Hi, Stampers!
A new Alphabet Challenge is starting today and the theme is “E is for Easel.” Yay – a fun fold card is always fun to make, right?! So, if you haven’t tried an easel card, here is a great tutorial to try it. After I created this card with the May Paper Pumpkin kit, I really wanted to try making an slimline easel card with the great card base from the kit. Then, I paired the kit with the Wildlife Wonder stamp set to add some life to the beautiful background.
Once you finish here, I hope you visit our Alphabet Design Team gallery for some great inspiration and play along!
My secrets!
- Firstly, the slimline card base started with Copper Clay cardstock that was scored at 2″ and 4″ on the 8″ side.
- After that, I took the long Paper Pumpkin card base and lightly smoothed out the score line before I cut it to 8-1/2″ x 3-5/8″ (keep the bottom for the easel’s inside). Then, I layered it onto Daffodil Delight cardstock, cut to 8-5/8″ x 3-3/4.”
And now, the fun part!
- Once the card base was done, I stamped the bear with Copper Clay ink and fussy cut it out. Then, it was popped up with dimensionals onto the card base.
- After that, I stamped trees from Grassy Grove bundle with Mossy Meadow ink and a little Early Espresso on the trunks and cut them out with the coordinating die.
- Of course, you can’t have a wildlife scene without birds so I cut out birds from the Waves of Inspiration bundle and stamped a little one, as well in Early Espresso.
- Then, I stamped the Happy Birthday from Waves of Inspiration and cut it out with the coordinating die. After that, I took linen thread to wrapped it out the panel and tied a double bow.
Then, on the inside…
- The inside of the card is also the easel that holds the card front up. So, I cut the Daffodil Delight cardstock, cut to 8-5/8″ x 3-5/8″ and added the rest of the scenery card base to the bottom.
- Then, I took a second PP card base and fussy cut the bottom into two parts (the Copper Clay path was cut off to give the entire panel some dimension. So, to be honest, I did this step because I forgot to pop up the first layer but I really like how it turned out!
- Finally, I added a white cardstock panel to add a sentiment and personal message later.
I’m sharing my card with these challenges:
- C.R.A.F.T.
- Crafty Catz
- Critter Crazy
- Krafty Chicks
- Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges (Die cuts, Image, Sentiment)
- The Paper Funday
- A Perfect Time to Craft
- Seize the Birthday
- Try It On Tuesday
- Use Your Stuff
Before You Go!
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If you enjoyed my project today, please be sure to…
- Firstly, visit my Gallery and Fun Fold Gallery for lots of ideas, and…
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What a wonderful peaceful mountain scene Debbie,Love seeing Noah’s pictures,hope you have a great weekend
That is such a California scene! Love it! I’ll be going through my various papers to see how I can CASE this!
That’s just brilliant on the slimline card – love the way the paper continues onto the base, so you get the full 3D effect!
A stunning slimline easel card Debbie, the background is wonderful, love the way you’ve continued the scene onto the base. Fabulous bear too! Thanks for joining in at Crafty Catz this week.
Chris
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Love at first sight! Very clever!! Tami White did a 3D slimline with another stamp set and she used the bear for a side step card. Check her out if you have time. I love all the alternatives with this PPK…so much creativity out there and you have that ability too. Thank you for sharing at PIP. Noah looks so happy. Your hubby looks like a very nice person…he would have to be to be married to you 🙂
Karen, DT
A gorgeous card
Thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge Blog challenge.
Good luck Ginny DT for CRAFT Challenge Blog
This is such a wonderful card for any outdoorsperson!!! So different and very creative. And it absolutely works for our Make It Pop prompt. Thanks so much for playing with us at the Seize the Birthday challenge!
What a gorgeous scene you’ve created! It reminds me of Yosemite National Park. Thank you for joining us this week at Pammie’s Inky Pinkies. Hope to see you again. Bonnie
This is a truly wonderful card – brilliant combining of images! I loved reading how you made it. Thanks so much for sharing at Try It On Tuesday, Chrisx
LOVE this card! Just perfect for that special someone! Thanks for joining us at Try it on Tuesday! Helen DT
Love the cool background on this one! Thanks for joining us at the Paper Funday Challenge! Rachel DT
Such a beautiful card! I love your alternative to the May Paper Pumpkin. That scenic card base sure makes it easy to create something pretty. Thanks for your entry in the Krafty Chicks Challenge gallery.
Diane – DT
A stunning card. Thanks for joining us at CRAFT Challenge. Kerry (DT)
Great scene.
Thank you so much for entering our challenge this week at CRAFT Challenge looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Hugs Sheryl CRAFT DT xx
Heel mooie kaart, bedankt om mee te doen, groetjes Darline
Super scenic card and fold. So glad to see your bear at Critter Crazy, CarolG