Mara's Journey: April CTMH Blog Hop ~ Easy Easel Card!

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring a project using a special technique of our choice. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way by going to Brae's blog at http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-brae-er-technique-blog-hop.html or http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com for a full list of participants. If you came from " Heather Steeves - True Fit Folios
http://heathersscrapping.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-blog-hop.html then you are in the right place!

The technique I will be focusing on for the April blog hop is the easy easel card! I will be featuring the Buzz & Bumble paper (X7164B) and the Quick Cards - Bumble Bee (A1135) stamp set. We made this card at another one of my Card Classes and the again girls loved it! I hope you have as much fun making it as they did! This stamp set can be purchased for only $6.95 and the paper is only $9.95 for 12 sheets!! If you would like to place an order or find out more information about this, please go to my CTMH website at http://cardsbytamara.ctmh.com. Thanks for stopping by!

Get two cards the size you want to make your easel card. For this specific card I used a 12x12 colonial white cardstock cut at 4', 8' and 12'. This will make 2 cards with 2 fronts (see further instructions). Fold all 3 of them in half (or score at 6').
Cut the front off one of the cards. Cut one of the three 12'x4' cards at the 6' mark (this will make 2 card fronts).
Fold the front cover of the uncut cards in half (fold inside so it meets the middle of the card.)
Using the piece of card that you have cut off the other card, you then stick this onto the folded over section to give you the slanted easel shape (you may want to decorate the card front before gluing it down).

There are amazing instructions with photos for this card fold at: http://fluttabyz.blogspot.ca/2010/05/easel-card-tutorial.html

The other items that were used to make this card were:

X7164B Buzz and Bumble paper
Z1375 Kraft Cardstock
Z2168 Colonial White Cardstock
C1537 Honeycomb Stamp Set
A1135 Quick Cards - Bumble Bee stamp set
Z2167 Creme Brulee Ink Pad
Z2114 Cocoa ink Pad
Z2118 Desert Sand ink Pad
Z1358 Buttons Basic Assortment
Z726 Sponge Daubers
Y1006 3" X 3" My Acrylix® Block
Beige Ribbon (not CTMH)

There are amazing instructions for how to fold this card at: http://fluttabyz.blogspot.ca/2010/05/easel-card-tutorial.html

Your next stop on the Hop is " Brae Montgomery who will be featuring a Puddle pad~ http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-brae-er-technique-blog-hop.html or http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com ".

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in next month when we will be featuring a Pinterest inspired project.

1. Brae Montgomery- Puddle pad

http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-brae-er-technique-blog-hop.html
2. Heather Dawson - fancy folds http://pagesbyheatherd.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-team-blog-hop-techniques-my.html
3. Alyson Mayo- Kraft containers and muslin bags - http://createwithalyson.blogspot.com/2013/04/brae-ers-team-blog-hop-kraft-containers.html
4. Lucy Imrie- Fabric and flip flaps
http://lucyscreativeexpressions.blogspot.com/2013/04/scrapping-with-for-always-fabric.html
5. Cheryl Peyton- masking http://peytonspaperplace.blogspot.com/2013/04/welcome-to-our-blog-hop.html
6. Michelle Hughes- shaker boxes httphttp://therighthugh.blogspot.com/2013/04/team-blog-hop.html
7. Carol Taggio- 3D objectshttp://craftycarol55.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-team-blog-hop-3-d-object.html
8. Lisa Elliot- wet embossing http://lisaspeanutgallery.blogspot.com/2013/04/braers-team-blog-hop-teachnique-focus.html
9. Roz Kelly- Chalkboard technique http://inmyscrappinroom.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-brae-ers-blog-hop.html
10. Heather Steeves - True Fit Folios
http://heathersscrapping.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-blog-hop.html
11. Tamara Lisowski - Easy Easel Card http://geermara.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-ctmh-blog-hop-easy-easel-card.html