Challenge #252, as chosen by Debbie, here at cardz4galz, is for you to make an easel card. In my case I decided to use my latest StampinUP bundle die set and created a butterfly easel. It isn’t a large card but it certainly has impact and it was fun to make. It isn’t too bulky when flat, so can be mailed without additional costs.
I cut the card stock using the largest die which is designed to create a fold line, but if you don’t have the same die, you can still do the fold yourself by placing your die a little above where you want the fold to be. Once I had my basic card front I added a score line around the middle of one side and folded up the wings to give me the easel shape. Another large butterfly was added to this piece and then using more dies from the set I cut another butterfly in yellow and added the silver piece on top but only attachedat the body. Using some water colour pencils through the holes like you would a stencil I added colour. Once I added the body, I realized I had some parts of the folded easel showing so I carefully cut off anything I didn’t want. The sentiment is from Crafters Companion and the shaped edge is from another small die from the butterfly set which I popped up on foam so the rest stays upright. Using a Spectrum Noir shimmer pen, I edged the sentiment strip and the larger butterfly for some shimmer. And this completed my card nicely.
We look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery and hope you have fun creating.
Lavender House Creations 
That’s just beautiful! I’ve got some large butterfly dies, so might have to give this a try – thanks for the inspiration x
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I look forward to your version.
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This is so pretty, and I love the shaped form of your easel card. Pretty colors, too!
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Thanks.
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This is pretty! I enjoy shaped cards.
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Thanks, I do too.
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This is a stunning card Johanna. The butterfly shape for your easel doesn’t leave much room to write, but boy does it make a beautiful piece. Great work.
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Thanks. I could always write underneath if necessary.
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Very pretty. Shaped easel cards are so fun.
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Thank you
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WOW!! Such an impressive card Johannna and in reading through the detailed writeup of all the work you did to accomplish this Butterfly Easel card, I am totally impressed by your results. Cliff and I always appreciated your lovely inspired card creations to us, each so unique and and personal. Amazing work!!
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Thanks dear friend
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This certainly does have impact -gorgeous xx
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Thanks.
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Beautiful…..love your shaped butterfly easel card. The colors for your butterfly are amazing and all the layers really give it flight. WOW!
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Thanks. It was slightly fiddly to do, but worth the effort
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