Christmas Double Easel Fold

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So, I originally made this card for a Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop and although the hop has been postponed, I've decided to go ahead with this post anyway.  It's a CASE of a card by Patty Bennet I just love this fun fold and its versatility - change the colours and embellishments and it can suit all occasions.  And, best of all .... it's quick and easy!

I've made a couple of Christmas cards using the Joyous Noel Specialty Designer Series Paper as my jumping off point.

A Christmas Double Easel Fold card featuring the Pretty Pines foliage

In her blog post, Patty has included all the dimensions in inches with very clear instructions as well as a video.  She's also provided lots of great tips for colours and die cutting.

I decided to convert the dimensions to metric sizing so that I could easily made two cards from my one A4 piece of Sahara Sand cardstock.  Basically it's a question of cutting the A4 in half vertically but for the more precise (like me) you'll want to measure your cardstock and may need to slice off the merest whisker so that it measures 28cm by 10.5cm.  Score at 14cm and fold in half.

The Tranquil Tide cardstock measures 26cm x 9.5cm.  Score and fold at 13cm and 19.5cm.

Glue the Tranquil Tide piece to the Sahara Sand base card.

The front view of the open Double Easel card

Cut one piece of Designer Series Paper to 12.5cm by 9cm and two pieces should measure 6cm x 9cm.

A picture of the closed Christmas Double Easel card

Then it's just a question of choosing how to dress up this gorgeous fun fold!  I was guided by the patterns on the paper.  For the first one I used the Foliage Frames label - which happened to be sitting on my table.  It was actually a reject from a previous card because I wasn't happy with the way I'd added the Frost White Shimmer Paint.  However, for this card, it didn't matter!  

The foliage is cut using the Pretty Pines dies and the sentiment is from the Christmas Traditions Punch Box.

This Christmas Double Easel card has a snowflake theme

Since this piece of paper inspired snowflakes, I cut a piece of Glimmer Paper with the Blizzard Thinlit and sponged some of the snowflakes with Tranquil Tide ink.

The greeting is from Snowflake Sentiments stamp set and the labels are cut with the Foliage Frame die set and the Pretty Label Punch.

The snowflake Double Easel card as it appears from the front when open

Since the Gold Faceted Gems are self-adhesive, it was important to ensure that, when folded closed, the gem on the free-standing snowflake wouldn't stick to the base card.  The remedy was simple - I put the little circle cut from the centre of the snowflake onto the exposed adhesive on the back of  the snowflake.

This is the closed snowflake Double Easel card

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - everything needed to create these cards is available for purchase in my online store

Joyous Noel 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

$24.25

Foliage Frame Framelits Dies

$47.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$58.00

Christmas Traditions Punch Box

$78.00

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

$45.25

Blizzard Thinlits Die

$49.00

Pretty Label Punch

$31.00

Share What You Love Artisan Pearls

$10.50

Copper Foil Sheets

$7.00

Gold Faceted Gems

$8.75

Sparkle Glimmer Paper

$8.75

Pretty Pines & Washi Tape

I love washi tape.  In fact I have a growing collection of beautiful washi tape - and that's the problem ... it's a collection!  I love it, I buy it and then I don't use it and joins my collection!  So I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and use my latest addition to the collection - the very gorgeous Year of Cheer Specialty Washi tape.

Washi Tape creates an interesting background for the simple pine cones

I didn't really have a plan in mind, I just started adding strips of washi to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock.

I then used the Pretty Pines dies to cut some pine branches in Old Olive and Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and the pine cones are layers of gold and copper foil sheet.

The copper holds the design together

I copper heat embossed the banner from the Banners For You stamp set and stamped the greeting from the Star of Light stamp set in Basic Gray.  One of the great thing about photopolymer greetings is that you can manipulate them to fit the shape of the banner.  I watercoloured a little Basic Gray to the ends of the banners and cut it out with one of the Bunch of Banners framelits.

I adhered the grey panel to a Very Vanilla card base (I used the thick Very Vanilla cardstock) to finish this quick, simple but elegant Christmas card.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To purchase any of the supplies, click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Year Of Cheer Specialty Washi Tape

$15.75

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

$45.25

Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies

$45.00

Banners For You Photopolymer Stamp Set

$47.00

Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock

$12.25

Copper Foil Sheets

$7.00

Gold Foil Sheets

$7.00

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

$8.75

Versamark Pad

$15.00

Heat Tool

$50.00

Hometown Pines Quartet

Here is a quartet of simple but festive Christmas cards using the Hometown Greetings dies.

Christmas cards made with the Hometown Greetings & Pretty Pines dies

The card below was the first I made and has slightly different dimensions to the other three.  All of the cards followed a few basic steps.

Pretty Pines and Hometown Greetings dies combine to make a simple but festive Christmas card

• I cut  circle of Whisper White cardstock.
• Using a Stitched Shapes circle of similar dimensions and a slightly smaller Layering Circle die, I created a narrow edge of Basic Grey.
• With Basic Gray cardstock, I cut just one of the houses with the Hometown Greetings die.
• I glued the house to the white circle and glued the Basic Gray edge on top.

The foliage in this Christmas card is from the Christmas Staircase die set

• I added a layer of Designer Series Paper to the card (some of the cards also have Basic Gray and Whisper White mats)
• Glued the decorative circle to the card front
• Added some foliage cut in either Gold Foil Sheet or Tranquil Tide and using either a die from the Christmas Staircase or Pretty Pines die sets.
• Added a bow cut with a die from the Pretty Pines die set and an Enamel Dot or Rhinestone

Traditional red and green is combined with grey and silver in this Christmas card

• The greeting is heat embossed either with gold or silver heat embossing powder on either Smoky Slate or Basic Gray cardstock
• I used one of the square Stitched Shapes framelits to cut the rectangular shape for the greeting.

The black and white Christmas card is made more festive with addition of Real Red trimmings

The banner on this card is a little different.  I cut the red layer at both ends with the Triple Banner Punch.  The Smoky Slate layer is cut with one of the Lots of Labels dies (see below) and then trimmed to slightly wider than the greeting.

This is how I used the Lots of Labels die to cut each end of the label

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To visit my online store, click a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

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Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies

[144671]

Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies

[144679]

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142110]

Year Of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144640]

Be Merry Designer Series Paper

[144111]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]