Welcome to Creative Creases #79 where “Anything Goes with a Fun Fold”. We hope your last two weeks have been filled with lots of crafting inspiration. Did you enter Challenge #78? Whether or not you did, we have a fresh new challenge opportunity starting now.

The Easel Fold Card is great for both beginners and experienced makers. They can be simple and fun or complicated and challenging. You decide. The elegance of the Magnolia Mood Bundle and casual feel of A Little Latte DSP  atop the distressed background of Exposed Brick 3D Embossing lands this project somewhere in the middle. Don’t be afraid to mix it up.

Get out your trimmers, paper and ink…. it’s time to create!

Nuts & Bolts

Finished Size & Orientation

• A2 (4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
• Portrait orientation

Gather supplies: (The complete list, with product numbers, appear at the end of this post)

• Cardstock
  • Thick Basic White
  • Petal Pink
• Designer Series Paper (DSP)
  • A Little Latte DSP
• Embellishments
  • Petal Pink & Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems
• Adhesives
  • Liquid Glue
  • Stampin’ Dimensionals (both regular and mini)
  • Stampin’ Seal
• Tools 
  • See list at the end of this post

Paper Cuts

• Basic White Thick Cardstock – 
  • Card Base 4-1/4″ x 11″ Scored at 5-1/2″ and 8-1/4″
  • Top Panel – 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″
  • Embossed Panels – 3-3/8″ x 4-5/8″ and 1-3/8″ x 3-3/8″
  • Scrap for the greeting
• Petal Pink Cardstock –
  • Large Layer 1-3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″
  • Small Layer – 1-1/2″ x 3-1/2″
• A Little Latte DSP
  • Light Marbled piece – enough for die-cuts

Construction

1. Fold and burnish the card base on score lines.  See photo below.
2. Build the top piece.
   1. Use snips or your fingernail to rough up the edges of both Petal Pink cardstock pieces. Adhere the large piece to the Basic White cardstock panel
   2. Dry emboss the both the 3-3/8″ x 4-5/8″ and 1-3/8″ x 3-3’/8″ Basic White Pieces with Exposed Brick embossing folder. Adhere to the Petal Pink pieces
   3. Die-cut the large magnolia and a few small leaves from the sheet of A Little Latte DSP shown above.
   4. Attach die-cuts with liquid glue.
   5. Stamp a greeting with Early Espresso on a scrap of Basic White. Fussy Cut. Adhere over one of the die-cuts with Mini-Stampin’ Dimensionals.
   6. Embellish with Petal Pink Foiled Gems.
3. Attach pieces assembled in step B to Card Base using the finished photo as a guide. The small piece will be attached with Stampin’ Dimensionals to be used as a “stopper” for the easel.

Card base folding

Card base with front and bottom panels attached.

Did I mention that this fold lies completely flat for mailing?

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