts of occasions.

 

Materials List:

Buff Leather Embossed Card - papermill direct

Mocha Card - papermill direct

Patterned Paper

Card Candy

Gilding Wax 'Enchanted Gold'

Distress Ink 'Tea Dye'

Lyra Pen - brown

Challenges Entered: 

'Only Men allowed' - Country View Challenges
http://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/a-new-challenge-and-some-new-designers.html

Challenge #219 'For the Men in your Life' - Fab n' Funky Challenges
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-219-fathers-day-or-for-men-in.html

'Challenge 21 Anything Goes' - Crafting from the Heart Challenge Blog
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-21.html

'June Anything Goes Challenge' - Sisters of Craft 
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/sisters-of-craft-june-anything-goes.html



why not pop over and see what my papermill teamies have got up to with the Buff Leather too?:

Barbara

http://glitterarti1.blogspot.co.uk/

Sandie
http://sandieshores.blogspot.co.uk/

Ruth
http://apassionforcards.blogspot.co.uk/

Sylvia
http://designsforoccasions.blogspot.co.uk/

Lisa
http://papercraftbliss.com/