Easel Cards For Design Team at Scraptales

Here are two 5" by 5" Easel Cards that 
I designed for the DT at
Scraptales

Using the My Mind's Eye paper Collection

Good Day Sunshine.
As Luck would have it...I am squeezing these into 
365 Cards Day 2 Challenge Pick 5
My favorite Embellies are the Dusty Attics Chipboard Corners and words.  My favorite card dimension of 5 x 5 Easel Card.  Favorite design technique is distressing and using perfect pearls.   My least favorite color...brown...but this plaid rocks!  So...I didn't see this challenge till after I made my cards...but they fit.  I just love following their blog...Pam has fabulous sketches...and a great DT.  It is a great
blog to visit for inspiration.

It is hard to see in this photo..but I just couldn't resist using the
Dusty Attic piece "tender"..and guitar...and you get Elvis's
Love me Tender.  

This one I used the guitar and small guitar die cuts from the fun die cut sheet that matches the Good Day Sunshine Boy Collection

on this Easel Card.

On this card I used the Bicycle die cuts.

Here are a few images of how these cards came to be.
To see how to make the Easel card visit this 
How to Post Here

I started out with two (because I am doing two cards) strips of black

Cordinations card stock measuring 5 inches wide by 10 inches long.

I scored these two strips at the 5inch mark (using my scor pal) and then flipping my piece and score at 21/2 inches.  I also cut out two pieces of 5" x 5" squares of another black sheet of Cordination's card stock (this one with blue)

The two plaid pieces were cut as 4 1/2 inch squares.  The red and blue strips are 1 inch by 5 inches.  I used my EK Success scallop dies to cut out the red color matts.  I just made them big enough to look good around my photo.

I embossed the card stock...and then lightly sanded it.  I applied the plaid piece to the piece of black and blue 5 x 5 cardstock with my ATG gun, and then applied that to the top edge of the black and red card stock.  You will notice how the card on the right has a tiny red strop showing at the top (where the name of the paper is printed), this is where I lined up the black and blue card stock piece.
Here is a few of how it looks from the side.

I distressed all edges with my cutterbee scissors, and inked with Ranger's distress inks in Vintage photo.  I applied both the scallop circle and blue strips with my ATG gun.

I will be heading back to Scraptales to get another die cut sheet

so I can make a matching tag for Caleb's card.

I measured up 1 inch from the bottom of my card, and then applied my red strip.  This is what the bottom of the top piece leans against, so it stays open.  I applied my favorite Dusty Attic chipboard pieces, which were embossed using gold embossing powders.
I used Ranges filmstrip, which I stamped my boy's names in the frames with Stazon in Jet Black.  I used my Silhouette SD to
print and cut the Summer 2010.  I did use UTEE on the guitar and bike die cuts.  These cards are so boy...and I love THEM!  They have a hidden tag too....Make sure you 
stop by the store and check them out.

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