Baskets of Beauty Four-Panel Easel Card

 

Annie’s Ink-Lings

Friends, I just have to say how much I like how this card came out.  I saw this four-panel easel card style on Jo Blackman's blog but it didn't include measurements for cutting and scoring.  The card is not a regular easel card because there are more folding panels.  A friend on FaceBook, Cindy Straub, and I put our heads together and came up with some measurements.  Her scoring is a bit different from mine, but since I had already started my card, I went ahead and finished it.  Next one, I'll try her scoring suggestion. Here's how it looks:

Here's a side view.

In the next picture, you can see that I smudged a bit of grey ink on the embossed bricks background.  Also, I used foam tape on the back of the window frame to give it dimension.

In this picture, notice that I used foam tape behind the  greenery at the bottom of the card base.  This keeps the decorated panel in place when it is raised up.

Measurements and Tools
Red Cardstock Base 4 ¼” x 12”; Score at 6”, 7 ¾”, 10”
Red Cardstock Panel 3 x 3 5/8”
White Cardstock Panel 2 3/4" x 3 3/8”
Extra Cardstock: White for label and Green for 2 leaf vines
Designer Paper: 3 7/8” x 1 5/8”; 3 7/8 x 1 7/8”; 3 7/8 x 1 3/8”

Stampin’ Up
Hanging Garden Stamp Set
Lovely is the Day Bundle
Beautiful Boughs Dies (the frame)
Stampin’ Blends Pens
Foam Adhesive Strips
Stampin’ Up Basic Grey Ink Pad
Impression Obsession Window Die
Red Pearls

Hope you will make one of your own.  Thanks for looking at my post today.

Blessings,

Annie

Good News and a Balloon Birthday Card

 

Annie’s Ink-Lings

Hello friends,

I'm happy to report that finally I have a new RSS feed for my blog and emails should be sent out as before.  What a relief!

Today I have for you a fun birthday card in the shape of a balloon.  The red background you see is not part of the card.  The actual card is round and white and is only laying a piece of red card stock 

Use a 4" circle die or punch to make two circle panels from white card stock.  At the top of the circle being used for the back of the card, score 1/2".  Burnish the score line, then glue the flap to the back of the front circle panel.  Draw the neck of a balloon (where the air is blown into the balloon, with an extra length on it to use for gluing the neck to the panels.  Cut out two of them.

From Happy Birthday patterned paper, cut one 4" round panel.  Use one of the neck tabs to trace around it on the patterned paper.  Cut it out and glue to the neck tab on the front of the card.  On the patterned 4" paper circle, stamp or draw balloon strings.  Attach the patterned paper circle to the front of the card.  Glue the second neck tab to the back of the card back circle.  

Punch circles from different colors of card stock and glue to the top of the balloon strings.  The red balloon is two 3D'd circles.  From red card stock, punch a birthday sentiment.  

For the tail of the balloon, I used some black twine to tie a bow on the neck of the balloon.  Then I curled the extra length into a couple of circles and glue them together.

Hope you have fun with this style.

Blessings,

Annie

Sheltering Tree Card

 

Annie’s Ink-Lings

Today's card is just one of those fun and easy to make cards.  But I'm really sorry that the pictures don't do justice to the card.  I retook and tried all sorts of things to get better color but no luck.  So this time, focusing on the card style is the best thing.  The card stock is actually a light grey and the patterned paper is in shades of grey and is very pretty.  Just hard to tell in this photo.  I really like this sentiment stamp and the tree stamp.

Here is the open view of the card.  I added a narrow decorative paper panel which coordinates with the front of the card.  To embellish, I fussy cut two of the leaves

and glued them above the sentiment.

Measurements
Grey Card Base 5 ½” x 6”; with the 6” laying horizontal score at 4 ¼”Grey Front Panel 3 ¼” x 4 ¼”
White Front Panel 3” x 4”
Leaves Decorative Paper Panel 1 ½” x 5 1/4” (cut 2)

Inside
Striped Decorative Paper Panel 4” x 5 1/4”
White Panel 3” x 4”

Embellishment
Cut two leaves from Decorative Paper and glue overlapping inside or punch two leaves from green cardstock.

Stamps
Sutter Enterprises E-874: Tree
Wordsworth S086-P: Friendship is a Sheltering Tree
Dolphin Song: Just Really Glad You’re My Friend

Directions
1. Fold the card base on the score line. Adhere one of the leaves decorative paper to the folded over section of the card front.
2. Stamp the sentiment panel and adhere it to the grey panel. Center and attach it to the folded over section of the card front.
3. Stamp the sentiment on the other white panel, adhere it to the grey striped panel, and then onto the inside of the card. Attach the two leaves in place.
4. Attach the second leaves decorative paper panel to the left inside of the card.

Hope you have some great stamping fun today!

Blessings,
Annie