Halloween Book Easel Card

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and todays card is for the October edition of my Monthly Series "New Fun Folds". I admit to purchasing this die set on a whim - I had some staples in my online shopping basket at R&R Scrapbooking and was randomly scrolling through pages. I have probably looked at this die set many times but on that day it really appealed to me. 

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I have lots of ideas for it and had fun making this one up for Halloween. Initially I wanted to make a 'Book of Spells" ... but it morphed into a cute Halloween Easel Card instead. The Book of Spells is still on my list of ideas though!

The papers and ephemera are all by Doodlebug and have been in my stash for a long time. I  added a sparkly spider sticker as well. The wings on the bat element got some sparkle using a Wink of Stella pen and the black ribbon is also sparkly. 

While I did add foam tape to each of the page layers, I used thin foam tape so the card would be mailable. The lift to the pages shows better in real life. If I were hand delivering the card, I would use thicker foam tape. One of my ideas is to make a music book for our granddaughters piano teacher at the end of the year and for that one I will be using lots of foam tape!

Below is a peek at the inside, and where I will write my personal message when I send this card off to a paper crafting friend. The 'Boo To You' is one of the punch out elements that were included on a 12 x 12" sheet in the sample Doodlebug package and was popped up with foam tape to act as the bumper for the Easel part.

The card base itself was easy peasy - black cardstock cut 10 x 7" and scored at 5" to create a 7 x 5" card. The front was scored at 2.5" across the 7" side and the assembled book was adhered to the bottom flap - not crossing that 2.5" score line. That way it stands up nicely for display!

The card folds flat for mailing and fits in a standard 5 x 7" envelope.

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October so far - 20 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used.

Supplies:

Beautiful Book Pages - Moonstone (Hunkydory)

Patterned paper & punch outs - Doodlebug Designs (old variety pack)

Black Sparkle Ribbon - Stampin' Up

Stickers - Dollar Store

Nuvo Glaze

Wink of Stella