Twisted easel card

Hello everyone,

Happy tuesday again, hope everyone is keeping well and staying safe. 

Today I've got another fun fold card for you all to try out. I recently saw a beautiful 'Twisted easel card' on a fellow demonstrators blog and thought it was so beautiful, that I'd make my own with a little twist on it. The ladies blog is
CraftyKarenDesigns.blogspot.com please take a look as she has some amazing projects to look at.

I'm using the really lovely die set called Smooth sailing, this will be carrying over in to the new catalogue, however if you fancy the stampset and the dies as a bundle, this will not be carrying over, therefore you won't get a 10% saving.

Materials needed:

Night of navy cardstock 106577

1pc 5" x 10" scored on longside at 5"

scrap pieces for all the die cut elements 

Whisper white thick cardstock 140490

1pc 4 7/8" x 4 7/8" for the front of card

Whisper white cardstock 106549

1pc 4 7/8" x 4 7/8" for the inside of the card (or in this case the base of card)
1pc 4 3/4" x 2 3/4" for the embossed waves piece

scrap piece for die cut sentiment

Come sail away dsp 149481 soon retiring

1pc 4 3/4" x 3" for front of card top

1pc rope pattern for using across the top of waves

Bakers twine 149483 soon retiring

3pc about 5" long for front top of card

1pc for tying a bow

Scrap pieces of cardstock for die cut elements in:

Mossy meadow 133683

Smoky slate 131291

Soft suede 119982

Old olive 106576

Happiness blooms enamel dots 148805 soon retiring

Night of navy classic stampin' pad 147110 for stamping the sentiment

High seas 3d embossing folder 149577 soon retiring

On the front panel of your card base score from top right corner down to left bottom corner as in the picture above, add glue to the half that is folded over, not right up to the edges though, and glue your thick whisper white card on to the triangle leaving a small border all the way round the 2 edges (as in pictures above).

Glue your 3 strands of bakers twine across the top of your dsp (as above) and then cut the ends off if too long, then tie a bow and glue it on top using a glue dot. Now you can glue this dsp on to the font of your card (as above).

Glue 2 die cut ropes to the top and bottom of your whisper white card piece, glue 2 more ropes together on top of each other, and then glue them on the side, over the top of the other 2 ropes, this gives a thicker rope piece to hold your card up when on display. Now glue this piece to your card base (as above).

Run your piece of cardstock for embossing through your die cutting machine, and now cut along the waves (as above) giving you 2 pieces, The top piece is going to be glued flat on to the front of your card, just going over the top of your dsp a little. Then you need to glue the rope dsp piece on to the waves to cover up the straightness of the card, you will need to adjust it a bit to fit nicely (as above). The bottom piece you're going to glue all of your seaweed elements, that you've die cut out of all the different colours, on to the back of it and then glue it to the front of your card giving it a border all the way round the straight edges (as above).

Cut your night of navy die cut element (as above) and then glue to the back of your whisper white die cut element, having already stamped your sentiment on. Glue to the front of your card using dimensionals, glue your steering wheel on to your card and then add some enamel dots. Card finished.

Hope you enjoyed the card today,  any questions please do contact me. Leave a comment on my blog if you can as it's always great to receive comments.
Stay safe everyone keep crafting.

Sending big crafty hugs
Natalie xxx




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