Today is Week 1 of 12 in my Christmas Countdown Series and I’m kicking off with a triple easel card. This one is perhaps for someone special that you’re going to hand deliver. I’ve made it with my grandsons in mind. It looks daunting, but if you treat it as 3 separate different easel cards which have been adhered to a separate card base, it’s a breeze!
So I finally get to dive into the Storybook Gnomes Suite Collection on pages 42-43 of the July-December 22 Mini catalogue! Here’s what’s in the Suite :
- Kindest Gnomes cling stamp set which is bundled with the
- Gnomes dies to save 10% when purchased together
- Storybook Gnomes 12″x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) Designer series paper
- gorgeous 3/8″ (1cm) Balmy Blue stitched ribbon
- fine sparkle adhesive backed gems
- an ounce bottle of Snowfall Accents Puff Paint!
The best bit about the dies and paper is that the dies fit over the gnome images and also the toadstools which means you can die cut them all and use the die cuts on your cards which will save you tons of time not having to colour the images. On the other hand, if you love colouring, the linear images in the stamp set means you can make more gnomes and toadstools when your paper runs out – a limitless supply of toadstools and gnomes! I might not give gnomes house room, but they look great on a card! lol!
Side view of card on the left and also the front of the card on the right.
I also stamped on the back of card so there’s somewhere for you to address the recipient and pen a message.
Card cutting measurements
There is rather a lot of card stock pieces and mat layers. The easiest way to describe them is by naming the largest easel card “A”, the medium easel card “B” and the smallest as card “C”. The metric measurements are in brackets.
Largest easel card – Card A
- Card base : Balmy Blue 4″ x 8″ (10 cm x 20 cm) . Long side, score at 2″ and 4″ (5 cm, 10 cm)
- Front of card : Balmy Blue 4″ x 4″ (5 cm x 5 cm)
- Basic White layers : 2 pieces cut at 3-3/4″ x 3-3/4″ (9.5 cm x 9.5 cm)
- Storybook Gnomes DSP : 2 pieces cut at 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ (9 cm x 9 cm)
Medium easel card – Card B
- Card base : Balmy Blue 3″ x 6″ (8 cm x 16 cm) . Long side, score at 1-1/2″ and 3″ (4 cm, 8 cm)
- Front of card : Balmy Blue 3″ x 3″ (8 cm x 8 cm)
- Basic White layers : 2 pieces cut at 2-3/4″ x 2-3/4″ (7.5 cm x 7.5 cm)
- Storybook Gnomes DSP : 2 pieces cut at 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″ ( 7 cm x 7 cm)
Smallest easel card – Card C
- Card base : Balmy Blue 2″ x 4″ (5 cm x 10 cm) . Long side, score at 1″ and 2″ (2.5 cm, 5 cm)
- Front of card : Balmy Blue 2″ x 2″ (5 cm x 5 cm)
- Basic White layers : 2 pieces cut at 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″ (4.5 cm x 4.5 cm)
- Storybook Gnomes DSP : 2 pieces cut at 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ ( 4 cm x 4 cm)
Card Base
You adhere the largest easel, card A to the medium easel card B. Then you adhere the smallest easel card C to the medium easel card B. Apply adhesive to the back of Card A and adhere this to the 4″x 5″ (10 cm x 13 cm) card base.
Note: *Adhere the strip of DSP in a different pattern to the bottom of the card base before adhering the easel cards to the base.
- Cut a Balmy Blue piece at 4″ x 5″ (10 cm x 13 cm)
- Basic White mat layer : 3-3/4″ x 4-3/4″ (9.5 cm x 12.5 cm)
- Storybook Gnomes DSP : 1″ x 4″ (2.5 cm x 10 cm)
Video tutorial
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