Pink, Grey & Silver combo ~ Confirmation easel card

 

Jeg er veldig glad i å lage staffeli kort som dette, spesielt til anledninger som konfirmasjon, dåp og bryllup. Det blir alltid en hit hos mottakeren og gjestene på festen ~ og et slikt kort passer perfekt som dekorasjon på et bord med gaver og kort :)

Likte veldig godt fargekombinasjonen rosa, grå og sølv ~ blir nok flere kort med disse fargene sammen :) Konfirmant kortet er mitt DT bidrag hos Creative Fingers #159. Vi er sponset av Angelique for denne utfordringen, så vi har hatt fritt valg å bruke hva vi allerede har av motiver. Som alltid har vi et 'Lag-hva-du-vil' tema, og velkommen skal du være ♥

I love making easel-cards, especially for events like confirmation, baptism or weddings. They always go over very well with the recipients and the people at the party ~ and is a nice decoration piece on the table where all the cards n gifts are displayed :) 

The pink, grey & silver combo is a pretty one, wich I really liked alot. Thinking of doing more cards with theese colors! My confirmation easel-card is my DT creation for this fortnights challenge #159. at Creative Fingers. We're kindly sponsored by our Angelique this time, and as always it is an 'Anything goes theme'. You are more than welcome to join with your creations ♥

I was asked to make this card for the grand-daughter of one of my mums friends. And whenever I get requests like this, I want to know about special hobbies/interests and favourite colors, and if the card shall have a money/giftcard pocket or not. For example, this girl is a bit of a tomboy, loves the color grey, silver & pink, football, singing and music. And I got a photo of her as a child, wich I edited with a pretty photomask to remove the 'noisy' background, and used as the main image. It gives it a special meaning for the giver and the recipient. (Image is censored).

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I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]
● Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations #101. ~ For the Girls! [March 31st.]
● Classic Design Team Open Ch. #3. ~ Always AG DTs! [March 28th.]
● Crafts Galore Encore #61. ~ Always AG (2nd.entry)[March 30th.]
● Creatalicious Ch. #158. ~ AG + opt. CAS (2nd.entry)[March 14th.]  
● Die Cut Divas ~ March: Anything goes! [March 31st.]
● Do-Al(l) Kreatives #27. ~ Fancy Fold! [March 31st.]
● Crafty Creations #385. ~ Always AG [March 12th.]
● More than One Score at Scor-Pal #57. ~ Soft and Subtle! [March 31st.]

Attention please, challenge moderators/commenters: my card was made quite a long time ago, but has never been shown online. Forgot about it (as some time had to pass before showing it so the recipient would not see it..) and I only found and edited the photos now. So in that sense I regard it as still 'new' ~ but I will understand if you think it disqualifes my entry ~ if so just skip it :)
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Made my bow with the Bow-easy-tool I L♥VE that thing!
See a video tutorial by Kraftin' Kimmie here :) 

Stamps/Images: Kort & Godt stamp sets 'S-142' & 'M-143'. Scrappers Choice CS 'Konfirmasjon'.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs. Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock. Pion Design 'Grey I' designerpaper. American Trad. Designs - Elegant Wedding coll. 'Gray floral & hearts'. Best Creation inc. Silver Glitter cardstock. Panduro Hobby 12x12 paperpad 'Circus'.
Embellishments: Pink ribbon from Whiff of Joy.

Tools: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. Bow-easy-tool.
Embossingfolders: Simply Cards & Papercraft #161. 'Elegant occasions'. Crafters Companion Embossalicious 'Seasonal Music'.
Dies: Spellbinders™ Nestabilities 'Labels One s4161' & 'Grand Dies - Labels One'. Elizabeth Craft Designs Die 'Stand Up Helpers 1-792'. QuicKutz (new branded as LifeStyle crafts/WRMK) 'Storybook 4x8 Mini Alphabet', 'RS-0003 heart swirl', 'RS-0457 treble clef', 'RS-0456 notes'. Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Set of 5 Narrow Edger Dies set 'Classic Arch SD483', 'Bubble SD181' & 'Decorative heart SD485', and All Occasion Dies 'Set of 3 Corners #153.' (football). Marianne Design Folder DF3413 Hearts border die.

Essentials/Adhesives: Bonefolder. Gluedots. Scor-pal Sookwang Double sided tape. High-Tack Double Sided Red Tape (Red Liner/Stix2/Miracle tape).
Techniques/Mediums:  I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad 'hickory smoke' to distress image and papers. It doesn't show very well in the photos, but I stamped the girl stamp inside the card with the grey ink, then heat embossed with a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool & clear embossingpowder from Ranger.
The easel card is simply scored in half twice, once to make a folded card, then a second time on the middle of the front flap. I diecut the stand-up helpers two thirds of the way down on the second cover of the card. A formula that has worked well for all my easel-cards, either with stand-up helper dies like here, or with a barrier like flowers or other 3D elements to keep the easel in a locked position.