Cute Little Pocket Tutorial

Hello everyone!

I haven't done a tutorial in ages and thought this was 

such an easy little project that it would be one 

that everyone can make.

These cute little pockets are easy and quick to make.

You can use them to hold a note for hidden journaling,

to hold a tag or a picture, or maybe a piece of memorabilia

on a scrapbook page.  They are also great to use on cards

for a gift card or a little note or even a tag on a gift.

Use them in any way you can think of.

The larger one measures 

2.5"x3.75"  the smaller one is 1.25"x2.25"

You can start with any sized piece of paper or

card stock, as long as it is square.  This one is

5.25' square.

Fold square corner to corner and crease.

Then fold the opposite way and only put a small crease

in the center to show where the center of the 

square is.

I have marked the center here to show where it is.

For mine I measured 1.25" from the center on each side

along the crease and marked it with a pencil.

Now fold corner over to meet the pencil mark on the 

opposite side.

Fold both sides over in this manner.

If the corner is extending over the edge fold,

I snip it off, both inside and outside.

Now fold it along the crease and you have a cute

little pocket.

I glued my pocket backs together from top to bottom,

but if you'd like a little slide through area, you can

just glue them together at the peak area only.

This is a piece of paper I had in my handmade background

stash. I wish you could see the shine this has,

it's really beautiful in real life, but doesn't show

the shine in the photo.

I didn't like the back of the paper, as it was white and

a mess with random ink spots.
I took another scrap piece and glued it to the inside of the

pocket to cover the messy area.

Here are a few of the pockets I made in various sizes.

This is a larger pocket that I made with a piece that

was approximately 12"x12".

Again the back of the piece was a mess, so 
I cut off the top peaked part of the back and 

glued it inside the pocket.

Here you can see where I cut it off and then

glued the bottom to the back of the pocket.

I had 2 small pieces of background paper in my

stash that I made with shaving cream and alcohol inks.

I loved how they worked together, so I glued the 2 pieces back

to back to make this little pocket.

It turned out really cute, 

but.......

since it was 2 pieces glued together, they were a bit thick

and didn't fold well and split at the bottom.

I did score them first, but they still split.

So, just be aware that this can happen.

If you want the inside and outside looking

pretty, this may work with paper rather than card stock,

or you can use double sided paper or card stock

or use the method I used above.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you have learned something new today

and maybe will give these little pockets a try.

Until next time,

make someone smile.