Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
The envelope punch board occupies space in my studio, but it's rarely used. I won my punch board as a giveaway ages ago and I rarely make my own envelopes. I'd seen some cute ideas on Pinterest for using it to make file folder tabs on cards but had yet to try the idea. Then a couple months ago I had a request for office goodbye cards. Is there a more perfect card idea for office cards than a cute mini file folder? I think not!
I started with an A2 card base, punching a tab on one side, then trimming the opposite side of the card to build my file. If you're looking for exact measurements for creating the tabs, this is the tutorial I took my inspiration from.
I added a gift card pocket using my Honey Bee Stamps pocket die. Because of the style of the card, I put the interior panel for the note on the front side of the card and the gift card pocket on the back.
I kept the design simple using patterned paper scraps, rounding the top corners of the "file", adding label sentiments, two older photo corner stickers, and a few enamel dots. I love the final look and will be making more of these.
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