Everyday Heroes You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial

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Heartfelt Creations Alumni Hop: Everyday Heroes You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial

Hello, Friends!  Welcome to the Heartfelt Creations April 2017 Alumni Hop!  You should be coming here full of inspiration after visiting Gloria’s lovely blog.  I’ve been loving the blues lately…maybe it’s the beautiful Carolina Blue sky that’s been inspiring me, who knows?  So today I’m sharing this You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial made with Heartfelt Creations “Everyday Heroes” collection.  Let’s get started!

How to Create an Easel Card Base

You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial Everyday Heroes by Kathy Clement Product by Heartfelt Creations Photo 1Follow these quick and easy steps to create an easel card base.

  1.  First, cut a 6.25″ x 12″ rectangle from aqua card stock.
  2. Next, score on the long side at 6″ and again at 9″.
  3. Then crease the folds to create the easel card base. The card front will be the section with the two score lines.
  4. Now, cut a 6.25″ square from the same aqua cardstock.
  5. You will build your card cover on this 6.25″ square.
  6. Next, decorate the inside of the card with designer papers.
  7. Finally,  glue the completed card cover onto the lower half of the scored card base.
Work Inside Out!

You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial Everyday Heroes by Kathy Clement Product by Heartfelt Creations Photo 2When I’m making an easel card, I always work “inside out.”  By this I mean that I decorate the inside of my card first.  This way, I don’t “squash” the dimensional card cover while I’m working on the inside decor.  Here are the steps I took to make the inside of this card.

  1. First, cut 2 squares of designer paper from Everyday Heroes.  I used 2 of the 6″ card fronts from the collection.  Easy Peasy!
  2. Next, cut one square in half and use it to line the scored section of the card.  Don’t glue over the score line, as the card will not be able to fold if you do this.
  3. Now, glue the striped card cover to the bottom half of the card interior.
  4. Then, create two 2.5″ x 3.25″ banner flags from polka dot designer paper.  Ink the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  Use foam dots or waste chipboard on the back of each flag to add dimension and create a “stopper” for the easel.  Glue in place on the left hand side of the card base, as seen here.
  5. Finally, cover a small paper bag with designer paper and glue on the top half of the card.  Add a little note card inside.
Making Vellum Botanical Roses

You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial Everyday Heroes by Kathy Clement Product by Heartfelt Creations Photo 3

Now we’ll go to work on making these lovely Vellum Botanical Roses.  To make these you will need the following:

  1. First, stamp 3 sets of Botanical Roses onto vellum with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink.
  2. Next, sprinkle the wet ink with copper embossing powder.
  3. Then, heat Emboss.
  4. Next, die cut flower layers with the Botanical Wings Die.
  5. Now, lightly spritz the back of the die cut flower layers and shape with Deluxe Flower Shaping Tools.
  6. Then, use a sponge dauber to add Broken China Distress Oxide Ink to petals.
  7. Next, stack the shaped and inked layers, securing with hot glue.
  8. Now, spritz lightly with water.  Gently heat set.
  9. Then, spatter with diluted white and black paint.
  10. Finally, fill the centers with Dries Clear Adhesive and Minnie Pearls Prills.
You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial Everyday Heroes by Kathy Clement Product by Heartfelt Creations Photo 4
Making the Botanical Wings Vellum Butterfly

You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial Everyday Heroes by Kathy Clement Product by Heartfelt Creations Photo 5

  1. Stamp the large butterfly from Botanical Wings onto vellum using the same procedure as with the flowers.
  2. Heat set with copper embossing powder.
  3. Die cut with matching Botanical Wings die.
  4. Add ink and spatters.
  5. Lightly spritz the wings and shape by rolling around a pencil.  Set aside to dry.
  6. Color a Feathery Flourish chipboard with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink. Glue in place on card front, as shown.
Finishing Touches

You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial Everyday Heroes by Kathy Clement Product by Heartfelt Creations Photo 6

  1. Now arrange all your prepared flowers and the butterfly as seen here.
  2. Then add a pen nib to the center of the butterfly’s body.
  3. Next, cut a tag from the cut apart page and top with ticket sentiment.  Add a brad to the top of the tag.  Layer over the banner flags.
  4. Now, tie a bow with Sheer Striped Satin Ribbon.  Use hot glue to secure to card front.
  5. Then, create a loopy bow with white burlap string.  Use scissor points to tuck in under a flower.
  6. Finally, add the border strip and sentiment arrow.

You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial Everyday Heroes by Kathy Clement Product by Heartfelt Creations Photo 7And that finishes up this You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial!  Now let’s get on with the hop!

Let’s Hop!

The Hop starts 8am EST on Friday,  April 28th and closes Monday, May 1st at 11:59PM EDT.  Hope to all the blogs on the list, and be sure to leave a comment so you can be in the running for the randomly selected $25 Heartfelt Creations shopping spree.

The winner will be announced on the Heartfelt Creations Facebook page and BLOG on Wednesday, May 3rd.  I will also post the winner at the top of this blog post.  If you are the lucky winner, just send an e-mail with “Winner of the April Alumni Blog Hop” in the subject line to  info@heartfeltcreations.us.

From here you will hop on over to see what beautiful creation Archana has in store for you on her blog.  And just in case you get lost along the way, here’s the complete blog hop list.

Deneen ♥  KATHY (You are Here) ♥ Archana ♥ Alissa ♥  Emily ♥ Sarah

Enjoy the hop!  Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

 

 

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35 thoughts on “Everyday Heroes You Inspire Me Easel Card Tutorial”

  1. Jenny L

    Hi Kathy,
    what a very super easel card and the colours and design are awesome.
    Love all your superb work gone into this excellent creation.
    Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

    1. kathycNC Post author

      Thanks, Kim! I don’t make vellum flowers all that often, but they just seemed right for this card! Good luck in the hop!

  10. Carla Hundley

    Easel cards are so
    fun and your card
    is fabulous! Beautiful
    colors.
    Carla from Utah

  11. Shari

    I just love the teals and the tutorials. Looks like I’ll be spending more time looking for inspiration in here.

    1. kathycNC Post author

      Thank you so much, Shari! I always try to provide a tutorial with my Alumni Hop post. I’m so glad to know you found it helpful! Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the hop!

  13. smithgfb

    I find your card so beautiful that I’m struggling to find the words to tell you how much I love it. As always I love the blue and all the attention to detail. You have totally impressed me once again!

    1. kathycNC Post author

      You are very welcome, Patricia! My heart is to educate and inspire, so I share lots of tutorials on my blog. Thanks for taking the time to leave this lovely comment!

    1. kathycNC Post author

      Thank you for taking the time to leave such a nice comment! I’m so glad you found the photos and tutorials useful! Happy crafting!

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