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Stand Up Helpers

Pretty Purse Stand-Up Card

May 8, 2014

It’s Karen Aicken here with a ‘new for me’ card.  Stand Up, or Easel Cards have been around for a long time but I have never made one. The reason? I was pretty sure only my card-maker friends would know what to do with it and I refused to make a card that I needed to include directions with. That all changed when I saw the Stand Up Helper dies here at Elizabeth Craft Designs and I couldn’t wait to try one for myself.

Here is the card in the closed position.  I chose one of the beautiful purse Peel-Offs as the focal point, attaching it to water colour paper and painting it with Derwent Inktense pencils and a water brush.

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It’s wonderful that Elizabeth Craft Designs now has embossing folders, and this one is my very favourite!

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Instructions:

1.  Cut card base from purple textured card stock, 11″ x 4-1/4″. Score across the center to form a
5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ standard (A2) tall card.  Make another score line across the center of the card front at 2-3/4″ and set aside. This is the base for your Stand Up card.

2.  Cut a 2nd piece of purple textured card stock, 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″.

3.  Cut a white panel, 5″ x 3-3/4″ and emboss with the Swirly Curves embossing folder. Mat with a slightly larger panel of black card stock.

4.  Fussy cut the (now dry) water coloured purse and the bow, using a piece of foam tape to attach the bow to the front of the purse.  Add the purse to the embossed and matted panel as shown.

5.  Cut a strip of white card stock that will fit your sentiment and notch each end.

6.  Cut a strip of purple textured card stock, 4-1/4″ wide and deep enough to mat your notched sentiment. Add black Peel-Off border stickers to the top and bottom edges. Pop the notched sentiment strip up on the purple one with foam tape and adhere to the purse panel as shown.

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7.  Now take your purple base card. On the front of the card you will see that there is a score line across the center. Add adhesive from this score line to the bottom front edge, including the sides.  Carefully line up the purse panel to this adhesive – you want the bottom and side edges to match up evenly.  Now we are ready for the inside!

8.  Line up the bottom of the flower Stand-Up die, 1/2″ in from the left edge and 1″ up from the bottom. Run it through your cutting machine with the required plates. Repeat on the right edge.

9.  Add a small flower Peel-Off to the center area of each flower, and lightly add colour with the same tools used to colour the purse.

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10.  Cut a 1″ strip of white card stock, emboss with the Swirly Curves embossing folder. Mat with black card stock and adhere across the inside bottom as shown.

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11.  Cut a white panel 3-3/4″ x 3-1/2″, and mat it with black. Stamp your sentiment with black ink.
(I added colour with pencils blended with Gamsol and a blending stump). See the flower above the sentiment? I used a Transfer Sheet to attach the negative Peel-Off flower image to a scrap piece of Shimmer Sheetz then fussy cut it. It makes such a lovely embellishment, with all the shimmer and shine from the Shimmer Sheetz. This is a great way to use up any scraps you might have, and get ‘double-duty’ from your Peel-Offs.

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12.  Lightly fold back the flower Stand-Up Helpers along the line that scores when you cut them into the card, and tuck the bottom edge of the card front into them. There you have it – a Stand Up Card!

The best part? My Mother-in-Law was visiting when I finished this card. I gave it to her and asked “if you got this in the mail, would you know what to do with it?”. She looked at it, opened it right up, noticed the Stand-Up Helpers and put it together exactly as I’d hoped. No instructions required!

Supplies used:

Elizabeth Craft Designs:

2526 Cute Bags Peel-Off Sticker
E119 Swirly Curves Embossing Folder
1167 Borders Peel-Off Sticker
0378 Party Peel-Off Sticker (small flowers)
792 Stand Up Helpers
600 Transfer Sheet
SS 0103 Blue Iridescent Shimmer Sheetz
WP 903 Water Colour Paper

Other:
White card stock
Purple textured card stock – Colorbok
Black card stock
Derwent Inktense Pencils
Water Brush – Tim Holtz
Word stamp on the front – Stampin’ Up!
Word stamp inside – Riley & Company
Prismacolor Pencils
Gamsol
Blending Stump

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Owl Stand Up Card

March 28, 2014

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Hi everyone,

It’s Frances here and it is my turn to post on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today.

Those of you who know me know I love owls, so I was super excited when I discovered that Elizabeth Craft Designs had Owl Circle Peel-Off Stickers … yay! So I thought I would use one of the owls from the set to create my card to share with you all today. This is actually a “stand up card” using the Elizabeth Craft Design Stand Up Helper die set.

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Here is how I created my card:

1. Cut a piece of double sided adhesive paper 3 inches  x 4inches. Remove the protective liner from one side of adhesive and set aside on your desk. Adhere the paper to a piece of card the stamp size. Use the largest circle accessory die from the Oval Accordion card die set to cut a circle from this card, cutting the circle to one side so you still have some scrap adhesive left.

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2. From the Owl Circle Peel-Off Sticker remove the bottom owl circle; the coordinating eyes and three leaves. Place these sticky side up onto the liner from the double sided adhesive paper that we set aside earlier. Carefully position the circle we cut over the owl circle. Use the left over approx. 1 inch x 3 inch piece of adhesive card to adhere the eyes and leaves.

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3. Apply Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter to all peel-off pieces and rub in. You can see a video Els created using this technique here. Color images as desired, I colored my owl using pinks and reds so it would work with the colors of my designer papers. Use foam tape to adhere the second set of eyes over the eyes of the owl in the circle.

4. Use the Circle Accordion Card page die to die cut a circle from red card. Layer the glittered owl image onto the red circle and set aside.

5. Cut a piece of red card for the base of the card which is 4 3/4inches x 9 1/2. Use score board to score card along the 9 1/2 inch side at 2 3/8 inches and 4 3/4 inches. Fold card in half so it measures 4 3/4 inches square.

6. Cut a piece of designer paper 4 1/2 inches square and adhere this to the front of folded card card you created in step 5. Now you can fold along the 2 3/8 inch score line also created in step 5.

7. Cut a piece of designer paper 4 1/2 inches for the inside of the card. I also cut a piece of red card the same size and layered both pieces together so the base of my card didn’t have a hole in it and because I was using designer paper it strengthens the paper, but this is optional.

8. Position the leaf from the Stand Up Helper die set approx. in the centre of the designer paper we cut in step 7 and run this through a die cutting machine. I wanted my leaf stand up helper to look more like a leaf and the other leaves on my card so I also cut a small piece of double side adhesive paper. placed this onto some white card and then die cut the leaf stand up die from the adhesive paper and then applied the glitter as I did in step 3 and colored my leaf to match the other leaves on my card. I then took a black outline pen to draw and outline around the edge of the leave and the center of the leaves and then adhered this over the red leaf I cut on the designer paper.

9. Cut a thin strip of double sided adhesive paper, approx. 3/4 inch x 7 1/4 inches. Remove the liner from adhesive, set aside the liner and adhere the adhesive to a strip of white card. Remove an 18 inch strip of the ribbon strips from the Ribbon Swirls Peel-Off Stickers and place this sticky side up on the liner we removed previously. Apply Warm Diamond Silk Microfine Glitter to strip and rub into adhesive as previously done on other pieces. Cut the ribbon piece into two pieces one at approx. 4 3/4 inches. Color the 4 3/4 inch piece of ribbon blue and the other red. Adhere the blue piece to the edge of the designer paper we cut in step 8. Adhere this panel to the inside of your card.

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10. Cut the red piece of ribbon sticker we created in step 9 in half and adhere each piece just below the bottom of the centre fold on the front of my card. (You could use a whole piece if you prefer but as most will be hidden by the owl you only need to add this to each side)

11. Apply foam squares to the lower half of the owl circle and adhere that to the center of the front of the card. The top part of the owl will poke up over the fold when the card is place behind the leaf stand up helper.

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12. Use the “Happy Birthday” die and die cut this from black card about 5 times. Use glue build the layers up so you have a thick piece. Adhere the “Happy Birthday” so it is centered between the stand up helper and the blue ribbon strip on the inside of card.

13. Finally adhere the leaves we created in step 1 to either side of the “Happy Birthday”

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Here is my card closed ready to be placed in an envelope and mailed.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs

Owl Circle Peel-Off Stickers

Ribbon Swirls Peel-Off Stickers

Stand Up Helpers Die

Circle Accordion Card Die – Karen Burniston

Happy Birthday Die (783)

Warm Diamond – Silk Microfine Glitter

Double Sided Adhesive

Other

White Card

Red Card

Fresh Prints Designer Paper – Stampin’ Up

Foam Tape

Copic Markers

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