Fancy Fold Friday - Broadway Bound Swing Easel Card

A really quick share for you today... with the last of the Broadway Bound  & Broadway Birthday Swing Easel card series...

Sorry this is so quick a share... but sometimes things aren't as you think they will be and then they just get in the way of your To Do List!

But I had to share as I think this one ended up as my favourite!! Who would have thought...

Original Cut & Score card Tutorial here (which was used for this card) ... Simpler Die Cut & Score version Tutorial here!!! (which is how I will make it in the future!!)

This one is definitely worth a try!!

Fancy Fold Friday Tutorial for the Simple Swing Easel Card

So as I was busy creating Swing Easel cards for my July classes... a sudden "paper-engineering" thought came upon me... and the trial luckily proved VERY successful...

So put away my original cut and score method for the Swing Easel Card... and try this simple way instead! It is definitely a lot simpler...

But whilst I am in the process of converting all of the Swing Easel Card Tutorials to this Simple method... just click here for the A4 cardstock version...or here for the 12x12 cardstock version... and the same card size 5 1/2" (14cm) square one is here...

So this is another 5 1/2" (14cm) Square card size.... or as we say around here ... the one size fits all the world version!!

So without further ado... here are the Tutorials...

First up a pdf version of the Card Tutorial... for you to click...and download/save/print...

Second up ... the written version with an extra picture of the crosspiece position... and extra details of the final decoration... as well as the Shop links in the Recipe...

Craft Spa Recipe

Card Gray Granite 14 x 29 cm (5 ½” x 11⅜”*)

* With US Letter card… cut 5 ½” x 11”for card blank and separate 5 ½” x 3/8” for the crosspiece

Paper (Top) 13.5cm (5 ¼”) Square

Paper (Base) 13.5cm (5 ¼”) Square

Card Basic Black 9cm (3 ½“) Square

Card Gray Granite 8.5cm (3 ¼”) Square

Card Whisper White 8 cm (3”) Square

(D) Basic Black 5 x 10.5cm (2 x 4”) (for die-cutting WISH)

Papers – Broadway Bound

Stamps – Broadway Birthday

Punches - Classic Label

Dies – Broadway Lights, RETIRED Squares Collection OR Layering Squares with front aperture slightly smaller

Embellishments  - Metallic Pearls

Inks etc – Gray Granite, MementoBlack, Versamark & Gold Embossing Powder

Craft Spa Instructions

1.      LANDSCAPE. 28 cm (11”) on Trimmer Top Bar and cut across whole of card and retain the cut-off 1cm/3/8” sliver as a crosspiece…
* NOTE - With US Letter card… cut 5 ½” x 11”for card blank and  5 ½” x 3/8” for the crosspiece separately

2.      LANDSCAPE. 14cm (5 ½”) on Trimmer Top Bar. Score across whole card

3.      Mountain Bone Fold

4.      Place in a tent fold orientation (ie with score across top)

5.      Adhere Top and Bottom papers

6.      Cut out Top aperture with trimmer at 2.5cm ( 1”) all round
ie Line up at 2.5cm ( 1”) ; Cut 2.5 to 11.5cm ( 1-4 ½ “) ; Turn 90degrees, Cut 2.5 to 11.5cm( 1-4 ½ “) … and so on…
OR Die cut the Top central square aperture using the largest RETIRED Layering Squares die…  TIP – draw diagonal lines from tip to tip if you need help lining up centrally with a die)
 

7.        Place opened out card blank back on trimmer LANDSCAPE with aperture/top papers to the right hand side…

8.      Score top and bottom sections at 8”, 8 ½” and 9”

9.      Fold the 2 side sections as Mountain, Valley, Mountain. 

10.  Open out in tent fold orientation (ie with aperture to Top)

11.  Adhere the sliver to first/bottom (mountain) section

12.  Fold back over with card in tent fold orientation but closed

13.  Apply glue to front face of sliver

14.  Adhere largest square mat…lining up carefully with your card aperture!

15.  Decorate as necessary
I left it fairly simple for this one...
(a) Gray Granite stamped Hooray, with gold embossed Hooray dots over.. plus metallic pearls
(b) die cut hats from the papers
(c) Die cut Basic Black Wish... with another metallic pearl on the dot of the "i"
(d)  "MAKE A" stamped in Black and then punched with the Classic Label punch.. popped up with mini 3D foam dimensionals...  And you will be delighted to know that you can stamp the "MAKE A" image as it comes (ie with the line underneath) as the punch spacing just removes the line!

New Swing Easel Card Tutorial for Fancy Fold Friday

Time for new card designs with new papers for new classes... but a return to one of my card design classics, the Swing Easel card... for which a large amount of people still visit me daily (probably via Pinterest of course!) for the 12x12 version tutorial... and the A4 version tutorial...

And now was the time to re-make as the format is perfect for the papers I am using for July and August classes... so today is the time for Twinkle Twinkle... (have I told you these are my favourite papers!!! And that they are on the 4for3 Sale promotion running this month... ) and a re-size to my original Swing Easel card...

As I always intended to do another Tutorial for the Swing Easel Card... for a 5 1/2" Square version from US Letter card (or 14cm from A4 card)... so roll on a few years.. and here it is... though I am sure the internet is already awash with a US Letter 5 1/2" in both word and video form.... but still... apologies that it has taken me so long...

But whilst I was there... on a Swing Card that is... I couldn't resist trying out another idea I had had for the card... think you will like that one even more... but more on that next week... 

And I thought I would try something different... a PDF tutorial for you too... Just click on the photo to upload and/or save and/or print etc ... 

And please let me know what you think of the pdf version... either in comments...  or in my contact me form down the right hand side of my blog... 

Craft Spa Recipe

Card Thick Whisper White 5 ½” x 11” (14 x 28cm)

Paper (Top) 5 ¼” (13.5cm) Square

Paper (Base) 5 ¼” (13.5cm) Square

Card Gray Granite 3 ½” (9cm) Square

Card Whisper White 3 ¼” (8.5cm) Square

Papers – Twinkle Twinkle

Stamps – Broadway Birthday; Pop On By

Punches - Twinkle Builder; PrettyLabel ; Classic Label

Dies – RETIRED Squares Collection

Craft Spa Instructions

1.    Die cut the central square aperture in the paper(or cut out with trimmer at ¾”or 2cm all round)

2.    LANDSCAPE. At 5 ½” (14cm) on Top Bar. Score across whole card

3.    LANDSCAPE. At 6 ½” on Top Bar. Cut from 1” to 4 ½” (2.5 to 11.4cm)

4.    LANDSCAPE. At 10” on Top Bar. Cut from 1” to 4 ½” (2.5 to 11.4cm)

5.    Bone Fold along central 5 ½” (14cm) line

6.    With card as Tent Fold – adhere paper on front (around the cuts)
TIP – ensure you have glue spread all over (but thinly) half way down the sides

7.    Place card blank back on trimmer LANDSCAPE with papers to the right hand side…

8.    LANDSCAPE. At 8” on Top Bar. Score from 0-1” (0-2.5cm) and 4 ½”–5 ½” (11.4-14cm)

9.    LANDSCAPE. At 8 ½” on Top Bar. Score from 0-1” (0-2.5cm) and 4 ½”–5 ½” (11.4-14cm)

10. LANDSCAPE. At 9” on Top Bar. Score from 0-1” (0-2.5cm) and 4 ½”–5 ½” (11.4-14cm)

11. Place card blank on trimmer PORTRAIT with papers at Top…

12. PORTRAIT. At 1” on Top Bar. Cut 1-2 ½” (2.5-6.4cm), LIFT, Cut 3-4 ½” (7.6-11.4cm)

13. PORTRAIT. At 4 ½” on Top Bar. Cut 1-2 ½” (2.5-6.4cm), LIFT, Cut 3-4 ½” (7.6-11.4cm)

14.  Fold the 2 side sections as Mountain, Valley, Mountain.
(Tip – it is easier to fold the 2 mountains and then push the valley fold in between)

15. Decorate as necessary

Other Swing Easel Card Tutorials already published for you
Click here for A4 cardstock version
Click here for 12x12 cardstock version