ROSES AND LACE

As the easel/tilt card was a monthly challenge so there are a number of these on offer. This special card is Sharon's offering. This would make a great Mothers Day card or birthday. Lace trim and and a burgundy bow and a couple of Kaiser baby blue adhesive pearls set off the rear panel .Large pearls are used to stop the card from coming forward

EASEL CARD

This is the lovely easel card Janet made using the February Kaiser papers and collectables. The side view shows how the card sits up using a row of Kaiser pearls as a door. or in this case a card stop.  Even though I've called this an easel card apparently they are called a tilt card by Regal so be sure to ask for tilt when purchasing them from the shop.
All these goodies are available at Regal.

CALENDAR - ANGLED EASEL CARD2018

2018 CALENDAR EASEL CARD

Hello, I hope the Christmas season is treating you well.  This is a sort of weird post for me, as I'm doing it in advance because of the holidays, but I am now an officially "retired" person so its sort of a ghost post if you like!

Sharon has done some clever folding to display this little calendar from Regal Craft Cards.  It sits up nicely with the nested flowers holding it in place, but will fold flat for posting.  Regal sell these little calendars (CAP1), some slightly bigger (CAP2), larger pads to fit A4 pages (CAP3) and single page A$ calendars with slots to add a photo or 10 x 15 cm artwork.

It's a nice little gift for a friend, or to make for yourself.

ANOTHER WAY TO USE A LATTICE CARD

BEE HAPPY - ANOTHER WAY TO USE A LATTICE CARD

This is not exactly how Regal's lattice cards are "supposed" to be used but it works just the same.

Fold out one panel, attach plain or decorative paper underneath the cut out section, and secure the whole panel to the base.  Add a button wherever you like (I've gone for the middle which is the safest option).  Fold the other panel and add decoration (I've used a giant bee from a Tim Holtz cut and emboss set), and you have an easel card.

It's probably worth mentioning that the bee was cut from Antique Gold shimmer card, which has a yellow core, so after sanding it lightly, the embossing showed up very effectively and there was an interesting mix of shine and matte.  I didn't have a greeting of the right dimensions at hand so I mixed and matched some black alphas with half a broken birthday sticker (!) for the greeting.

Just by the by, the card folds down flat and will still fit in the standard envelope supplied with the cards.

TASSIE DEVIL EASEL CARD

TASSIE DEVIL CONGRATULATIONS

An often overlooked source of card toppers are postcards!  This fearsome fellow is from Tas Postcards and Souvenirs.

An extra fold has made one of Regal's 3 panel square cards into an easel so that he sits up on display.  The circle that keeps him upright is made from paper clay using a combination of techniques - first it was made light green by colouring with a green marker onto a little white ball of clay and then mixing it through by kneading.  I rolled the clay out, pressed it onto an embossing folder and left to dry, the die cut into a circle and brushed over with a black ink pad.  It sounds complicated but if you work step by step its easy!

The card just squeezes through as standard thickness and as paper clay (Magic clay) is very light, doesn't weigh too much so you could send this as a special greeting from Tasmania, although I think that a pre-schooler might like it for their birthday too! I've added a "Congratulations" peel off sticker, honestly just because it was in the cupboard......you could add your own greeting with either a sticker, a computer print-out, stamp or die-cut to suit the occasion.

FOLDED EASEL CARD

FOLDED EASEL CARD

SIDE VIEW

Although you can buy pre-made easel cards from Regal (they call them tilt cards), you can also make your own from their 3-panel cards.

If you want to do this, then cut off one panel, and crease and fold the back panel in half.  Add double sided tape to the front of the fold, and stick the cut-off panel onto it (the tape will go half way up the panel).  Its probably easier to add your decoration and embellishment before you stick the panels together.  There needs to be some sort of raised shape or panel at the end of the inner back (which becomes the base) so that the panel will sit up.

I've used some stamps from Darkroom door, and as they make quite a statement on their own, I've kept the colour scheme very basic - just dark green Versafine on granite card.  I've cut out a couple of the leaves and mounted them on top of the base image using foam dots to add a little more height, to echo the two leaves on the base which are also stuck on with foam tape to make the "stopper" for the front panel.  I've added a few embossed lines using my scoreboard and a line sticker, that I've coloured in with a green alcohol marker to match.

DL EASEL CARD

3D EASEL CARD

What a great idea from Tania - turning a three panel Regal DL card into an easel card.

Just cut off the third panel, fold the back panel in half and mount the cut-off panel onto the front of the fold.  All you need to do then is add something for the edge of the folded panel to rest against - in this case a stamped greeting, matted on card, decorated with punched flowers and mounted with low foam tape.

Tania has used a 3D picture panel from the Sparklelight range as her main decoration, and has co ordinated her papers, corners and edging.

EASEL CARD WITH COGS

EASEL CARD WITH COGS

This clever easel card was made by Roma as part of her class last year.  She has used Spellbinders dies to cut the cogs and added gold split pins for detail.

A really clever idea is the use of a wing nut as the prop for the card (complete with genuine "vintage industrial" rust!!).  It  goes to show that just about everything can be useful - just add imagination!!

SCALLOPED CIRCLE EASEL CARD

SCALLOPED CIRCLE EASEL CARD

We have another of Roma's lovely easel cards this week.  She has constructed the body of the card from die cut scalloped ovals and decorated them with a Sparklelight 3D from Regal Craft Cards.  A "Best Wishes" sticker finishes the project.

CHRISTMAS TREE EASEL CARD

CHRISTMAS TREE EASEL CARD

Roma Bunyard made this card as part of the Easel Cards class she taught at Regal earlier on in the year.  It combines the clever use of die-cut shapes with one of Regal's gold foil Christmas trees, used as a backing for a tree picture.  Roma has finished off with just the right amount of "bling" to produce a really memorable, but achievable Christmas Card

TWISTED EASEL

TWISTED EASEL

Roma has used a Regal three panel square card as the base for this twisted easel card.

There has been a great deal of attention to detail gone into this elegant example.

The main panels are patterned black/grey papers matted with red.  A narrow silver sticker surrounds both panels.

The heart pattern on the easel is adorned with pearl hearts.  The greeting is a topper mounted onto red and white oval matting and adorned with a rhinestone set into a silver split pin. The whole unit has been mounted with double sided foam tape for dimension.  A double tied bow completes the panel.

The base features a double mated triangle lifted with foam tape between the first and second layers.  The greeting is a heat-embossed stamp and a sparkly heart diecut has been added as an accent.  Hidden underneath the front panel is an additional pearl heart.

Whilst this card appears deceptively simple, card makers will appreciate each of these special touches.  This is not a five minute card but the results speak for themselves.

TINY EASEL GIFT CARD

TINY EASEL GIFT CARD

Roma has used her dies to cut a folded flower base card and then added a front easel panel in the same shape to make this cute gift card.

As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Roma recently taught an easel card class at Regal, and this was one of her examples.

 Bigger is not always better, and this little card is very sweet.  It could even sit  open on top of a flat wrapped gift instead of a bow or rosette.

TEDDY BEAR EASEL CARD

SPARKLELIGHT TEDDY EASEL CARD

Here at last (and as promised some time ago) is one of the gorgeous cards Roma Bunyard made as  part of the class she taught at Regal featuring easel cards.

Roma has constructed this one out of diecut scallop circles.  The "stop" is made from a split pin inside a circle of the same card as the base to echo the holes in each scallop.  All the card is inked with gold which ties the design nicely to the shiny Sparklelight teddy and butterfly.

You'll no doubt be pleased to know there are lots more of Roma's easel cards yet to post, and I will be doing so in the upcoming weeks

SHOPPING BAG TILT CARD

The perspective is slightly dodgy, but hopefully you can still get the idea of this card.

 I've used one of Regal's tilt (easel) cards for the base, which I've covered in crimson and salmon paper and added a bit of bling with rhinestones. The top strip is just a piece of white card with salmon on top adorned with a couple of flower stickers (stuck onto crimson card and cut out) and a greetings sticker.

The bag is a clear sticker from the Starform
Stitch design range.  I've put some plain crimson paper under the side and some really pretty Japanese paper underneath the main design.

After that I've stuck the whole thing around three sides with a single row of double-sided tape to a piece of crimson card to make a pocket, cut it out and mounted it onto the folding panel.  Its just thse right size to add a gift card or voucher or some money or even a few mini craft supplies such as rhinestones or split pins as a gift.

Even although I've probably made it sound harder than it actually is, this is really quite a quick card to make and there are no complicated techniques to conquer.  Its really all cutting and sticking.