Easel Card with Parrot Tulips

Good Morning Crafty Friends, 

Easel Cards are fun to create and always fun for the recipient.   This is a Floating Swinging Easel Card.  I found the directions for creating it on Sam Calcott's YouTube video.   It is a fun card because the middle panel is connected on a piece of acetate that gives the illusion of floating.

This is a 6x6 inch square card.  It will lay flat for mailing in an acrylic box.

On the floating panel, I added the small Spellbinders Elegant Twist Square Die Cut, with dimensional foam squares.  The small square in this set was die cut and one of Susan's Spring Quotes was stamped.  It was also attached with dimensional foam squares.  A butterfly was added to the upper right corner.

For the scallop design, I used the Spellbinders Vintage Starburst Valance & Gatefold die set.  The outline die was used to die cut just the edge of one side of the card.  The same die was used again to die cut the edge of a piece of design paper, leaving the other end long enough to fit up to the score line on the bottom panel. (This will make sense after watching the video.)  That piece was glued to the bottom, matching the scallop edges.  Using the same outline die along with the Vintage Starburst Valance die, cut it out of white card stock. Trim along across top edge.  This will be where the top easel piece with rest. Glue it to the bottom of the card, matching scallops.  I used a 3/4 inch circle punch to create three circles.  They were cut in half, glued together, then attached to the circle in the center of the die cut, using a circle dimensional, trimmed flat along the middle.  This half circle will hold easel open.

Susan's Parrot Tulip die set was used to create five tulips.  They were die cut using Susan's white Specialty Card Stock from Spellbinders.  Light green and yellow markers were used to color the petals.  The edge of the petals were cut with the scissors in Susan's Flower Tool Kit, then shaped.  Three tulips were added to the left side and two tulips attached to the left.  Before adding the flowers, close the card down to be sure there is room for the card to close.

When all the way pushed down, the floating panel will fit down between the tulips and will fit into an acrylic box.