Tutorial - Stacked Triple Easel Card

Stacked triple easel cards are created from three individual easel cards secured one on top of the other creating a cascade effect.  Although most of the examples I've seen use three cards that are proportionately bigger than the one before, there's really no reason you couldn't create one using three of the same sized card.

 

 

1.  Start by cutting out three card bases of different sizes for your easel cards.  I used nesting dies but you can simply create squares or rectangles if you prefer.  You will also need an additional single piece in the same size and shape as each card.  (If you've never made an easel card before, please have a look at these instructions first.)

 

2.  Fold the front of each card in half, pressing firmly on the crease to get a nice crisp line.

 

3.  Stamp and colour the three card pieces as desired.  These will form the front panels for each easel card.  I used a beautiful Flourishes sunflower stamp set and coloured the images with Prismacolor pencils.

 

4.  Apply adhesive to the bottom section of the folded card front as shown in the photo below.  Secure the decorated piece to the adhesive to form an easel card.  Do this for each of the three cards.

 

5.  Open out the largest card and place it flat on your desk.  The medium card is going to be secured inside the large card with some double sided tape.  Make sure you measure and mark the placement before adding adhesive.

 

6.  Secure the middle sized card to the inside of the large card.  I used a centring ruler to line up my cards neatly.  I opted to place the middle sized card about half way down the large card.  The middle sized card will now act as the anchor point to hold the large card open.

 

7.  Repeat the process with the small card.

 

8.  Now you will need to add a dimensional embellishment of some kind to the inside of the smallest card so it has an anchor point to hold it open.  As you can see, I stamped some more of the little ladybugs and adhered them with foam tape.

 

9.  You can now fold your card up, ready for posting!

Tutorial - Triple Easel Cards

Easel cards are wonderful display cards that are relatively easy to assemble.  They are quite popular amongst card makers and there seems to be more and more variation as paper artists explore the possibilities of these great cards.  Today I'm going to show you my take on a simple triple easel card.

 

 

1.  Start with a piece of cardstock measuring 10" x 7".  Lay it lengthways (landscape orientation) on your scoreboard and score at 5" and 71/2".  Make mountain folds along each score line to create your basic easel card base.

 

2.  Open your card and lay it flat on a cutting mat.  You are going to make two cuts on the front of your card to create three sections, as shown below.  The cuts start from the spine of the card and end at the opposite edge.

Measure and mark 11/2" from the left hand edge for the first cut.  Measure and mark 11/2" from the right hand edge for the second cut.  You should end up with two outside sections measuring 11/2" x 5" and a centre section measuring 4" x 5".  Refer to the picture below.

 

3.  Cut two pieces of cardstock measuring 11/2" x 5" and one piece measuring 4" x 5".  These panels will be secured to the card base and will form the front of your finished easel card.

 

4.  Decorate the panels as desired.  I used some patterned paper, die cuts, pearls, ribbon and a sentiment stamp.  Don't forget to add some decoration to the inside of the card, which will be visible when the card is standing open.

 

5.  Secure the panels to the front of the card, adding adhesive only to the bottom sections.  If you have never made an easel card before, click here for some basic assembly instructions.

 

6.  Now you need to add some little embellishments to hold the card panels open for display.  I used little oval die cuts secured to the inside of the card with foam tape.  Since I wanted to make the three panels obvious when the card was open, I staggered the ovals so that the centre panel stands up further than the two outer ones.

 

Done!