Beauty Abounds

I wanted to create an easel card today and this Blackberry Beauty Designer Series Paper and the Bamboo Beauty stamp set seemed to be the perfect choice for that.  I just love the look of the blackberry bliss colors and the gold.      

Here is the easel card I came up with…

Here is what it looks like stood up as an easel card.  

The card base is created from pieces of Blackberry Bliss cardstock that is cut to 4 ¼ x 5 ½”, one that is 3 x 6 ¼” scored at 2 ¾” and 5 ½” and a piece that measures 2 ¾ x 5 ¼” (this one is a simple backer for the Designer Series Paper to make it stronger so it stands up).  Attach the 3 x 6 ¼” piece to the top of the card base using the score mark at the 5 ½” mark (just adhere the little piece that measures ¾ x 3” onto the base).  This is the base for the card.

Now add a piece of the Designer Series Paper that measures 2 ¾ x 5 ¼” to a piece of Blackberry Bliss cardstock that also measures 2 ¾ x 5 ¼” (this makes it strong enough to stand up on the easel).  This piece is then adhered to the center piece of the base (adhere only the bottom half to the easel as shown below).

To finish the front of the card cut a piece of Basic White cardstock to 2 ¼ x 5” and stamp it with the Bamboo Beauty stamps shown using Versamark ink and add Gold Stampin’ Emboss powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.  The cute little symbol is “friendship”.  Add this to the center of your Designer Series Paper on the front of the card. 

Now to complete the inside of the card and create our easel.  Add a piece of Basic White cardstock that measures 4 x 5 ¼” (this will cover where we added the front piece of Blackberry Bliss).  Cut a scrap of Blackberry Bliss using one of the Rectangle Stitched Dies.  Now stamp the sentiment (this one is also from the Bamboo Beauty stamp set) onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock using Blackberry Bliss ink and die cut it using another of the Rectangle Stitched Dies.  Adhere these pieces together and add to the center towards the bottom of the inside of your card using Dimensionals (this becomes the stand for the front of the card and makes it an easel). 

I hope you enjoy this card I just love creating these fun fold cards.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below. 

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Bamboo Beauty Cling Stamp Set [155478]	Blackberry Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [156458]	Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133675]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092]	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555]	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]