Friday, January 16, 2009

Photo Wallet (by request)



Marjorie from the Cricut Message Board posted an interesting project she had seen on another site and wondered if a cut file could be made for it. Here is a LINK to the project - you should click to see the lovely photo wallet made by Beverly Gerard. The directions are fairly simple and a .cut file is not needed to make this photo wallet, but it does insure that all of the pieces will be accurately cut without needing to do a lot of measuring each time you make one.

I wanted to get this posted quickly so I test cut it but did not do any stamping or embellishing. below you can see the open photo wallet - the center spots are intended for photos and the white cardstock on the flaps is for the journaling.



When the flaps are closed, the wallet looks like this - you then fold it up and slip on the belt band.



I made the file with a choice of scallops or no scallops for the wider band that is used to make the belt. I happened to have a heart on my table from another project so I just popped it on the seam for the strip.

All of the scoring and folding directions are given in the tutorial linked above. I did one thing differently - I adhered the two strips together before scoring the belt - that seemed to work better for me.

You will need to either cut the outer wallet with a trimmer and do the corner rounding (which I recommend as simpler and more accurate) or have the strip cut by the machine and then corner round since the corners fall into the uncuttable area of the mat. I put the dimensions on the tab for the first mat as a reference.

I used a Creative Memories corner rounder and sized the curve on the inner pieces accordingly. If your corner rounder cuts a different radius you may want to vary the size of the circles in the file to match your rounder.



This makes a cute little gift or favor. Many thanks to Marjorie for finding it and bringing it to my attention!


Photo Wallet - Plantin Schoolbook


Photo Wallet (baby bug compatible) - George

17 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing the cut file!

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  2. Diane. It looks absolutely great! This is very much appreciate. Thank you.

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  3. Thank you so much for sharing your file Diane. As always it is much appreciated that you share your talent.

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  4. wow this looks great, thanks for sharing.

    take care Linda from Holland.

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  5. I love this! Can it be made w/ George for the Baby bug?

    Thanks
    Nicole

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  6. Thanks Diane! what a wonderful idea! I love what yiou do with DS, I just sent a lady here from the cricut thread over at SPS, she was looking for a ticket file, I knoew just where to send her! I'm so glad I did, My mom's birthday is coming up and I will make this for her! thankd again!
    Lindsay

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  7. How adorable!!
    Thanks so much for sharing!!

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  8. OOO I Lovee it Thank UUUU very very much

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  9. thank you
    Tanya Howe

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  10. Diane,
    Thanks for always taking on these projects. It sure does make this nonimaginative one capable of creating. You are great. May God continue to Bless You.
    Theresa

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  11. You are so talented and so generous to share your designs. Thank you.

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  12. LOVE!

    By the way, I am your 100th follower!!!

    -Gracie at EverythingCricut.blogspot.com

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  13. Thanks so much for sharing this file! It will make a great little gift for special occasions.

    :o) Michelle

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  14. TFS!!! Your work is always amazing!!

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  15. Diane,

    This is very adorable... May by I should do this as a Valentines Gift for the grandparents. I am taking Bri for formal pics tomorrow. I can put those in there and save one spot for her handprint fishes...

    You have amazing talent!!

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  16. I love This!!! You are wonderful for sharing like this.
    Thank you,

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