First Easel Card

I have been eyeing these cards off on everyones blogs over Christmas and the New Year. They have looked rather involved so thought I had better wait until I had enough time to do one. Well this morning was the time and I was surprised at how much easier they are to do than what I thought.

I have two other reasons for creating this card. One I needed a card for a new friend and secondly I needed to create a card using Orange for my the Inspiration Challenge that I set weekly over at Craftmad. Thought since I set them I should actually create something.

So I started with SU Groovy Guava (such a great name) then a rectangle of SU River Rock which I ran through the cuttlebug using the Victoria embossing folder. I backed the gold embossed rose image with SU Always Artichoke. Sorry I don't know the name of the Rose image as the lovely Ruth from Stamping 4 fun with Ruth gave it to me as a birthday present a couple of years ago. Finished the front of the card with a gold "For You' sticker and three pearl bling. Inside I layered up a Friends saying that was sent to be by HuggiesCrafts over Craftmad. Also a couple more pearl bling to hold the card in place. I am sure I will be doing more Easel cards in the future...they are great fun.

To create the Easel Card all you need to do is have a pre-folded square card. Fold the front flap in half - inwards. Then have another matching square of card same dimensions as the square card. Mine is a 14cm x 14cm card. Attached the bottom of this card to the bottom half of the front folded flap. Done! I did decorate my card front before attaching it to the actual card.

Edit.... I forgot to say ... I made first entry into Ikki's Cuttlebug Cupboard Gallery with my snail card. How exciting is that. I would love to say thanks to Eileen for thinking of me and thanks also for everyone visiting. Also a huge welcome to my new followers. It is so exciting coming seeing a new name which means a whole new blog for me to discover too. Happy Sunday everyone.