- Basic Gray 8 1/2 x 11" Card Stock, page 155, $7.50
- Chocolate Chip 8 1/2 x 11" Card Stock, page 156, $5.50
- Old Olive 8 1/2 x 11" Card Stock, page 156, $5.50
- VersaMark Pad, page 190, $7.50
- Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder, page 188, $4.75
- Powder Pals, page 188, $19.95
- Bone Folder, page 188, $6.95
- Heat Tool, page 188, $29.95
- Paper-Piercing Tool, page 191, $3.50
- Mat Pack, page 191, $9.95
- Flower Fusion Accents & Elements, page 180, $14.95
- Fleurettes II Accents & Elements, page 180, $9.95
- Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, page 32 of Occasions Mini, $7.95
- Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads, page 179, $10.95
- Soft Subtles Brads, page 179, $8.95
- Earth Elements Brads, page 179, $8.95
- Sticky Strip, page 192, $6.95
- adhesive
- scissors
- pencil, pen, or Marker
- self-adhesive Velcro
- gum packets (I used Orbit)
1) Open one of the gum packets and remove the gum. Set it aside for now.
2) Tear the cardboard holder apart and flatten it out to make a pattern. I did cut off the little tab at the top of their package since I'd be closing mine with Velcro.
3) Lay the pattern on a piece of card stock and trace with a pencil, pen, or Marker.
4) Cut out the traced card stock.
5) Using the pattern as a guide, score where needed.
6) Lay the cut out, scored card stock on your work surface so the trace marks are facing up.
7) Press the VersaMark Pad all over the card stock surface until it is completely inked up.
8) Lay the inked up card stock in the Powder Pal inked side up. Sprinkle on Clear Embossing Powder. Tap off excess powder into the tray.
9) Lay the powdered card stock on your work surface so the powdered side is up.
10) Use a Bone Folder to draw random lines all over the surface of the powdered card stock by dragging the tip of the Bone Folder through the powder.
11) Tap the loose embossing powder into the garbage. Do NOT reuse it!
12) Heat the card stock with the Heat Tool until all the powder is melted and shiny.
13) Fold on your score lines and place with the embossed side down on your work surface.
14) Lay the gum inside the holder.
15) Lightly adhere the side flaps to the gum. Also fold the tiny tabs at the bottom in and secure them with adhesive.
16) Put small strips of Sticky Strip on the side flaps as shown.
17) Remove the protective backing (red) from the Sticky Strip pieces and fold the bottom flap up and secure in place.
18) Flip the wallet over so the embossed side is face up and lay the top flap on the mats from the Mat Pack. Place an embellishment flower of your choice on top of the flap so it overlaps the bottom edge by just a tiny bit. Use the Paper-Piercing Tool to poke a hole through the center of the flower and card stock. Insert a brad of choice and secure on back side.
19) Flip the wallet back over and put one side of a Velcro piece over the prongs of the brad. Put the other side of the Velcro piece on the first Velcro piece and remove the protective backing. Close the flap of the wallet and press hard to secure the Velcro piece on the other side exactly where you want it.
You can use any color of card stock and any type of embellishment on the flap that you'd like.
Make sure your VersaMark Pad is well inked so that the embossing powder will stick to the card stock easily.
By embossing on the traced side of the card stock, you'll hide any trace marks that weren't cut off.
You may have noticed that I did not emboss some of the side flaps. I deliberately left the parts that would be covered by the bottom flap of the wallet un-embossed since the Sticky Strip sticks better on plain card stock.
Just draw random, squiggly lines with the Bone Folder through the embossing powder. Let some of the lines cross. You are trying to make it look like a piece of leather!
Do NOT reuse the powder that you pull up with the Bone Folder when drawing your lines. It's already saturated with VersaMark and will not work well if you try to reuse it. Just tap it off into the garbage.
You can refill your wallet with gum at any time!
Make a slightly larger wallet and it will hold business cards. Or, make an even bigger one to hold feminine hygiene products in style!
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