Recess Card

 I had the need for a speedy recovery card last week. I didn't want a  Get Well Soon card  as the recipient was not what I would call  sick,  but  recovering from an operation.  I had an idea to put the cone of shame on this dog, but I was concerned it would get flattened in an envelope and look awful  by time it got to the recipient. 

I remembered  a card I designed many years ago, that just might help solve the problem.    

A card with a recess.  Most of the cone sits in the recess.  A little of the cone  still pokes out but not enough to squash and crease the vellum.

 I neglected to photograph the making of the dog  card, so I made the base again. 

 I did change the shape and depth of the recess for this second version. 

 Changing the size, shape and depth of the recess is easy once you know how it's made. The recess on the dog card is 1/2 inch deep.  For my tutorial  the recess is 1/4 inch deep.

The stamps sets I used for this card were stampin up , Pampered pets, Grassy grove and bunch of fun.

  

So here's how I made the 5 1/2 inch   by   5  1/2  inch recess card .

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Cut a base card  that measures 5 1/2 inches by  11 1/4 inches.

Score on the long side at 5 1/2 inches and  5  3/4 inches.

Using a square die  about half an inch smaller than the item you want to sit in the recess and cut an aperture in the front panel.

Measure and mark  1/4 inch  twice on each side of the aperture.  Draw  a frame  1/4 wide around the aperture. Joining up all marks.

With a rule and  a ball tool score over the pencil lines.  

Here's a quick diagram showing the sizes  I used for this  project.

Snip into all four corners on the diagonal from the cut corner to the drawn corner. see the photo below.

Fold all sides towards the inside of the card and burnish for nice crisp folds.

Make a box the same size as the aperture with 1/4 inch added to every side. 

Score at 1/4 inch on all four sides.

Snip the corners as in the photo below.

Glue the corner flaps so they sit inside the box.

Apply glue to the outside of the flaps on your card base.

Place the box over the flaps.

 Flip the whole thing over and push something like a pad of post it notes  under the edge of the card.   Use the side of the post pad  as a buffer,  push  the glued flap and the side of the box against  the pad  firmly . Using the pad makes it easy to adhere the two together.

The base is now complete.

 If you wish to add a liner to the  recess cut a piece of card of your choice and do exactly the same as you did for the box, but don't glue the corners. Instead of snipping the corners cut a small wedge out.

Before you glue the liner in make sure it fits  well. The liner may need a little adjustment.

Once you are happy with the fit you can fold down the liner sides add glue, then push them back in place. It's best to glue the sides with the tabs on first.

Now you can  fold the first two score lines you drew and fold the fold the card so it stands up and you can now add your 3D embellishments, this is idea for  more delicate 3D floral displays.

 I won't be adding anything to this card, in fact it's already in the bin.