I changed my font at thecutestblogontheblock.com

Sunday, March 14, 2010

EASEL CARD

As promised, here are the steps I followed to make these easel cards .

Easel card Instructions :

Starting with a 12x12 piece of cardstock.

Cut cardstock in half and place one half in front of you, and set the other half aside.

Turn the 6 x 12 half of cardstock with the 12” side long ways in front of you and fold in half toward you, making a 6x 6 card.

Now opening the card back up, take the top half (6x6 fold) lay it flat and fold only the top half in half again making a 3x6 fold.

You can now decorate the bottom half of the 6x12 cardstock….and add a brad or button after you’ve decorated to your liking, about 2 ½” inches down from the fold. This will be the stopper for your card when it is sitting on display. And set aside.

Now take the other half of 6x12 cardstock and cut that in half..giving you a 6x6 square. Decorate that as piece how you would like for the front of the card to be. Adding paper and sentiments or other embellishments.

Then bringing over both pieces add a very strong adhesive to the 3x 6 folded piece of cardstock and attach the 6 x 6 square to it, matching up the bottoms of each piece. Your card should now lay flat in a 6x6 card style.

Following the simple folding steps can be used to make any size easel card, just make sure they lay flat as one card when finished.

1 comment: