Easel Card by Jacqui

Hi Everyone, today it is my turn to show you how I make an easel card, I have had lots of requests for the measurements etc, so I hope this helps.

Here is a list of the tools and card I used to make this project

Dark Brown card cut to 12" x 6"
Dark Brown card cut to 6" x 6"
2 pieces of co-ordinating card (I have used cream) cut to 5.3/4" x 5.3/4"
2 pieces of Backing Paper cut to 5.5/8" x 5.5/8"

Medium and Small 6 petal Daisy Punch
Martha Stewart Leaf Branch Punch

Double Sided Tape, Memento Ink, Versamark Pad, Embossing Powder and Whiff of Joy Images of your choice.

Score and Fold the longest piece of base card at 6" and 9"

This is how it should look once folded

Apply double side tape at the edge and 2.1/2" up from the edge to the 6" x 6" base card

Mat and layer your co-ordinating card and chosen backing paper and apply to your base cards as below

attach the 6" x 6" square to the base card

This is how it should look from the side

Now to make some very simple but I think effective flowers, punch two medium 6 petal Daisys and one small flower

Distress the edges of the flowers with Frayed Burlap Distress Inks

Turn the flowers over and score up the middle of each petal

Turn back to the right side and pinch the edges of the petals together, they should look like the flowers below (this is the most fiddly part of the whole card)

Layer the flower up as below (make two of these flowers) and punch out two leaf branches with the Martha Stewart punch, edge the leaves with glue pen and add glitter

Here is the complete card, I have used one of the lovely Willow Images from The Elizabeth Bell Winter 2009 Collection from Whiff of Joy, she has been coloured with Copics and has been cut and and 3d onto the fabulous Whiff of Joy Tree Stump which has also been coloured with copics and 3d onto a base card, that has been stamped and heat embossed with Snowflakes from the Same Winter 2009 collection as Willow and distressed around the edge with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.

The sentiment was stamped onto plain white card and I used Oblong Nesties to cut out the sentiment and frame, the frame has been applied to the card with 3d pads, this keeps the back from slipping and staying upright.

I hope this has been helpful to you

Hugs Jacqui