Quick and Easy Easter Cards with Steph Ackerman

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Here we are with the final of our Quick and Easy Easter cards and we have a super quick from Steph!

It may not be easy to see from the photo but Steph scored around the card and on the eggs, an easy way to add dimension to a clean and simple card.
I hope you have enjoyed our week, you have a couple of days left to get your challenge entries in and be sure to be here on Tuesday for the next challenge.

Quick and Easy Easter Cards with Katie Tate

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Card Recipe:
Image - Easter Bunny Freebie from Pink Gem
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment and Stickers - Hobby Lobby
Grass Die - Accucut
Scoring Tool - Scor-Pal
Adhesive - Scor-Tape

Start with a 12" by 4" piece of cardstock, scored at 6" on the long side.

On the inside draw an egg shape for the card. I used a circle die to create the curves and then cut out with scissors.

On the flaps left at the base scored at 1/2" to create a stand for the card.

From a piece of cardstock 3" long score at 1/2" and 2" to create a hinge for added stability to help the card stand.

Attach the hinge as shown using Scor-Tape.

Decorate the card as desired. I used corrugated cardstock and die cut the grass and the Scor-Tape was perfect to hold the thicker materials

Quick and Easy Easter Cards with Lisa Andrews

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Hi everyone!  The Scor-Pal design team is sharing some quick and easy to make Easter cards.  Today I have created an easel card for you!

I started with a sheet of card stock cut 12" x 6", score with the 12" side on the top fence scoring at 3" and 6".

The center "pop-up" part of the card is a 5" square.

The wreath is was cut with Spellbinder Die Build A Wreath using yellow and pink card stock.  The adorable little owl was made with Darcy's Eggstra Special Tin Pins and Stamp set.  The little Easter eggs with stamped then cut out, they can also be found in the Eggstra Special stamp set.

Thanks for dropping by!  Have fun creating!

Lisa

Quick and Easy Easter Cards with Toni Storie

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Hello again Crafty Friends!  We are back with another set of Quick and Easy cards.  This time we have Easter on the brain.  I have created a quick and easy Double Z Fold card.  With a total of six scores, you are on your way to fancy folded card.

For this card, you will need:

• Scor-Pal
• Scor-Tape
• 4" x 12" piece of card stock
• 2 1 3/4" x 3 3/4" pieces of designer paper
• 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" piece of designer paper
• 1" x 9" piece of card stock
• Matching card stock scraps for die cutting
• Stamps
• Ink/Copic Markers
• Spellbinders Standard Circle & Lacey Circle dies
• Dimensional Adhesive 

Place the 4" by 12"piece of card stock into the Scor-Pal with the 12" side of the card stock against the top fence.  Score at 2", 4", 8" and 10".

Fold in both ends on the 4" and 8" score lines.

Fold both ends out on the 2" and 10" score lines.

To create what will be a belly band for the card, place the 1" by 9" piece of card stock into the Scor-Pal.  With the 9" side of the card stock against the top fence, score at 2 1/4" and 6 1/4".

Apply Scor-Tape on the far right end of the belly band as pictured below.

Decorate the front panels of the Double Z Fold card with designer paper and then place belly band under the card and wrap left side over first.  

Remove the adhesive backing from the Scor-Tape and fold right side of the belly band over the top.

Add stamped die cut to front of the belly band.

Finish the inside with another stamped die cut. 

That's it folks!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderfully creative day!

Details - Stamps: Chicks Rule (Verve), Egg-stra Special (Verve); Paper: Whisper White, Groovy Guava, Graphic 45 Secret Garden dsp; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, Spellbinder Nestabilities Standard Circles and Lacey Circles, sponge dauber, small flower punch, Copic Markers, stampin' dimensionals.

Quick and Easy Easter Cards with Janice Whiting

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Hi, everyone! Today I have a quick and easy Easter card with a fun background design.  

This background isn't hard at all!  Let me show you how I did it.

First, cut your card stock to 5 1/2" x 9" and score 2 1/4" in on both sides as shown below.

Fold both sides in at the score lines to create your card base.

With a pencil, draw a line from the center of one side to the nearest scored line.  Then, using a ruler, line up one corner of the card base to the point where the pencil line meets the scored line, and score.  

From here, score every half inch in that section.

Do the same on the other section for each side of the card.

Here is what the background looks when completed.

From here you can decorate as desired!  I added some Spellbinder's dies and flowers.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Janice :)

Quick and Easy Easter Cards with Diane Zechman

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Good morning! This week the Scor-Pal team is sharing some ideas for Quick & Easy Easter cards. Today I have a card that may look time consuming at first glance but I assure you it is both quick and easy!


I used the Grid Technique to create my card. First I started with a 4x4 square of white cardstock and scored it diagonally in both directions every 1/2" to create the grid. The finished scored background will look like this.



Next I stamped my images over the same side, with the indented grooves. The ink will not stamp in the scored areas.



Then I colored select areas with Copic markers. Be sure to avoid coloring in the scored lines. Trim the panel if desired and finish the card.



Be sure to check out all the inspiration this week on the Scor-Pal blog to jumpstart your Easter card creations!

stamps- SU! Easter Blossoms; paper- white, brown, SU! Pink Pirhouette; ink- Memento Rich Cocoa; accessories- Scor-Pal, Copics, tracing wheel, Sweet 'n Sassy Lacey Eyelet Border die, dimensional, rhinestone.

Bunches of Beautiful Boxes with Diane Zechman

The Scor-Pal team has created Bunches of Beautiful Boxes and today I am sharing my Tiny Easter/Spring Triangle Treat Box. The tutorial for this was done here by Deb Felts and you can also find it here on the Splitcoast site. I've altered the design slightly so I included my own template below. Instead of cardstock, I used patterned paper to create the box and then punched a decorative zigzag edge on the flap. It is held shut with sticky-back velcro.  

The finished box has a 2" base and is almost 2" high...a very sweet little size! It holds a few Hershey kisses or any other small treat or gift. I didn't have the chocolates in pretty spring colors, so I'll switch out the red foil wrapped candies when I'm ready to give it away. ;) Here it is open... 

 

It is quite easy to make with a few scored lines using the Scor-Pal. I didn't want the bulkiness of all the folds on the inside of my box, so I also cut each corner off before attaching the cover. Here's my template showing where to cut/score. I followed Deb's instructions for this box, starting with a 6" square and scoring at 2" and 4" in each direction. Then I added the additional score lines and attached the 2x4 cover, scored in half. After scoring the cover in half, I added an additional score line 1/8" from the first to allow for bulk at the top of the box. I also made 2 more boxes which are a little larger. For one I started with a 7 1/2" square and scored it at 2 1/2" and 5". The cover is 2 1/2 x 5, scored in half. For the other, I started with a 12" square and scored at 4" and 8". The cover is 4 x 8, scored in half. I also scored an additional line 1/8" from the first on each of those covers. These boxes are a quick and easy project...I hope you try it!

Guest Designer Melissa Craig

Hi everyone!  Happy Friday.  I have a fun project to share with you that I am so super excited about.  I mentioned {on my blog} that I have been rediscovering my punches.  And with this rediscovery, I needed to incorporate that with Scor-Pal.  First let me show you what I created and then I'll tell you all about it.

Isn't this cute?  I swear to you, I was doing the happy dance when I finished this.  So excited that it came together!  Let me talk about the bunnies first.  This was the punch art that I discovered on a You Tube video by Dawn Griffith.  It starts out by creating a wrapper for the candy bar.  I scored according to her directions, but they are for KitKat bars, not little Hershey bars, so I ended up forgoing the score lines and just wrapping the candy bar with Springtime papers (by Echo Park).  Then proceeded to make the bunny out of large and small oval punches, tag punch, 1/2" and 1/4" circle punches, a gel pen and a Copic liner.

So how did I incorporate the Scor-Pal?  Here's the very exciting part for me.  I created the picket fence box!

First, I created the base from a 4 x 4 square of white cardstock.  I scored at a 1/2" on all four sides and stamped the grass on the edges and then created the box bottom.  I then cut 20 3/8" x 2" pickets, lined up 5 of them side by side and stamped more grass on them.  Then I cut the crossbar piece which is about 12 1/4" inches.  So, of course, it was cut in two pieces and then spliced together with Scor-Tape.  I scored the crossbar at 3, 6, 9 and 12 inches.  Then on the Scor-Mat I carefully laid out 5 pickets just inside the 0 and the 3 inch marks, spacing the middle pieces out evenly.  With liquid glue I put a thin line of glue on the pickets where I wanted my crossbar piece to go.  Then laid the crossbar down to adhere.  Then repeated this process until all four sides had their pickets.  Then I applied more liquid glue to the end of the pickets, lined it up to the base bottom and if you did it with precise measurements, the sides will just "roll" along each side.  When this is done, there is a 1/4" hang over from the crossbar, which is scored at 12" - this is your tab to close up the box.  Then I just stamped some flowers and a dragonfly, fussy cut them out and glued them onto the box.  I filled it with Easter grass and the bunnies.

I wish I had thought to do a picture tutorial but I was so excited to get my idea into paper that I didn't bother with the camera until the end.  I hope you enjoyed this share without it.

Fancy Easter Card by Gini Cagle

Fancy Easter Card 

Designer: Gini Cagle

I've got a fun and different fancy fold card to share with you today! And the great part - it's super easy to make!  The outside looks like a normal card, but there's a surprise on the inside.

Supplies:

Scor-Pal

Scor-tape

Graphic 45 Ladies Diary Paper

DCWV Cardstock

Hampton Art/Graphic 34 Ladies Diary Stamp Set 3

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies: Delicate Lace Script

Spellbinders Dies: Labels 3

May Arts Ribbon 365-2-10

Clearsnap Ink

Copic Markers

To make the inside of the card, cut a base 10" x 6".  You are going to cut two slits in the paper, parallel with the long side of the paper.  Measure down and inch and over an inch, and cut an 8" cut.

I think you will understand the cuts and scores more if you look at my diagram.  The black lines indicate where to cut and and dotted red lines indicate where to score. 

As you can see, you are going to score all the way from top to bottom at the 5" mark.  At the 3" and 7" you are only going to score the one inch strips at the top and bottom.  The center portion will be scored at 1", 1 3/4", 8 1/4", and 9".  The small bands are going to pop out and the larger center section will fold in. Decorate this base as you desire.

Cut a card base slightly larger than the inside (10 1/2 x 6 1/2).  Score at 5 1/4.  Use Scor-tape to attach the folded paper to the card base, but make sure you only add the tape along the two outer sides, and horizontally along the 1" border just to the first fold on each side.  If you glue down any more, the card won't pop out like it is supposed to.

Add your card front, and you are all set!

Easter Gift Box by Lori Williams

Easter Gift Box

Designer: Lori Williams

Supplies Used: Scor-Pal Board, Scor-Pal Tool, Scor-Pal Tape, Designer Paper and Dies.  

It's always fun to create dimensional paper projects and I hope you'll find this one handy for any holiday, though I have designed it for Easter.  Get your Scor-Pal's ready, follow this simple tutorial and you'll have your treat box in no time. 

Step One: Cut your cardstock to 11 x 6 5/8.  Cut two pieces of designer paper 2 1/2 x 3 7/8 and two 2 x 3 7/8 and one piece 3 1/2 x 4 inches.  Lastly cut one piece of card stock to 3 1/4 x 3 3/4 and one 2 7/8 x 2 1/2.  

Step Two: On the main piece of cardstock score at the 2 1/2 , 5 1/4, 7 3/4 and 10 1/2 longwise.  For the 7 3/4 and the 2 1/2 scores you'll need to move your paper over to the first 1/8 of an inch line as shown in the picture below ( this will actually be scoring at 2 5/8 and 7 7/8 inche but there aren't lines for those measurements).  For the 1/4 and 1/2 inch mark be sure it's lined back up on the edge.  

Step Three: Turn your paper and score 2 1/2 

Step Four: Cut your lines upward on the smaller section and cut away the last little strip as shown on the picture below

Step Five: Lay your designer paper out and adhere to the base

Step Six: On one of the larger panels tape down a die cut you would like to use the shape and cut out. 

Step Seven: Apply thin Scor-Pal tape around the diecut and apply a clear sheet of acetate.  

TIP: You can purchase acetate sheets but I use many of my packing supplies from dies and such and recycle. 

Step Eight: Score your 3 1/2 x 3 3/4 designer paper a 1/2 inch around all side and cut slices as shown in the picture below.  We are forming the lid. 

Step Nine: Glue your solid card stock that is 2 7/8 x 2 1/2 to the inside of your lid.  This will give it some strength.  Then punch two holes on the sides of lid to run ribbon through.  

Step Ten: Glue tabs with Scor-Pal tape to create the lid. 

Step Eleven: Score your last piece of card stock that is  3 1/4 x 3 3/4  , 1/2 inch around and create another lid as above.  Take your ribbon and some wide scor-pal tape and adhere to the bottom of the lid.

Step Twelve: Push down into the box and this will hold your ribbon in place.  Run your ribbon through the lid holes and top your box.  Your now ready to embellish your box. 

Detail of Handmade Flower on Box