Hello, Crafters.
We had a pleasant drive down to Southampton yesterday to take the car hubby was hoping to buy for another test drive since it had been serviced and MOT’d. Unfortunately, the siren noise was still being emitted by the turbo so hubby turned the car down and we came home without it.
Once we were back home and had had a much-needed cup of tea, hubby was back on the internet! He has found another car that ticks all the boxes and we’re off to see it after lunch today!
Last November, Stampin’ Up! held the OnStage event in Dortmund, Germany and hubby and I went over for a long weekend. As you know, one of my highlights of going to SU events is the swaps! After I shared my swaps on a video I was asked if I’d make a video to show how to make the Magic Wallet card I’d received from gilsassie@ziggo.nl.
It’s only taken me a year to do it but I’m thrilled to be sharing it with you today! It’s such an amazing project! There are already masses of videos on YouTube showing how to make this great project but I was particularly struck by the fact that none of them (that I saw) were decorated inside.
At first, I wondered if the reason was because the layers couldn’t be done although I couldn’t think of a reason why they would be a problem! I made the Zany Zebra Magic Wallet first without decorating the inside and although it was successful, I didn’t like the rather sterile looking inside! I added the stras inside and out after I had finished the video.
The second wallet I made was the Real Red Poinsettias wallet and this time I decorated the inside. It worked brilliantly. I tested it by putting a gift card inside and opened and closed the wallet. This proved to be somewhat frustrating because the gift card kept sliding out from beneath the ribbons.
I found the solution to this was to wrap the gift card in three layers of tissue paper to make it thicker and less likely to slide. It isn’t perfect but it is very muvh better. You can see how I used the tissue in the video but I used some plain white tissue.
When I do one of these magic wallets for a gift for someone this coming Christmas, I’ll choose some coloured tissue paper that blends with the colour of my Designer Series Paper. I will also try three and four pieces of tissue paper to see which one fits best and making sure it will still fit into the envelope. I designed the size of the wallet to fit one of the envelopes in one of out Notecards & Envelopes.
If you feel the wallet fits in too snugly, you can reduce all the layers in size by one-eighth of an inch on two adjacrent sides. I hope you enjoy watching today’s video as much as I enjoyed making it. That’s about it from me today and I look forward to being back with you on Tuesday. In the meantime, please take care and stay safe. Happy crafting.
JanB. xx
Just watching the video now Jan and I do prefer the inside to be presentable. Without some DSP, I agree it is rather sterile. And funny, a villager just asked me if I could make a gift wallet for her great grandson’s graduation, so am off to show Wendy my papers for her to choose. A lovely “card” as always. (And thank you for adding the measurements of the sketch card.). XX M
Timing counts for so much, Mal! I hope your neighbour was pleased with the idea. I’m glad the approximate measurements helped. xx
To hold the gift card in place, what about using a small piece of repositionable tape on the backside of it?
Many thanks for the tip, Barbara. Yes, repositional tape will work. I use a repositional tape runner but I don’t like having to remove it once the job is done. It looks like crumbed marzipan if there is such a thing! 😀 I’ll see if I can get some repositional tape instead! xx
Can’t wait to try this! Thanks for the idea and instructions!
Many thanks, Billie. Enjoy. xx
Headed to my shop in a few minutes to give this a try. Thank you for a wonderful idea.
Hi, Shirley. I hope you’ve had fun making this project! xx
Thanks Jan, I love this one. Just a suggestion, maybe you could try alfoil instead of the tissue paper which also prevents scanning in the mail.
I watch all of your videos because you do such a great job of explaining how to make the cards. I am from Australia Keep up the good work.
Many thanks, Jenny. What is alfoil – baking foil? xx
Morning Jan. Yes, baking foil. USA call it aluminium; Aussie Alfoil; UK Baking Foil. XX Mal
Many thanks, Mal. xx
OMG! I just love this card Jan. Those papers are beautiful as well. This is surely one card would be played with a lot! Be safe & TYFS
Absolutely, Claire – by children of all ages aka adults! LOL! xx
Helemaal te gek zeg deze kaart model. Ga het ook een proberen te maken.
Groetjes Manon
Een ander project om van te genieten, Manon! xx
I have enjoyed your postings and thank you for the Christmas ideas that I made note of. I am not ready
for Christmas card making just yet but will put them on my things to do.
Look forward to future projects.
Glad you and your hubby have been staying safe in these unsettling times.
From Wasaga Beach, Ontario Canada
Hi, Barbara. I think August is too early to start planning for Christmas, too! I haven’t started using any of my Christmas pre-order goodies yet and will (hopefully) stick to non-Christmas projects until September! All the time the weather is as hot as it has been recently (29° – 32°) it’s easy not to think about Christmas project! Being in the UK, Christmas brings cold and snow! LOL! xx