Hello! It’s Robyn Wood with you today sharing an easel card featuring Helmar adhesive. I love making folded cards but sticking all the layers down can become quite time consuming, liquid Helmar adhesives make it so quick and easy.
I decided to make a card for a friend who is travelling overseas for the holiday season, our shared passion and the reason we became friends is photography. She is heading off on an amazing photography trip through parts of Europe so I thought the imagery and sentiment suited perfectly.
Easel cards look much harder than then are but once you know the secret they become very easy. The base is the same size as a normal card base, either rectangular or square, the piece that is usually the front is folded in half instead to give a flap for the card front to be glued to.
I started with a card base 15cm x 30cm and scored it at 15cm and 22.5cm with mountain folds. The fold at 15cm stays as the spine of the card and the one at 22.5cm becomes the hinge for the flap that folds up to look like an easel.
Start by assembling the pieces to decorate the card. There are two panels to decorate – the layer that becomes the card front and the piece that holds up the easel. Following my dimensions, the front panel will be 14.5cm x 14.5cm and the second panel will be arranged over a piece of pattered paper 5cm x 15cm.
Once the embellishments and paper pieces were selected and trimmed, each piece was sponged with brown ink to give an extra layer of dimension. I used a fine black pen to add a line of faux stitching to the front panel of craft cardstock. Then I started to layer the pieces to the panels using Helmar Tacky Craft Glue. This glue makes it so easy to affix pieces that have fussy cutting, a little dab of Helmar Tacky Craft Glue and nothing will lift!
The narrower panel needs some pieces that have a little dimension, so the front panel can ‘prop’ up. Helmar Scrap Dots are the perfect adhesive to use for a touch of extra dimension, a few dabs on the appropriate pieces is all you need.
The layered square panel is affixed to the flap so that it can stand up and the layered rectangular panel is affixed just inside the card as shown.
To finish the card, I added a grunged up metal quote using Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. I first painted it with a coat of gesso and just before it dried, I rubbed the metal back a little with a paper towel. A touch of dark grey permanent ink and a few scratches gave it the look I was after.
Supplies:
Helmar Tacky Craft Glue
Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive
Mintay Dear Diary paper
Tim Holtz Idea-Ology metal quote
I hope you have enjoyed learning how this card came together. Until next time…
