Welcome to Cardz 4 Galz challenge #161. For this two-week challenge, Caz chose snow time as the theme. When you finish here, I hope you will hope over to the challenge blog to see what the rest of the design team created.
I actually made two of the same easel card, one for my 4 year old great-niece and one her 18 month old brother. Here are my easel fun fold cards:
For the front of these cards, the DSP did all of the work. While this paper just retired at the end of the recent Sale-a-Bration, the stamp set is still available. As a matter of fact, the stamp set and coordinating penguin punch bundle went on the Last Chance list today. (The link for the stamp set will be in the “Supplies Used” section below.)
Measurements:
The cardstock base for each card started as 4-1/4 by 11 inches. Then, I scored each based at 5-1/2 inches and 2-3/4 inches. Make sure your burnish your two folds so it’s easier for the easel to stand up.
Each card has a DSP layer measuring 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
The top layer of DSP for the Fresh Fresia card measures 4 inches by 5-1/4 inches. I decided to trim the top layer of the Balmy Blue card to 3-3/4 inches by 4-3/4 inches. I think I like the Balmy Blue layers better.
Next, I trimmed down some DSP for the back of easel parts. (See below.) I started out trimming pieces for just the cardstock bottoms of the easel. However, the back of the DSP for each was showing, so I needed to cover that as well. Each piece for the top of the easel measures 4-1/4 by 2-3/4 inches. The pieces for the bottom part of the easel measure 4-1/8 inches by 5-3/8 inches.
Then, I trimmed 2 pieces of DSP for the respective envelopes. Each measures 2-1/2 inches by 6 inches.
Finally, the white cardstock for the inside of the card measures 5-1/4 inches by 4 inches.
What I Did:
I was able to punch the penguins right out of the DSP. However, the punch will also line up with the standing penguin stamp in the set.
The penguins got popped up on dimensionals, then layered on the white and colored cardstock circles. I did have to trim the side of the circles in order to be able to fit the sentiment, also on dimensionals, on the front of the card.
For the inside, I used the snow bank curved line stamp on the bottom, then stamped the sliding penguin on the lowest part of the curve. Since the set is a photopolymer stamp set, lining up all the other color pieces happened very easily.
The only thing left to decide was to figure out what I could do to hold the easel part of the card up. I could’ve stamped and then fussy cut some presents from the stamp set. They’d then have to be popped up on dimensionals to hold the easel in place. Then, I thought of using dots, and it worked. The Balmy Blue card has the largest of the black matte dots. I used some of the coordinating Fresh Fresia pastel pearls for that easel. As long as I had burnished folds, the easel cards stand nicely.
AFter trimming the DSP on the envelopes, I punched out two 1-inch circles and ran them through the XYRON create-a-sticker for envelope seals.
TA-DA – two coordinated card/envelope/seal sets were complete.
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Welcome to C4G # 257, which is to create a birthday card for an adult guy. I do have some stamp sets that will work for both male and female birthdays, depending on the design. For this challenge, I chose the Sailing Home cling stamp set and the coordinating Smooth Sailing die set.
I really wanted to also create a fun fold card. Recently, I’ve seen a number of cards with side panels and the middle opens up. Mary Deatherage, of Stamps-n-Lingers, has a video on this fun fold with a twist. She made an easel card out of the center. You can see that video here. I’ve gotten my camera stand, and have made a few test videos, but need to get better before I post one of them. Anyway, Mary’s video explains how to create the whole card. I really enjoy her videos and Facebook Live videos.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the outside of the card:
Now for the back of the card:
Stamps, Colors, and Dies. Oh my!
The card base is a piece of Seaside Spray trimmed to 8-1/2 inches by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches to create a tent card.
I really wanted to use DSP to mimic ocean waves. The picture I had in my head was a clean and simple card. Therefore, I didn’t want to stamp the whole front of the card. I thought the woodgrain pattern in Seaside Spray would give me the movement and white color intertwined with each other.
Next, I used Misty Moonlight to mat the Seaside Spray DSP.
The outside sentiment and the boat are from the Sailing Home stamp set, as are the lighthouse and the anchor.
I used the birthday sentiments, for the front and back, from Peaceful Moments and stamped it in Night of Navy as well. The stitched sentiment label is from the Sailing Home die set.
I stamped all of the elements in Night of Navy and then cropped them. I knew that I wanted to have the very front sentiment circle, cropped using the Stitched Shapes die, hanging off the side of the center panel. In order to have a finished look on the back, I cropped another circle from the Misty Moonlight 6″ x 6″ DSP and glued it on the back.
Since I put the lighthouse on the left panel, I needed something on the right side. Therefore, I cropped the underwater plants from a piece of Night of Navy wood grain DSP.
I finally settled on using the rope die for the piece that holds up the easel. I cropped it from a scrap piece of the distressed Night of Navy 6″ x 6″ DSP. Next, I cropped a piece of an adhesive sheet using the same rope die. After I cropped it, I pulled off one side of the cover of the adhesive sheet. This things are very, very sticky so be careful when using them. However, this adhesive sheet made it so much easier to get the whole rope piece adhered at once. Easy peasy.
I really wanted to use DSP to mimic ocean waves. The picture I had in my head was a clean and simple card. Therefore, I didn’t want to stamp the whole front of the card. I thought the woodgrain pattern in Seaside Spray would give me the movement and white color intertwined with each other.
Finishing Up
After I adhered a piece of the woodgrain Night of Navy DSP for the envelope flap, I had finished this card and envelope card set.
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Welcome to Just Peachy Stamping by Sue Jackson: an independent Stampin' Up demonstrator.
Through Stampin' Up!, I happily share my love of papercrafting through sales, classes, small stamping group meet-ups and workshops. I think that being a teacher in my "real life", I have a unique approach to sharing my fantastic hobby. I look forward to connecting with you!
