Well it appears I was a little bit slack last month with the postings. Part of the "joys" of living in the beautiful tropics of North Queensland, is that sometimes it gets so humid, its impossible to craft. As you know, the most essential part of any papercrafts kit is paper.... and paper absorbs the moisture in humidity like you wouldn't believe. I picked up a piece of 310gsm card which is usually nice and stiff and it drooped!!!!! Here's a picture I took of the hills behind our house and you can see just how low the clouds got!
Well the great news is that oppressive humidity has lifted and all the paper has once again dried out. Today I have been working on a special request from a dear friend who needs a Baby card. She requested an interactive card but did not know if it was a boy of a girl! So out came the 100% recycled cardstock in
French Vanilla, Butter Cream &
Guacamole! Soft Yellows and greens are great colours when you don't know if its a boy or girl!
The last card I made for my friend had a magic window slider so I wanted to make something a little different but still interactive. Recently I stumbled across the fantastic Double slider card (which I hope to demonstrate in a video tutorial one day). I know many people make the double slider as a card to give as it self, bit I love to attach to easel cards. The easel card is such an easy way for the recipiant to display their card without it constantly blowing over. They are so simpe to make and look impressive.
Take your card and fold to make the desired sized folded card. In this case I ended up with a card 12cmx16cm. Then score down the length of the card (16cm) at midway point (6cm). Cut another piece of card that measures the same as your card front (16cmx12cm) Decorate the panel in any way you wish and then attach to the bottom half of your folded card. (The half at the opening edge) You then need to make stopper to hold your card up on its easel. In this case, I have made some tiny diapers held together with mini safetly pins.
The digital stamp of the stock was purchased from
Whimsy Stamps and is a Meljen's Design
I find making baby cards when you don't know if its a boy or a girl is the hardest of all! Everything baby comes in Pink or Blue! I hope this has given you some inspiration for your next Baby card.
I am now off to play with my new Zutter machine!
Till next time!
Happy Crafting
Keeley
....and this is my first attempt! (well actually its my second if you include the file I did for Easter which I can now improve up). The file cuts a full sized card, with the front half featuring a floral lace mat. There are also some layers and Birthday Sentiments. I know this card looks quite plain compared to my usual work, but I did not want to mislead by putting lots of embellishments on it. 
