Double Step

Hi everyone another Monday has creeped up on us and time sure goes by fast when your crafting and right now it’s pouring rain here in Florida youck…

So my card today is how I wish things were here inFlorida nice and sunny 🌞 this card features the beautiful majestic Swan from the Australian release.

To make my card I took a piece of white cardstock and cut it to 5.5x7.5 and cut slits 4 inches down each side 

Next score between the slits you just  cut at the bottom and from the top and then score 1 in down from the top and another 1in after

Use a bone folder to get nice crisp creases and form your card and now diecut all the added pieces from the trees using color cardstocl and add depth using some copics

I diecut my swan and colored it with copics and added some stickles in crystal to sparkle my swan up a bit

My completed card at and angle where you can see how the trees really surround my swan

Supplies Used

Happy Anniversary Easel Card

Happy Thursday everyone!

Kathy with you today with an easel card I made using the Swans Die from the CottageCutz Wedding Release, along with the Starburst Flower, Happy, Anniversary, Fancy Lace Border and Greenery Dies.

It's hard to show just one picture of an easel card, so I have a bunch for you!  Here's a view from the front.

Here are views from the side.

Here's the inside.

And finally, a close up of the front.

To make my card, I used cream card stock to create a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" easel card.  (If you're not familiar with easel cards, there is a tutorial on Split Coast Stampers here that you can refer to as a guide.)  I added a black mat to part of the front that is embossed with a polka dot embossing folder and popped it on the base.  I cut the Fancy Lace Border Die twice, once with black and again with LeCreme Designer Paper and added them to the bottom of the mat.  The Swans Die was cut with the cream and added with pop dots. The 2 small flowers from the Starburst Flower Die with also cut with LeCreme DP and added the the Swan.  Two leaves were added to either side of the flowers cut from the Greenery Die using black card stock.

For the inside of the card, I cut the sentiments using black card stock and added them by running them through my Xyron Create-a-sticker Machine.  I then added a piece of black trim and one of the Greenery Dies cut using black card stock.

To finish my card, I added a bow made with Cream Seam Binding and a couple of black pearls.

These are the dies I used on my card.