1 Measure and cut a piece of 8″ x 8″ cardstock.

2 Next measure half way down the card at 4″ and score. Taking the upper section of the halved card, measure half way across at 4″ and cut down to the half way score line, creating two 4″x4″ quarters and one 4″ x 8″ half of the over all card.

3 The two 4″x4″ sections should then be scored diagonally as shown.

4 As indicated, fold the score lines of the two 4″x4″ sections in over and fold the halved card towards you.

5 Measure and cut two separate pieces of 4″x4″ cardstock. Apply adhesive (double-sided tape) to the two triangular sections of folded card. Then adhere each of the cut pieces of 4″x4″ card as shown.

6. Next apply a couple of ‘stays’ to hold each twisted easel section upright. Use 3D foam to raise this up. The ‘stays’ can be anything you like, as long as they are appropriate to hold these section of the card up.

7. Please note that when the twisted sections are folded flat, any image will twist to the middle of the card. Therefore it would be wise to apply any embellishment whilst these sections are upright.

Here is an example of a double twisted easel card…

Here are pics of the said 18 cards -

This is an easel card where I made the flower more 3-dimensional was first to be shown.

Dean, the other C&C presenter had a bit of a play with this gatefold box card.

This side stepper card was also shown.

Then we had my slider card.

This is a rocker card I made from my own template.

This card is actually a lot smaller than it looks and was made from one piece of A4 card.

This is a tri-flap card I designed.

A 6″x4″ twist easel card.

This is a criss-cross card with a belly band.

This card is a side springer card.

This was actually the first one I made, a long easel card.

Another twist easel card but a square one.

I loved making this 4-drawer easel box card.

This one is also a favourite. Showing a closed version looking more like a book and an open version.

This is an interlocking card.

Here are several more cards I made….

1.  First of all measure and cut a piece of card at 10″ x 5″

2.  Next score the card at  5″, then diagonally across the 5″ square you have just created.  The diagonal score should be from the top left hand corner to the bottom right hand corner of the 5″ square.  The lower half of the square will then be folded in-over.

3.  Measure and cut a piece of 5″x5″ card.  After folding the scored 5″x5″ square over on the first piece of card, apply adhesive to the lower half of the scored square.  The newly cut 5″x5″ piece of card which will become the front of the over all card should then be adhered to the folded back piece of the card.

4.  Once adhered, the card can be folded into the appropriate twisted easel card position so that a ‘stay’ can be adhered to the bottom part of the card with a foam pad (this ‘stay’ can be anything – see previous examples).  The light through the card in the picture below shows exactly how the card front is adhered to the back of the card.

1.  First of all measure and cut a piece of card at 10″ x 4″

2.  Next score the card at  4″, then diagonally across the 4″ square you have just created.  The diagonal score should be from the top left hand corner to the bottom right hand corner of the 4″ square.  The lower half of the square will then be folded in over.

3.  Fold the card as shown.

4.  Measure and cut a piece of 6″x4″ card.  Fold the 4″x4″ square over and apply adhesive to the lower half of the scored square.  The 6″x4″ piece of card which will become the front of the over all card should then be adhered to the folded back of the card.

5.  Once adhered, the card can be folded into the appropriate twisted easel card position so that a ‘stay’ can be adhered to the bottom part of the card with a foam pad (this ‘stay’ can be anything – see examples).  The light through the card in the picture below shows exactly how the card front is adhered to the back of the card.

In the first example you can see that at first glance the card looks like a normal 6×4 card which would probably be hinged at the top or even at the left hand side.  But the surprise comes on opening the card with the added ‘twist’.  The ‘stay’ for this card is just a balloon cut from the backing paper and applied with a foam pad to hold the easel card in place.

This card was a bespoke one-off card made for my daughter as she is a cheese lover with hand-drawn mouse as the ‘stay’.

This card was made using the PCJ Digital ‘Meet the Rustins’ range available from Papercuts, Whitley Bay.  As the robot dog is called ‘Hammer’, a hammer has been used as the ‘stay’.

The following three cards have used the ‘Mimi’ and ‘Cookies Birthday’ 3D Decoupage and Paper Pads from Papercuts, Whitley Bay

This example is from the ‘Tulip Range’, also available at Papercuts, Whitley Bay. The ‘grass’ on the bottom of the card has been faux stitched using a dress makers wheel and different coloured fine liner pens.

For ease of explanation, each card tutorial uses white cardstock, however, this is not essential for crafters to follow.

1.  First of all you will need a piece of 10″ x 5″ cardstock.

2.  Next score the card at the 5″ mark in half as a ‘valley’ fold and then at the 2.5″ mark as a ‘mountain’ fold, as shown.

3.  Apply some adhesive – here I have used double-sided tape – to the upper side of the first 2.5″ section of the card on the left hand side, as shown.  Then measure a square piece of 5″x5″ cardstock which will be adhered directly over the top of the folded section above, as shown below.

4.  Once adhered, the easel card will then start to take shape.

5.  The easel card will then be ready to be decorated as necessary.  Here I have added a couple of small circles with foam pads  to ensure the card will stand upright.  However, anything else can be used in line with the theme of your card.

Here are some examples of easel cards, I have made to give a bit more inspiration.

Grandpa card, with a special hand drawn one-off Bluebeary Hill Bear by PCJdigital.

65th male birthday card using ‘Henry’ from PCJdigital’s ‘Meet the Rustins’ range

This 65th card for Mum & Grandma also had a one-off hand drawn Bluebeary Hill Bear by PCJdigital

This card with the flower with had a Tim Holtz Suzzix ‘Flights of Fancy’ butterfly

Here is another example of an easel card made with the PCJDigital ‘Meet the Rustins’ DVD available from Papercuts, Whitley Bay

In order to maintain the highest quality of the hand drawn characters these images have been saved as 300 dpi (Dots per Inch), which is professional print quality.  These are to such a high standard that they would not fit on a CD so we’ve had to put them on a DVD!  The discs are PC and Mac compatible as long as you have a DVD ROM drive.

Each DVD Disc has over 550 printable pages and over 1800 printable elements.  There are over 300 printable background sheets alone plus accessories, badges, blank and coloured characters (in both JPG and PNG Format), Decoupage Sheets and Sentiments.

All images have been saved in JPG format and can be viewed and printed via your PC or Mac.  In addition, the Blank and Coloured Characters and the Accessories have also been saved in PNG format with transparent backgrounds.  Therefore, these PNG images can be resized as required in your preferred graphics program, e.g. Adobe Photoshop/Elements.  These images can then be printed off and used in your paper crafting or formatted for use in digital crafting such as digital scrapbooking.

Each DVD has images of 8 family members.  Disc 1 has the following Rustin family members:

From L to R we have – Andi (daughter), Baby J, Bolton (son), Cooper (son), Hammer (dog), Henry (Dad), Lillie (Mum) and Screwzi (daughter and twin to Bolton).

Disc 2 has the following Rustin extended family members:

From L to R we have – Aunt Franny (Lillies sister), Bop (family bot), Grandma Peggy Screw (Henry’s Mum), Grandpa Sawl (Henry’s Dad), Liv (daughter to Franny & Charlie), Patrick (son and twin to Liv), Spanner (cat) and Uncle Charlie (husband to Franny).

Here are some examples of items I have made:

The PNG Baby J character has been re-sized and printed off for the top of this Altered Washing Tablet Box.  The sentiment is also from the DVD too.

Here is an Altered Large Peg which has been covered in the Cooper large character paper in yellow.

Here are some example cards made with the decoupage sheets from the DVDs.

Meet the Rustins DVDs Disc 1 and Disc 2 can be purchased for the bargain price of £14.99 each with FREE WORLDWIDE POSTAGE at pcjdigital.com

The first 10 crafters to purchase one or both of our DVDs will also receive a FREE Smoochie Manoochie Clear Stamp.

I was also asked if I could make a special card for a 13th birthday and to incorporate a photograph too, if I could.  Instead of doing a ‘traditional style’ card with the photograph on the front of the card I thought I would create a template for the number ’13′ but which would be solid made from card and patterned paper.

However, I made the back of the card from acetate in the same shape as the front of the card and adhered the photograph here.  The area at the back of the photograph had some card adhered in the same shape to cover the rear of the photo and also an area to write a message.

The front of the card was finished off with a tag, a Bluebeary Hill Collection Birthday Bear and the birthday girls name, which were both hand drawn by me and coloured in with Promarker pens.  Promarkers are excellent to give a more 3D and shaded effect to an image.

If you are interested in my Bluebeary Hill Collection of bears please feel free to email me for more information HERE.