Saturday Show & Hels... T'Pouch Instructions...

...Wow, I have had so many lovely comments and emails about how to make my latest invention... the T'Pouch... so... here I am with some piccies and the measurements etc. If you haven't heard of the T'Pouch... here's a little bit of history: I love to make tags... and was getting a bit bored of just doing the old tag... so I decided to make a pouch for the tag to sit in... that way I could really go over the top and decorate that too.





The name came about after I had been discussing "what to call this here pouchy thing" with Dan... and he said... why not call it the T'Pouch! So I have! So.. on with the pics etc... Oh before I do... the T'Pouch is designed to hold a Size 8 tag... which is the size that the Sizzix Alterations Tag Die is... and also the size of the standard Ranger tags :O) Right...here we go!


STEP 1

Cut a piece of cardstock or double sided paper to measure 25cm x 13cm



STEP 2

Score at the following along the longest side:

1.5cm
1.5cm
9cm
1.5cm
1.5cm
9cm
1cm

And score along the shortest side at:

11cm



STEP 3

Fold along the score lines... the 1.5cm measurements will form the expanding part at the sides of the T'Pouch. The 9cm lengths are the front and back and the 1cm will form a flap for gluing the T'Pouch together. Fold along the 11cm measurement... this will form the flaps for the base.



STEP 4

Snip out the little extra pieces that are along the bottom of the cardstock - this will make assembling easier. All you need are the two 9cm long flaps. One will go over the top of the other to glue together.


STEP 5

I have marked on the template where to glue. Cut two pieces of card/paper to measure 10cm x 8cm. These will be the front and back pieces that you can ink/stamp/decorate before attaching to the T'Pouch.



And there you have it. If you do make a T'Pouch, please do let me know... I would love to see lots of little T'Pouches taking over the world (mwaha... mwhahahahaaaaa - said in Dr Evil voice) Anyways... here's the tag and T'Pouch that I have finished..


And... the tag... I am entering this into the Tag It On challenge this week which is ... RED... and I can see lots of red on this one so hopefully it is acceptable.



And finally... last week I did the Watermark Resist Technique and had some candy to win... so, I had 61 comments and Mr Random.Org chose #52 which tallies with the comment left by Craftimamma. So... thank you all for your comments... muchly appreciated... and if Craftimamma could email me her addy I will pop the card and Pad into the post! Right, enough waffling from me for a day... tomorrow is a brand new Sunday Stamper theme... please do pop back to visit... oh and there are still a few days left to enter into the Bloggy Birthday giveaways I am doing... all the deets are up there in the sidey bar... Right.. am offski... thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x

Three For One...

... it is official!! I have been living under a rock for the past 837 years... I mean, how could I miss the Tag It On Challenge!!! Anyways... now I know about it I shall be taking part muchly because after all, when do I need an excuse to make a tag lol. So the theme this week is "Numbers Game" - all the deets are HERE. So I got cracking making my tag... starting out with a bit of Faux Batik... which just so happens to be the theme on Grungy Monday... details of this challenge are HERE - based around this fab technique from the Duke of Distress... and then... Lo! I saw that I was scruffing up the edges and doing a bit of tearing... so that meant it fits the Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge this week too... deets HERE. Haha! Three challenges on one tag... and two of them not intentional either.


The Dressform is cut from mountboard and the Sewing Room Alterations Die.. stamped over in Victorian Velvet with a marvellous old Tim stamp of a dressmaking pattern, clear embossed and then altered with Vintage Photo and Aged Mahogany and then ironed!! To remove the clear embossing... love this technique! The base of the tag had a line of numbers stamped in the same way.. over the top of Antique Linen with clear embossing... ironed... etc...



The wings behind the dressform are actually from the Crowded Attic Salvage Sticker set... a Cut & Dry Nib was used to pick up Aged Mahog and Vintage Photo inks to colour the wings... and I blended Vintage Photo onto the back of them so the edges weren't left a nasty white colour.




The edges of the tag were scruffed with an Edge Distresser and I tore the numbers part off a Journal Ticket and used my lighter to singe the edges for a proper burnt look... I was UBER careful with this bit too... knowing how clumsy I am, I literally offered the card to the flame and blew at the same time... don't want burnt fingers now.


Anyways... today over on The Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog there is a giveaway... namely an ATC I made... plus some fabbylicious new stamps to go with it... so... all the deets for this giveaway are HERE... please do hop on over and leave a comment if you would like to win... oh and if you leave a comment here too... you get entered twice ;o)) Right... that's me for now... I start my new meds this morning... wish me luck, I am keeping it all crossed that I don't have any side effects... and that they work!! Enjoy your weekend... get inky... Ta for looking... TTFN!

Hels x