Wallet Construction

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. Having made the wallet featured below for a Claritystamp show on create and Craft, I was asked by a member from the Clarity Worldwide FB page how it was made. I decided it was an easier and clearer option to blog a step by step.

And here it is!

                                                 

Wallet Instructions

Wallet - in its original form

Wallet – showing the brad, elastic and button closure

Wallet and its contents

My step by step version below, made to fit a 4inch by four inch card, chosen to fit the Clarity 3.5 x 3.5 inch stencil card squares.  

1)

Wallet Cover:-

Cut card to measure 4 ½ ins x 12 ¾ ins. Score and fold at 4 ½, 5 ¾, 10 ¼ , 11 ½ inches. Set aside.

2)

Wallet Pockets:-

For each pocket

Cut strip of card 4 ½ ins x 11 ½ ins.

Score and fold at ½, 1, 5 ½, 6, 6 ½, 11 ins.

3)

Trim a sliver off the tab at the right hand side and add a strip of double sided tape or wet glue to the inside of this.

4) 

Attach the adhesive tab over the opposite end to create an open ended (top and bottom) pocket.

Repeat to make a second pocket as shown below.

5)

5)

To join two pockets:-

For each pocket cut two strips measuring 1 ¾ x 4 ½ ins.

Score at 3/8, 7/8, 1 and 3/8 inches. Fold along each score line as shown below.

6)

Add double-sided tape or wet glue to each strip as shown above.

 7)

Attach one strip to left of one pocket and right of second as shown above. Remove the red liner and attach one side to the other as a second layer. Repeat on the other side.

This is how the pair of joined pockets should look.

 To attach the pockets to the cover:-

8)

Make four strips as in step 5). Attach one to each side as shown below. Line up one edge of the cover to one of the strips, replicating the folds in each pocket. Repeat to attach the other side.

9)

Attach final two strips to each side. Fold up the front cover and line up as before to attach.

N.B.

I found it easier to attach the pockets to the wallet back first – the side with the flap.

Completed wallet with five compartments.

Now to decorate:-

10)

Cut 3 strips of Designer Card Antarctica 1ins x 4 ¼ ins and one square measuring 4 ¼ x 4 ¼ ins. The first strip has been attached to the front flap as shown in the photo above.

11) The ‘closer.’

I chose to use magnets to close this wallet. The ‘flap’ magnet was firstly attached by a glue dot to keep it in place. It was then covered by a strip of double-sided sticky tape. Adhere the second 1” x 4 ¼” strip over magnet.

12)

Attach second magnet to the first; apply water marker pen to base of second magnet and fold over wallet front to create an impression on the wallet front.

To secure second magnet, attach a glue dot or sliver of double sided sticky over the marked spot and add magnet. Apply low tack tape over magnet and close the flap to check it is in the correct position.

13)

Secure double-sided tape over second magnet.

14)

Glue 4 ¼ x 4 ¼ ins square in position, adding extra glue over magnet.

 . . . And there we have it, a card wallet and variations on a theme from my first.

N.B. The wallet dimensions only change with the size of your cards; this was made with a 4” x 4” card in mind to accommodate Clarity’s 3.5 x 3.5 cards matted onto a 4” x 4” card blank. The width to accommodate pockets only changes with the amount added – here it remains at 1 ¼ for five pockets.

The original!

Thanks for reading this; I do hope the instructions were useful. 

Signing out for now.

Shelagh

'The Making Lady'