Birthday Easel Card

A friend of mine, who is a big dog lover, is celebrating her birthday this week. I thought that this image from the Imagine Better Together cartridge would be perfect for her! I also thought it would be fun to make her an easel card.

To make the easel card, I first took a piece of 4 1/4" x 11" cardstock and scored it at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2".

After folding it, I put ATG tape just on the section shown, and then adhered a piece of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cardstock.

This is how it looks from the side. I flood filled rectangles from Better Together and Best Friends for my background layers. Don't you just love the Best Friends cloud pattern? I use that one so much!

With an easel card, you need to have a popped image that will help prop up the top part of the card. For mine, I took a little 2.2" framed sentiment from Better Together and separated it into layers. I just used the two base layers so that I could add my own sentiment from My Creative Time's "Wow! So Many Candles" stamp set. I also added a 1.4" cupcake from Better Together.

My girl and her dog are cut at 4". I used the layers and popped them up to give more dimension and added a couple of gems on her hair bows.

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist Cardstock

White Bazzill Cardstock for Imagine Cuts

My Creative Time's "Wow! So Many Candles" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

Imaginisce Gems

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

To Do List with the Your Story Photo & Imagine

I am definitely a list maker, and I just used up my favorite lined note pad. Luckily, the Imagine and Your Story Photo came to the rescue! To make the outside of my note pad, I trimmed this 4" x 6" cover, which came with the Your Story Photo, to a width of 3 1/8". It was very easy to cut on my paper cutter. I then trimmed the front cover flap down to 1".

To decorate it, I flood filled a rectangle with a pattern from the Better Together Imagine cartridge. It didn't come out to be the exact size I needed, but I just trimmed it down to 3/4" x 2 7/8" and inked up the edges. My "to do" is cut at 1" from the Cheerful Seasons Cricut cartridge, flood filled with a brown from the Imagine More cartridge. I added a little stitching to these letters with a white gelly roll pen. The strawberry, from Better Together, is cut at 1".

For the lined paper, I printed and cut from the Imagine More cartridge. This is a layer from another image, so I just separated the layers, deleted all of the other layers, and cut this one at 6" true size. I cut about 20 of them.

Recipe:

Your Story Photo Cover

White Bazill Cardstock

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

White Gelly Roll Pen

Balsa Wood with the Imagine

I tried a new technique for my Creative Critterz Imaginations design team post today. Last week on her blog, Raspberry Suite, Dawn McVey demonstrated stamping and die cutting balsa wood. I loved the look, and it made me wonder if I could run balsa wood through the Imagine. I haven't worked up the nerve to try cutting the balsa wood with the Imagine, but I was easily able to print on it. My image and the pattern that makes my background paper are both from the Better Together Imagine cartridge. After printing, I ran the balsa wood through my Cuttlebug with a Papertrey Ink die.

I love the rustic look of the balsa wood! See my video below to see how to use this technique.

Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream & Dark Chocolate Cardstock

White Bazzill Cardstock for Imagine Cuts

Balsa Wood (from Joann Fabrics)

Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 4 & Buttoned Up #2 Dies

Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream Coaster

Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Button Twine

My Creative Time's "Color Me Happy" Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate Ink

ColorBox Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen