Vintage Vogue Easel

Did I say that easel cards are addicting?  Yes, they are!  I can't seem to stop making them.  Yesterday I played with some of the new products from the Occasions Mini and while I didn't intend to make an easel card, this is what I ended up with.

I also used it with a technique called Black Magic.  Going through my techniques binder, there was a technique I taught a couple of years ago called Pencil Over and this is very similar to it.

Black Magic is a technique that is generally used with dark card stock, i.e., Basic Black, Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip etc.   I always like using Basic Gray so I thought I'd use that for this card.  You stamp your image with White Craft ink and if you're impatient like me, use your heat tool to run over your image to ensure that the ink is dry before adding color.  When the ink has dried, color is applied to the image with Stampin' Pastels (p. 154, #105542, $25.95) using sponge daubers or Watercolor Pencils (p. 154, #101879, $28.95).   For this card, I used the Watercolor Pencils.

The card stock is cut 5" x 10" to make a 5" square card.  The front is matted with a piece of 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" Pretty in Pink card stock and stamped with the floral stamp using Versamark giving it a water mark background.

The front Basic Gray panel is cut 4" x 4" and the floral border is stamped with White Craft ink.  I colored in the flowers and leaves with a pink and green Watercolor Pencil.  The Friend stamp is stamped on a piece of Basic Gray measuring 1 7/8" x 2" and matted onto a Pretty in Pink piece measuring 2 1/8" x 2 1/4" and placed over the length of Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon with dimensionals.  The "F" has been colored with the pink pencil.

Here is a picture of the inside of the card.

The little border looks so pretty that I thought I'd use the Stamp-a-ma-Jig (p. 191, #101049, $16.95) to stamp a frame on the inside panel.  A filigree brad (p. 179, #112577, $8.50) with a pink Soft Subtles brad (p. 179, #106594, $11.95) in the middle is used for the "stopper" when you open up the card.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!