I made 8 cards as a gift for a friend and needed some way to package them to give them to the lady. The last few weeks I have seen different card purses posted on blogs and I thought it would be fun to package my gift in one of these. Unfortunately in my search every one I found would only hold 3 x 3 cards or only 4 of the A2 size cards. Since I had 8 cards and envelopes nothing would work.
Since I could not find a template that would work, I knew I had to come up with something on my own. I searched several blogs and Splitcoast resources and used ideas from several of these to come up with my design. I began by playing with a template I had that I used for my card boxes. It was smaller than I needed so I started by increasing the size. Once I figured out the size, I realized I would need a piece of cardstock that was larger than a 12 x 12. That meant I had to use an 8 1/2 x 11 and join the 2 sides.
Once I got my box made I then need to make the closing flap. Again I played with ideas/techniques I had read on blogs and came up with my flap. Here is my gorgeous creation which will hold 8 A2 cards and envelopes!