Valentine Pocket Pouch Tutorial

I promised you the directions to make this adorable treat pouch from the Freaks blog hop:

 

For the pouch cut out two Petal Cones from Vanilla card stock using the Petal Cone die. You also need one of the banners included in the die.

Then you'll trim part of the top petals off and a bit more of the top below the petals like this. 

Do this with both of the petal cone die-cuts and adhere them together along their sides either before or after you trim them as shown above. 
Basically you want an even triangle cone box small enough to be covered by your scallop heart.  So just keep trimming until the triangle box is small enough.  It will look like this when you're done:

You'll need to cut two of the largest scallop heart framelits from Vanilla card stock.

 
First, to create the decorative front, die-cut one medium heart (using the 3rd from the largest framelit) from the Everyday Enchantment designer series paper (Sale a Bration paper).  Adhere sticky strip tape behind the heart completely around the outside edges.  Adhere the Riding Hood Red pleated ribbon to the sticky tape.  Set aside. Do not adhere it to your large scalloped heart yet though!  Here's a close-up of the front:

I inked my greeting (Loving Thoughts) in Riding Hood Red ink and stamped onto the banner.  I then added a length of punched Vanilla dotted scallop trim above and below this banner, along with two pearls.  Adhere to the heart with mini glue dots.

Now you can adhere your large scallop vanilla heart to this triangle box - one on each side.  I used the liquid Tombo multipurpose adhesive sparingly; it has a terrific hold for boxes.  Be sure to open the box slightly as you adhere the heart so it wants to stay curved and open as it dries.

Once this has set, you can adhere the ribbon embellished heart with dimensionals.

The handles are two 1/2" X 9" strips of the same designer paper I used on the front of the heart.  Two pieces per handle - 4 total.  As I glued these strips together I made sure to curve the paper so it dried with a natural curve in it.  Adhere the ends inside the heart. 

I added some Cherry M & M's to a medium cello bag and tied it closed with Vanilla seam binding ribbon.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Loving Thoughts
• Ink - Riding Hood Red
• Card stock - Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment designer series paper
• Accessories - Hearts framelits, Petal Cone die, Big Shot, Riding Hood Red pleated ribbon, Sticky Strip tape, mini glue dots, Tombo multi-purpose glue, dimensionals, Dotted Scallop ribbon punch, pearls 

 

Comments

[A Facebook User]

A friend of mine saw this project and your punch art penguin and thought they were adorable! So when she came over the other day, we made them. They are even cuter in real life!

I'm going to post them to my blog (along with a link back to your post) unless you have any objections. Thanks for sharing your inspiring ideas!
~Jayne S.
http://www.jaynestamps.com/

[Susan Carlson]

What a super cute project!