Folding the Pockets

YAY! Now that finals week is over for me I can start making progress on the invites. I plan on making them in stages so I'm sorry to anyone who would just like a basic run-down of how to make these. My inspiration and instructions comes from Heather Drive's site, http://roadtotheaisle.blogspot.com/ , where I originally fell in love with pocketfolds. Moving right to the point here's what I used and what I learned from this process.

Supplies:
- Paper cut to 7" wide by 16-1/8" pieces; I used Astrobrights Glisten, Lunar Blue
- a butter knife or boning folder
- measuring device - I used the Fiskars Deluxe portable trimmer and just yoinked out the blade to use the gutter for scoring
**Side note: this trimmer in itself is HORRIBLE and will either shred your paper (especially if you only need to TRIM) or leave the edge somewhat unclean. Make sure to try out your cutter before you start on the actual paper so you don't ruin your paper and you know its capabilities. I highly recommend getting a rotary trimmer, they seem to create the cleanest cuts even though they're harder to cut a line with a precise starting and stopping point.

Here we go:
First off, test score the paper you have because some paper wimps out and looks disfigured if you score it too hard.

Using the butter knife/boning folder measure 3" from the top and score
*if using a butter knife make sure you're not using the serrated side or you'll end up sawing and ruining your paper
















rotate 180 degrees


























Measure 3" from the top and score
















Measure 5" from the 3" score (8" total from the bottom) and score
**If one of your 3" scores doesn't look all that great then use that as the bottom because this will be hidden once folded over.




















Fold the paper towards the score
This is what it looks like when you score and fold it towards the score:














This is what it looks like if you score and fold it away from the score:












It's really hard to tell from these pics but when you fold towards the score the outside looks good but the inside tends to have a double line look. When you fold away from the score the inside looks great but the outside looks like you've damaged the paper and it seems like the paper is going to break. I would recommend folding towards the score.
So back on topic, fold the top towards the score and crease




















Fold the bottom towards the score and crease


























Fold at the mark 5" up from the bottom score towards the score and crease that too


















Tada!
Place finished products under books to weigh it down if you'd like.
Next up: Step Two, Cutting These Suckers