Toolbelt card and jeans pocket card

How Stinkin' cute is this!

It is a toolbelt card with tools and the belt buckle actually works so the belt can be opened and closed.

 

The belt can go in the front or in the back.

I used tan colored cardstock and TH Distress ink (Antique Linen & Frayed Burlap) to make the paper look like real leather. I added stitches with white embroidery floss.

(mu first draft of this card just had white stitchmarks from a pen but the embroidery floss looks much better IMO)

Then I added miny brads to the corners of the pockets to replecate the grommets in a real tool belt.

I considered using eyelets but did not want to go dig through my stash to find them...LOL.

I went back and added stitchmarks to the cut file. It took FOREVER to get them just right. (which is why I did not post for a week and missed out on all the fun challenges this past week :(

All in all, I have to admitt it was worth the effort.

And what is a tool belt without tools...

I even added an accessory loop on the side for the hammer!

(My dear husband gets credit for that idea)

If you look really close, you can see all the little bity holes I added to the handle of the hammer!

I am not sure whether or not that is hard on the digital cutter, but how cute is that!

Can you tell I am excited about this project? Actually some of that excitement is just from FINALLY being through with it :)

Oh, and underneath all that cutness is a card...LOL...I almost forgot about that part :)

Oh, yeah! That is what this project started out as...a card...ha-ha

I ended up making several of these so I put one up in my new Etsy store. I also put the svg files and pdf templates for the card on Etsy. You can see them here.

But don't worry, I am not sending you home empty handed...

After making the pockets for the toolbelt card, I started thinking how cute a pocket on jeans would look.

Sooo cute!

Of coarse, I had to make something to go into the pocket...

A key chain for dad. (actually you could put anything on this key chain so the possibilites are endless.)

I twisted the edges of the middle layer of the keychain to make it look more realistic.

I cut a slit in the round part of the ring so the key would fit onto it, then covered up the slit with the tab on the keychain.

I just happened to have some denium patterned paper that I stashed away several years ago.

(I confess to hoarding paper)

I also had a little bit of bandana material left over from a project I did a few years ago.

(ok, I hoard all kinds of craft stuff, but how else would I be able to make this cute little card???)

This pocket would be great for cash or gift cards. I can just picture a sling shot and a toy rubber snake hanging out of the pocket too. (OH, I should have added a little red tab on the side of the pocket!)

I forgot to mention the wrench in the card was from my toolbelt card. I included it in the pocket card acessories.

Here is the link for the free cut files and PDF's .

Jeans pocket card

Thanks for hanging in there for this really long post and for sharing in my excitement over these two cards.

Happy Crafting!

I am entering these cards in :

the Stampin' Sisters In Christ Challenge : Father's Day or Praising our heavenly Father.

Scripture: Ephesians 6:2-4 (NRSV) "Honor your father and mother"--this is the first commandment with a promise: {3} "so that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." {4} And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

and the My Craft Spot Challenge : Project for Dad