Sunday 5 February 2012

Welcome to my card making blog, this is my first entry and I thought I would start it off by showing a card I have never attempted to make before.

I made my first Easel card the other month and I love how it looks and how it folds down flat which means it will fit in a standard envelope (providing you don't go overboard with chunky embellishments).

So here is my first attempt:


and from the side (to show the easel):



For the base card I used brown card. The background is made from some scrapbook papers sent to me in a background paper swap I joined in last year.

The dog stamp is from the Popcorn the Bear range of stamps (Romance PST-ROM-GIF).  I used black Stazon to stamp the image onto white card and then Derwent coloursoft pencils to colour in.

The flower stem is the sizzix Sizzlite Flourish #10 and the flower to the right of the picture is the Sizzix Sizzlite Flower Layers #9.  I used a button for the centre with a circle sticker in the middle just to cover the button holes.The big flower on the top left hand side is the large flower from the Sizzix Sizzlite Flourish #10 and on top of that is a fabric flower (no particular brand - they were on a ribbon wrapped around a bunch of flowers I received). Again, I attached a button and a sticker.

The 'Birthday Cuddles' was also a stamp from the Popcorn the Bear range which I stamped onto white card and then used brown card to layer.

This is my second attempt at an Easel card which I have kept pretty basic as I think the Duck stamp is so pretty:



Detailed instructions of how to make an Easel card is now available on this blog - look to the top of the blog and click on 'Easel Card'


12 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards Angela.
    Looking forward to seeing more now I'm a follower of your blog. Have fun crafting. Teresa x

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  2. LOVELY CARDS AND I JUST LOVE THE DOGGIE IMAGE. xxxxx

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  3. Fabulous cards love the doggie, looking forward to seeing more and have become a follower. Happy Crafting.. Chris xx

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  4. gorgous cards angela,love the duck image. sue xx

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  5. Thank you so much everyone for your lovely comments x

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  6. What lovely cards, so cute. I'm new to blogging too and have found it highly addictive! xx

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  7. beautiful cards great coloring and layouts , your tut for the easil card is fab , have become a follower x

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  8. These are great cards, the first one is so sweet, my favourite. Hopped over from DC

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  9. Hi - hopped over from DC and become a follower! Nice cards! Lea xx (tonyswife on DC)

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  10. well super cards well done happy crafting love sandy ss

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