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Twisted Easel Doohickey’s flower/tag card…

Pam Sparks

The second Friday afternoon of the month is our area stamp club meeting…an awesome group of ladies/stampers that I’ve met with for years and they truly are dear friends!  I thought it’d be fun to try the twisted easel card,  so this is what we made yesterday!  Pink,  yes, pink and dark pink,  NOT red!  I hate it that cameras don’t capture true colors but think pink when you look at these pictures! lol

This photo shows the card closed… you can mail it in a 5×7 envelope the way I made it,  that way it’s ok that the butterfly and flower stick off a little because they will be in the envelope the 7 in. way! yea!

Here’s what I did after checking out the You Tubes, blogs and SCS for ideas.

  • one piece of 8.5 x 11 card-stock cut to 5 x 10
  • with a Martha Stewart score board, score that piece in half and then the top half score a diagonal and it doesn’t really matter from which corner because it can sit either direction.  ***My diagonal goes from the “in half” score up to the top left corner and the top right triangle formed from scoring is the triangle I decorated***

  • I used Magnolia Doohickey’s Dies, Doily Flowers, Foliage, Tilda’s Lace, Vintage Tag,  Lacey Circles and Circles Nestabilities, (the eyelet circles would be cool too!). Layer the circles together like the picture. The NEW Doohickey’s dies would be awesome also.
  • I cut a 4 3/4 in. square diagonally and layered it up on the triangle that I decorated… it dawned on my when I was taking the photo of the top of the card that I could have used the other leftover triangle too… boo! lol
  • I used two of the large doohickey’s flowers and one of the smaller to create the center-ish pink flower… just one smaller for the accent flower in the bottom corner.  I push in on the center of each petal while folding down the outside edges to shape the petals for dimension.
  • cut two of the foliage doohickey’s die,  keep in mind what direction you want them to lie when you are cutting them out if your card-stock is textured…
  • the Tilda’s Lace border I cut from pink card-stock and then ran it through the crimper a few times to give it a ruffly feel… love that… saw that on one of the You Tubes about this card.  So many wonderful creative people out there! love that they share so freely! YEA and thank you!
  • Hero Arts pearls
  • ribbon
  • I did edge the tag with Antique Linen Distress ink and the ink blending tool
  • The sentiment is from Printworks HERE C2607 “Heart that Holds”  ***REMEMBER – free shipping offer on $20 or more through the 14th… HURRY and get your order in!!!  More info HERE.
  • The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and I can’t remember where I purchased it. Possibly online direct from EK Success.

I’m linking to the following challenges…

Have fun with this style!  I’d love to see what you come up with too! ttul!

Published by Pam Sparks

46 thoughts on “Twisted Easel Doohickey’s flower/tag card…”

  4. This is going to be a long post so prepare yourself! 😉
    First, it’s going to be 50 here! After lunch, we are headed outside. I don’t even want to think about the amount of mud we’re going to drag in…I just want to think about thr SUN!
    Second, thank you for posting the instructions! I am going to have to try this!
    Third, your card is AMAZING!!!! Utterly beautiful, completely enchanting, just perfection! Love it!
    Enjoy the sunshine!!!!
    Rene 😀

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  7. This is fabulous Pam! Thanks for including the directions for making this “twist” on the Easel card. Looks easy enough! Love all the doohickey’s you used…hugs…Barb

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  8. Thanks Pam for helping us make this card at club !!! It is amazing that the group of us work so well together. We do have a great time. The card was easy to make after Pam gave us the directions and she had all the dies cut for us. She is an awesome artist and teacher !!!

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  10. Wish I could be a part of your fun group that gets together! Your tutorial is awesome and I will give one of these a try this weekend! HUGS and Happy Heart Day!

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  12. YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ON THIS CREATION.
    It is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing and also for sharing your step by step creation. Will try this after I finish my grandchildren’s Valentines project. I don’t have all of your items, but I’m sure I can make do with what I have.

    Thanks and have a great week.
    hugs
    bobbi

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  14. Now why didn’t I think of this? Great card, Pam! Thanks for sharing. Love the color, all of the flowers, and the sentiment tag is so nice as the focal point! Love the butterflies too!

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  15. I do hate when the camera doesn’t show a card like RL! This is a beautiful card anyway! I love all the flowers and the tag. So very cute. I also love the butterfly and I am going to try and find one! LOL! You are soooooo bad for me!

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  19. Our club has met for years & years and this
    was one of prettiest cards we have done.
    Its amazing how much fun we can have making
    cards together… Great job Pam… Love
    your princess card I got in the draw and know
    my GD Gracie will love it…

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  28. WOW Pam this is incredibly beautiful!! Great use of all the Doo Hickeys that are so magnificently put together! I love the color scheme! THANK YOU so much for sharing your detailed directions!! Hugs, Cathy-Lynn

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  32. Another fabulous tutorial Pam….I’m definitely going to have a go at making one of these cards……thanks!
    Carole 🙂

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  33. Wow Pam that is some creative thinkin’s there!! I am going to bookmark this to try out soon. Gorgeous and love all the added embellie’s. So much to look at. Very pretty! Hugs!

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  36. Thank you for the nice comments on my blog, Pam! Sure wish I could belong to your stamping group…I’d love to make one of these “twisted easel” cards…easels are my favs!! I might have to give this a try…thanks for the tutorial.

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  37. Wow Pam, this is so pretty! I love the doily flowers and thank you so much for the instructions!!! I’ve been wanting to make a twisted easel card but didn’t know how!

    Hugs,

    Jackie

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  40. Thank you so much for sharing the instructions! Your finished product is absolutely lovely! I love the textures you created by using those punched elements. The sentiment is too sweet!

    XO,
    Chris Christensen

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  43. Absolutely love what you’ve done with the dies for this beautiful card Pam! Love the sentiment too, such a gorgeous font. Hugs, Chris 🙂

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  45. Oh Pam, thanks so much for visiting me so that I could pop around to see you. I am so inspired. Your creations are stunning and YAY I have found the twisted easel card tutorial… thanks so much. Am joining as a follower. Absolutely love this card… WOW!!!! hugs Sharon

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  46. Hi Pam
    This card is wonderful and i just love it
    must really try it as these would be my favourite but to see what can be done with this is very inspiring

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