Ric Rac Instructions

One of my favorite things about punches involves being able to use them to create things other than what they were initially intended for....with that being said - here is a tutorial on making Ric Rac with the Scallop Edge Punch!

Holding your punch upside down - place your 7/8" strip of cardstock in and line it up so you are starting by punching a "full" scallop as shown below. Punch out the whole edge.

I like to hold my cardstock like this to stabilize it:

Now place the unpunched edge in your punch and start with a half scallop as shown below.

Again, hold onto your strip to help stabilize it.

Secret Reveal Card Tutorial

Ingredients:
Stamps: Classy & Fabulous; Doodle This
Ink: Pixie Pink; Basic Black
Cardstock: Whisper White; Basic Black; Pixie Pink
Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch; Black Gingham Ribbon; Pixie Pink Marker; Scallop Circle Punch; 1 ¼ Circle Punch

Dimensions:
Front Panel: 5 ½ x 6 1/8 - score at 4 ¼ along the 5 ½ edge
Inside Panel: 5 ½ x 11 – score at 4 and 7 ½ on the 5 ½ edge
Black top strip: 7/8 x 5 ½
Bottom Ric Rac: 1 x 5 ½
Ribbon: 5”

Card Front - cut 5 1/2" x 6 1/8"

Score at 4 1/4" as shown

Using the 1 1/4" Circle Punch - punch a hole 1 1/4" from the bottom of the layer as shown.

Picture A

Inside Layer - Cut 5 1/2" x 11"

Score at 4" and 7 1/2" as shown

Fold on score lines as shown. Notice the shorter fold is facing you.

Picture B


Take your front layer that has the 1 1/4" hole punched in it (picture A) and match it up against the inside layer with the bottom of both pieces being even. Using a pencil - trace the punched hole onto the inside piece.

Fold like shown in the picture below - make sure that the shorter fold is facing you like in picture B above. You are going to punch a 1 1/4" circle in the first 2 layers (not 3) - this is the traced circle that you just did in the step above.

This photo just shows punching through 2 layers.

This is what your inside layer should look like now.

Here's a view of the front cover and the inside layer.

Let's do a dry fit....match the front cover up to the inside layer like shown.

Now you are ready to put it all together. Run your tape runner on each of the three edges shown below. PLEASE NOTE - the tape at the bottom and middle are both on the front panel. Fold the inside layer on all score lines and put the card front right up to it, making sure that you have the bottoms of each piece matched up. Press everything together and WHAAA LAAAA!!!! You can stamp all the images on the card now or you can do it before you start putting it all together.

Here is a guide for the punches. To make the scallop frames, you'll punch the 1 1/4" Circle Punch in a scrap and then center the Scallop Circle Punch over the hole to create your scallop frame.

Don't pay attention to the words on the photo below - we are looking at the piece of cardstock extending down into the circle window - marked by the large black arrow. This may happen, depending on the location of the punched window. Just put your cardstock into your paper cutter and trim off about 1/8" and that will take care of the little problem.

After you have assembled your card - with it closed you will insert the stamped shopping bags/shoes image through all the holes to be adhered to the very back layer. The photo below doesn't show up very well - but you want to make sure you put adhesive on the back of the stamped image so that you cover the top edge completely - if you don't, when you open the card and the secret message tries to come down into the window and it will get stuck on the top edge.

Here is the finished card front:

Here is the inside with the "secret reveal."

These are just more views of how the card works. Notice that the back flap is tucked inside the card.