Tag Easel Card Tutorial

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Tag Easel Card Tutorial

1) Start with a 140mm (5.5") square tent fold card

2) Cut a 140mm (5.5") square card front panel

3) Cut a tag;

a) 150mm (6") high

b) 80mm (3") wide

c) Score a line 10mm (0.5") from base

This is a valley fold.

4) Taper the top two corners of the tag.

5) Card back;

Open the card flat, outside facing you,

and cut a centred slit-

a) 10mm (0.5") down from the card centre fold.

b) and approximately 85mm (3.25") wide (slightly

wider than your tag).

6) Card front;

with the card still open-

a) score a line across the centre.

This is a mountain fold.

Close the card

7) Tag;

a) Cut a contrasting colour mount, slightly

smaller than your tag, and short enough to

avoid covering the tag score line.

Attach the mount to your tag.

b) Punch a hole centred and towards the top.

Decorate the inside of your card
before moving on to stage 8

8) Front facing you, open card.

a) Slot the top of your tag through the slit

you cut earlier (stage 5).

b) The top of the tag should line up with the

card centre fold,

c) and the tag score line with the base of your

card.

Close the card.

9) Card closed, front facing you.

a) Apply glue to the section of tag that is visible.

10) Fold up and fix to the front of your card.

11) Card front, lower half only.

Apply three strips of double sided tape or glue.

a) Make sure you cover the tag flap.

This will add extra strength to the 'pully' mechanism.

12) Attach your, 140mm (5.5") square, card front

panel, making sure you line up the top, bottom

and sides with your card.

Open the card so the tag pops into view.

Attach a tassel or ribbon.

You can easily make this card any size you like.

Just remember that the tag is always 10mm (0.5")

longer than your card height -

this being the tag section you fold up and glue

to the front of your card (9a & 10 in the above tutorial).

Many thanks for taking the time to visit.
I'll be back soon!

Hugs

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Spring has sprung - Tulips!

Spring is here - YEAH!!!

I haven't deserted you.

I've been working hard on this next project.

Hope these images give you an idea of what I've been up to...

It's taken me a while.
I've been working out how to re-create these beautiful flowers,

in the quickest, easiest way possible.

Boy - simplicity can be very hard!!!

I'm almost there...

I'll be posting templates and a tutorial
in the next couple of days.

(It's a quick & easy project)

Just in time for Mothers Day.

Back to putting the finishing touches together.

Hugs,
 X

Pop Up Christmas Card - 'Snowmen'

This card was made using exactly the same process explained in our earlier post - 'Pop Up Card Tutorial'.

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Instead of using the decoupage sheets 'Presents' I stamped and cut out two snowmen  - ('Funstamps - Snowman' wood mounted stamp).

I've had this stamp for at least a couple of years but this is the first time I've actually used it. How bad is that!

The snowmen were stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black then coloured using watercolour pencils and a blending pen.

The background is chalked then stamped over with a small snowflake stamp. I stamped in VersaMark and used 'Seafoam White' embossing powder.

To finish I added crystal glitter highlights.

I doodled the 'snow ball mountain' and the snowmen are juggling doodled snowballs mounted onto the tips of acetate strips so it looks like they're in mid air.

I wanted the second snowman to reach out from the card and his arm to be in a different position to the original stamp.

Masking off didn't work so here's what I did:

- Changing a stamped image -

1.  Stamped the snowman twice. Cut out the second - I used this later, to trace round (4).

2.  Pencilled in the shape I wanted the second snowman's body to be.

3.  Inked over the pencil, dotting inside my inked line (to match the style of the stamp's lines).

4.  Placed the cut out snowman, from earlier, where I wanted the second hand to be.

5.  Pencilled round the arm and hand.

6.  Worked over the pencil lines as before.

7.   Finally I cut out the amended snowman.

8.  The variation on the original stamp.

Hope you have a go and thanks for visiting!

X



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