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Below you will learn how to create a pocket for your page. You will also have a link to 9 envelope/pocket templates. Use them on your pages. Also, use a jean pocket on your layout.


Pocket designed from card stock, paper, or other elements to hold memorabilia, photos, journaling and more.


Do you have to many photos? To many to fit on one scrapbook page? Need a place to put your journaling or memorabilia? Create a functional pocket from cardstock. Vellum makes a great pocket.

Pic. 1 Trim cardstock (or other solid material) to size and decorate.




Pic. 2 Flip the pocket over. Apply some double stick tape (or foam tape) to the bottom and sides. Press onto the background.









Now you've made your pocket. See some samples below.








Courtesy of Encyclopedia of Scapbooking, Creating Keepsakes



I used an actual jean pocket. (I tore my pants so I put it to good use.) This layout was to show the itinerary of our vacation. It lists what we did each day on our Arizona Vacation. To create this layout: For the title I took a sissors and cut out a row out of a scrapbook paper. I cut it into 2 pieces. I used an alphabet punch set to give me the title. I used Sculpey clay to make the year "2007". I added some buttons with brown thread. I matted my photograph with green paper to give the layout a little more color. Added the "vacation" sticker. I also used green clay to create the boots and cactus. To create that I used a stencil and laid it over the clay. I took a craft knife to cut it out. After heated I took a silver pen to outline the shapes. For the tags in the pocket, I took 3 plain white tags. Added the scrapbook paper on top of it. Except for the very top. I took gold embossing powder and heated it up. To get the powder to stay on a wide area I took a glue stick and covered the entire area to be embossed. I printed the journaling on a transparency and added the fibers.

Contribution by Heather Gibbs, Heather's Scrapbooks



On the MGM page there is a pocket on the left side. Anything can be put in there. Most likely, due to it's size, would be journaling. On the Animal Kingdom page I put the map of the park in the pocket. This is a great way to show it because you can still take it out and look through it. If I didn't put it in a pocket then I would probably have to glue it on which I would rather no do. I want to be able to look at it from years to come.

Other sources of pockets on a page would be envelopes. CLICK HERE to get envelope/pocket templates. Below are examples of scrapbook pages that use these these.




Contribution by Heather Gibbs, Heather's Scrapbook's