Matchbook Cards

Matchbook cards

Card stock base 4 1/4 x 11 inches.  Score at 3/4 inch and 6 inches. Fold up the 3/4 inch flap and staple close to the fold.  Tuck long end into the 3/4 inch flap like an old-fashioned matchbook  

Decorate as desired with DSP, ribbon, embellishments, etc.  I cut a strip of DSP 1/2 x 4 and added it on the flap.  

Coordinating DSP cut 4 x 4 3/4 added to the front. Ribbon and sentiment with an enamel dot was added to the front. 

These are so quick and easy. 

 

Double sided images

 I love the animals in A Little Wild but feels wasteful using two images glued back to back when I could just as well stamp on both sides and get 2 double sided images instead on just 1.  (sometimes you need two glued together because you are putting something between them but most times I don’t need that).

So I figured out a way to use my stamparatus to stamp on both front and back easily.  

I took a piece of scrap basic white - doesn’t matter that it has some ink smudges on one side. This is just my

I taped it down using post-it tape and marked the corners so I can place it back in the exact same spot later. 

Stamp the image. I used the elephant. 

Die cut the image. Tape the outline to the stamparatus in the same position as earlier. 

Place the cut out image face down in the template. Notice the little circle tab is on the right side now. 

Stamp the image on the backside.  The one on the right didn’t stamp clearly but I could have stamped it again since I’m using the stamparatus. 

Just cut apart and trim off the tab and you have 2 double sided elephants.  

Don’t throw out the template.  Store it with the stamp set and/or dies and you can use it over snd over.  Here I did a second set on gray card stock.