Pocket Letter With a Twist

Hey Everyone!  Today I have for you new twist on a Pocket Letter.

What is a pocket letter? Well, it is a way to send a letter or note

to a friend or penpal.  You would use a 9 pocket sleeve protector, like

the ones used for baseball cards, and fill with papers, embellishments

or whatever you could fit into or on the sleeves.

Well, I wanted something smaller that those big sleeves, and I also

wanted something fun to explore when you open.

This is my Pocket Letter with a Twist.

I will take you through how I made it and will even give you the

measurements I used so you too can make a Twisted PL.

I started with the Sherri Baldy My Besties SteamPunk PL

You can find it HERE

I printed to sheets as I made a few of the pages 3D by raising up

areas I cut out of the second sheet and to make the front match

when closed up with the glasses showing on the half panel.

Lets have a look on the inside.

I turned the left side into a pocket to tuck in a note or a few tags

to write on.

I have made the inside into a accordion panel

to hold the printable pages.

I also made a shaker pocket that I added some gears and sequins.

The gears I purchased in the jewelry section of my local craft store, Michaels.

I placed the printable down first and then made a shaker to match the size

and took the second printable to match and cut the lace top and bottom out

and used foam to place over the same design underneath to look

like it is tucked into the paper.

Here you see where I also cut out the steam cat and lace and mounted 

with the foam to make it 3D.

Lets get to how and measurements.

The top paper is the inside accordion.  You want a piece of cadrstock

3 5/8" x 8 1/2" and score at 2 5/8", 2 3/4", 5 3/8" and 5 1/2".

 Fold like a accordion

The gusset of 1/8" allows for you to embellish the inside pages.

You could add more panels by adding another 1/8" gusset and another 2 5/8"

for each additional panel you want to add.  If so, just check the height

when closed and make your gussets on the outside cover bigger.

For the cover you will need a piece of cardstock 4" x 9 1/2" and score

at 3",  3 1/4", 6 1/4" and 6 1/2".  You want the 1/4" gussets

to allow for the pages inside to sit nicely when closed.

I just cut the flap that will be the front on the diagonal just

for something different.  You could leave it whole, trim the edge 

with a punch of border die cut also.

Here it is cut out and not decorated yet.

No decorate to your liking and have fun with it.

Don't forget the back.  Add some paper and embellish if you like as well.

For my closure, I just used ribbon and make sure to place it

down before adding your papers if you use this method.

I added the ribbon to the back coming around to the left and

on the half panel coming out towards the right and just tie

it on the side.

I hope you have enjoyed todays small make and would love

to see your creations.

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