Palette Card File

Hello friends,

I created a new Card File using both Green and Yellow Palette papers. The 8 x 8" Palette paper is the perfect scale for the 3 x 4" cards. The mix and match nature of the paper packs make it easy to have all the prints you need right at your fingertips. There is also something so refreshing about the Green and Yellow combination—it feels like the first breath of Spring. 

By sticking to a limited palette of three Oxide Inks, the entire Card File remains cohesive even with a variety of textures and prints. It’s a garden-inspired project that fits right in the palm of your hand, perfect for storing little notes, quotes, or tiny mementos.

Now lets get started!

There are lots of cards in the Card File, but working through them three at a time makes it manageable! 

I started with the collage paper on the tabbed cards. 

The Palette paper series comes with sheets of paper that are printed in strips. I cut along the pattern to get lots of strips to work with.

I used the strips to cover the folded cards, then stitched with my machine along the seam lines. I also added Clipping Stickers, Cello Tape and string.

I covered the flat cards with paper from both the Palette Green and Palette Yellow. They go together perfectly. The stamped pieces were made with the Mini Motivation stamp - they fit perfectly across the 3" card.

I bought a new embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp. It's called Dancing Flowers and it makes the most beautiful impression.

I decided to color the cards with Oxide Ink in Speckled Egg, Tattered Rose, and Bundled Sage. As you can see, I pressed the Oxide Ink onto the glass mat and picked up the ink with a paintbrush to paint the flowers. 

With the cards painted, I was able to cover the envelopes and add blue stamp cards inside. These would be great for a gift card holder too!

For the pockets, I used Green Palette paper on the outside and covered the tags with Palette Yellow. 

The addition of the Mini Paper Dolls and Clipping stickers made each tag just a bit different.

I knew I was going to need some ribbon for this project so I colored 1/4" rayon ribbon with Distress Spray Stain in Rustic Wilderness, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen.

The three library pockets were covered with a Palette Yellow floral. For the insert cards, I stamped numbers from the Deconstructed stamp in Scorched Timber. Stamps from the Postmarked sticker book and Cello Tape added a bit more color, as well as eyelets and the ribbon.

The last of the cards are the three fold-out of zig zag cards. I kept these very light an airy with ver simple stamping using the Floral Outline stamp repeated over and over. I used the same three Oxides as before to create the soft look, using one color at a time. 

Once the image was stamped over one of the zig-zags, I went back with a soft brush and added watery ink of the same color to fill in parts of the image. This is such a soothing technique I could do it for hours!

Here are the cards folded up. I used ribbon and Tiny Clips to keep them together.

And open, you can see I used Photobooth, Noteworthy stamps and Field Notes Snippets for the zig-zag cards.

Bundled Sage

Speckled Egg

Tattered Rose

The three zig-zags together.

The three stamped cards were made with Spellbinders Cardstock and the Motivation 3 stamp set. I tucked one card into each section of the Card File.

I should mention that I removed the handle that comes on the end of the Card File and added a Label Frame with a Quote Chip Label. The words were perfect for the theme of this Card File and the Label Frame was the perfect size for the front of the File.

Here are some other Card Files that I have made in the past:

Palette Orange Card File (using fabric)

Halloween Card File (this is a series of posts starting with this one) 

Christmas Card File

Christmas Card File

Festive Art Christmas Card File (I love this one because it is so different!)

Now carry on,
paula