Wildlife Wonder Slimline Easel Card for the Alphabet Challenge

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 (8″ x 9″) 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!

I love hearing from you! Please leave a comment if you have any questions or comments about my project today.

If you enjoyed my project today, please be sure to…

• Firstly, visit my Gallery and Fun Fold Gallery for lots of ideas, and…
• Enter the Creative Creases Challenge HERE with any fun fold card!
• Then, complete this contact information to receive a birthday card from me!
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Wildlife Wonder Cling Stamp Set (English) [157923] $24.00	Waves Of Inspiration Cling Stamp Set (English) [158833] $23.00	Grassy Grove Cling Stamp Set (English) [157836] $24.00	1-Month Prepaid Paper Pumpkin Subscription [137858] $23.50	Copper Clay 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161721] $10.00
Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683] $10.00	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $10.00	Copper Clay Classic Stampin' Pad [161647] $9.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $9.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $9.00
Grove Dies [157844] $39.00	Waves Dies [158840] $34.00	Linen Thread [104199] $5.00

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