As I have shared before, I get tired of the same ole same ole card shape. Lately I have noticed the Easel Card Design floating around the Internet spheres. So, I decided to give it a shot. And, while I was at it I combined the easel card shape with one of my June technique cards. Also, SU has changed their color collections and to my excitement one of the colors was an "IN Color" a few years ago. And, I had tons of it left - "Pacific Point". I used that color in this card design.
Easel Cards stand up on their own so the recipient can view the front of the card and the inside sentiment at the same time. Here's a side view:
I've seen people use all kinds of embellishments inside the card to make it stand up...flowers, bling, punches etc... using a button seemed easy enough :) to get the idea across.
The front of the card highlights the "Chalkboard Pastel" Technique. Easy and fun to do. I like pulling out my rarely used chalks! Simply stamp your image (silhouettes works best but two-step stamp sets work well too!)on dark cs and apply pastel chalks on top.
Side by side...to get the dark rich colors (like the card on the left) stamp the image one at a time and apply chalks to the wet ink. To get a softer look stamp all the images, let them dry and then apply chalks. I used Q-tips to apply the chalks.
The second card I made for the June Hostess Club uses the "Black Magic Technique"! The interesting name of the technique caught my eye. It is similar to the above Pastel Chalk technique but this one uses watercolor pencils to color in the image.
Stamp your image on dark card stock. Let the ink dry. Then color over the white space with watercolor pencils. Press hard to get a vibrant look! Once done, highlight areas with your white signo gell pen. Cool, Huh?! :)
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