Hello and welcome to the April Crafty Wednesday challenge right
here on my blog! I'm so glad you decided to stop by and hope you'll join in
too and share all your crafty makes! As always I will select my top 3 picks
and share them at the bottom of the post. You can see last month's Top Picks
at the end of this post! There were some gorgeous entries so be sure to check
them out!
This Month's Theme
For the month of April I selected the fun theme of................
Something Beginning with "B".
So many options here....blossoms, bugs, bees, butterflies, blue, bunny,
brocade, banner, bow, brown and many more ....I can not wait to see what "b"s
you are incuding on your card!
As usual now, the theme is optional so feel free to link up anything else too
and all entries will be considered for my top picks!
My April Creation
I recently received a beautiful double easel card from Debbie of
Secrets to Stamping who is soooo very
creative, and I fell in love with the style of the card, so I decided to make
a double easel card as well. While I've made 2 or 3 easel cards before,
this was my first time making a double easel card and I used Debbie's card as
a reference.
You basically have a regular folded card base (whatever size you choose),
then score one of the halves down the middle using a
scoring tool. Decorate a card front
using a separate piece of card stock, which you will then attach to the
bottom part of the folded half. (I've included several photos so you can see
what I mean.) On this card I added a mini easel just the way Debbie did
because I thought that was such a cute "wow" factor!
The stamp set I used here is one of Stampin Up's recent "Sale-a Bration" set
(A Touch of Ink) which I also received from Debbie.
I've mentioned this last month already, but if you haven't heard yet, she is
hosting a new challenge on her blog where it's all about Fancy Folds. You can
check it out
HERE.
Related Products Hummingbird Themed:
I thought this fancy fold card would make a nice Mother's Day card so I added
a Mother's Day sentiment (old from Whimsy Stamps) to the mini easel. This
sentiment I cut out using a retired slider die also from Whimsy, and I tied
some white silk ribbon (
option) around
it.
In the photo below you can see the mini easel also opened. I added a prima
flower with a small white brad to the inside of the small easel card.
To decorate the inside of the card I used the same stamps and inks but
stamped off twice for a more subtle background to allow for a handwritten
message. Then I used an old wood mounted Penny Black flower border stamp on the inside
of the fold - see below.
And finally, a side view is below.
Related Products for Mother's Day:
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I will continue to add my favorites to the dedicated Pinterest board, but going forward I will once again showcase the top pick's creations
with links to their individual blogs, which will be removed at the start
of each new month's challenge to remain in compliance with GDPR.Choosing favorites is never easy but something that needs to be done and
here are my top picks in the order of entry.
No. 49
Kuni
No. 54
Jose
No. 56
Carole J.
Congratulations! Your top pick logo is below. Feel free to post it to
your own blogs if you like to!
To play along this month simply use the linky tool below.
Thanks so much for stopping by!!
A few things to remember:
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You may follow the theme or anything crafty goes.
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You may combine with any other challenges.
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You may use any brand of stamps/digis/products (no
company restriction).
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No more than 3 entries per person please - no worries if
you end up with more.
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Please do include a link back here to my blog in your
blog post.
Note: Top picks will be selected from the entries shared with
the linky tool. The top pick's creations will be displayed the
following month along with their blog links until the start of
a new challenge. If you do not want to be featured, please do
not use the linky tool.