Graphic 45: Love Sweet Love Policy Envelope Wallet Tutorial with Nature Sketchbook
Hello, Friends! I’m up on the Graphic 45 blog today where I’m sharing this Love Sweet Love Policy Envelope Wallet Tutorial. It’s just the perfect little gift for Valentine’s Day.
Look at alll the darling little bee images in Nature Sketchbook. I decided to riff off that idea and turn it into a Love Sweet Love theme…complete with a honey spoon! Tea with honey is one of my favorite things!
These metal pieces are painted with Black Soot Distress Paint to match my yellow, black and red color palette. For the keyhole, I let the paint set for about 1 minute, then I wiped off with a barely damp paper towel.
Just as bees love to cluster around the hive, cluster your embellishments around a focal image to create a real visual impact.
Sweet Surprises on the inside
Join two policy envelopes together and what do you get? A really fun wallet/pocket combo. I altered the red policy envelope to create the pocket, and I’ll show you how in the Snapguide tutorial at the end of this post.
The pocket is filled with pretty ephemera cards, a post card and a delicious herbal tea bag to go along with the honey spoon on the front of the wallet.
Don’t you just love these gorgeous images? To create a custom string tie opening, simply glue chipboard buttons on top of the black discs . It adds a great pop of color!
Wanna see what’s in the pocket?
Happy to oblige!
Would you like to know how to make your own Love Sweet Love Policy Envelope Wallet? Then please enjoy this Snapguide Tutorial.
Snapguide: Love Sweet Love Policy Envelope Wallet Tutorial
I hope this has given you some “sweet” ideas for your own Valentine’s Day (or any day!) creations. It’s always the right time to share a little love!
Thanks for stopping by!
Cheerio,
kathy
Love Sweet Love Policy Envelope Wallet Supply List
- Nature Sketchbook 8×8 Collection: Seasonal Splendor, Nature Sketchbook, Mother Earth, Plant Kingdom
- 12×12 collection: Beautiful World, Seasonal Splendor
- Ephemera Cards
- Decorative Chipboard
- Journaling Chipboard
- Pockets and Tags
- Chipboard Flowers
- Prints and Patterns, either size
- Stamps
- Policy Envelopes: 1 each Large Red and Black
- Staples Long Black Tags
- Metal Staples Ornate Metal Key Holes
- Staples Ornate Keys
- Graphic 45 Staples Washi Tape
Hi Kathy,
oh this is so gorgeous, and superb as usual.
I love your wonderful design of this, and the colours look amazing and very wonderful.
Thank you for sharing the wonderful tutorial of this.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L..
Fabulous envelope wallet with lots of goodies on the inside and through out! I particularly enjoyed your step by steps on the snap guide. It was the next best thing to being in the room crafting with you…well almost! I love how you’ve used those sweet papers and embellishments. I especially adore the little tag and learning how you made that gorgeous background. Now for that lovely bow… All so beautifully done! Sending hugs!
another gorgeous creation!!!
You are amazing! Love this and the great tutorial!
This is a clever project that I definitely want to try. The step-by-step tutorial is a great help. Thanks for sharing it.
Love when you leave us a snap guide tutorial for these wonderful projects Kathy.
As usual you rocked my world with all the detail. I do love these papers! I am off now to find my Valentine stuff. Not an easy task! Have a day filled with much glitter and sparkle.
Wow, this looks amazing, Kathy! I love how you layer everything! These are gorgeous papers!