World Card Making Day: Autumn Opulence Interlocking Squares Easel Card
Every handmade card is an opportunity to connect with someone, brighten their day, and remind them that they are loved and remembered.
For today’s Festive Friday challenge, I created an autumn easel card featuring the beautiful Autumn Opulence Designer Series Paper. I love the rich fall colors and all the texture and detail on this card.
I’ve made interlocking-squares cards before, but this time I used the new Tile Garden Dies to create the squares. The stitched and pierced details around the edges add so much interest! I turned the design into an easel card, with the gold-embossed “thinking of you today” sentiment serving as the stopper that holds the card open.
One of the things I love most about making cards is choosing a particular person as I create. A handmade card doesn’t need to be perfect or complicated. It simply lets someone know, “I was thinking about you today.” And that is exactly what Create. Connect. Encourage. means to me. 🩵🩷💜
Who would you love to encourage with a handmade card? I hope World Card Making Day inspires you to create a card—and then send it!
Measurements & Details
- 4-1/2” x 11” Cajun Craze CS scored at 2-3/4” and 5-1/2” (Blackberry Bliss CS)
- Inside the card- 4” x 2-3/4” Basic White CS
- 4” x 2-1/2” Golden Glow CS (Pecan Pie CS) embossed with Softly Woven EF
- Sentiment label- Sweet Words & Label Dies (Winnie the Pooh) Cajun Craze CS
- Sentiment “thinking of you today” – All Aflutter stamp set- Gold Heat Embossing
- Sentiment “Wishing You every good thing”- Tile Garden stamp set – Gold Heat Embossing
- Front of card- 4” x 5-1/4” Golden Glow CS (Pecan Pie CS)
- 3-3/4” x 5” Autumn Opulence DSP embossed with Softly Woven EF
- 2nd & 3rd largest Tile Garden Dies – Cajun Craze and Golden Glow CS (Pecan Pie CS)
- A Gold Adhesive-Backed Dots
For the alternate color combination, use Blackberry Bliss in place of Cajun Craze and Pecan Pie in place of Golden Glow. I will be using this color combination for the video.
Video
Please join Steve and me live on Tuesday, Sept 15 at 7pm CT to watch the live video and see how the interlocking squares come together and how to assemble the easel card.
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Welcome to another Festive Friday Challenge!
This challenge is inspired by World Card Making Day which is on October 3rd. The Inspiration List includes 10 different elements to choose from. Simply incorporate at least three of them into your project and link it up. The best part? Your project doesn’t have to be about World Card Making Day at all! #FestiveFridayChallenge
I’d love for you to join us! Create a card, scrapbook page, or 3-D project and share it with the challenge. If you’ve never entered a card challenge before, this is the perfect time to start. It’s fun, free, and a wonderful way to spark your creativity!
If you need help entering, just email me at Beth@StampingMom.com. I’d be happy to help you.
For my card, I chose Patterned Paper, Fancy Fold Card, Heat Embossing and Stitching. Which three items would you choose?
Please see all the beautiful cards made by the rest of the Design Team below.
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❤️ I hope today’s project inspires you to create something meaningful, connect with someone you care about, and encourage them with a handmade card.
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