Tilted Easel card can lift your spirits!

This fun card is sure to lift the spirits of your friends and loved ones!  The little umbrella pops up when the card is opened!

Here's my notes so you can try to make the card too: 

Hot Air Balloon Tilted Easel Card

Created by Kati Weaks

Cut card 4 1/4" x 11". Fold in half. 

Fold the front inside at an angle.

This creates the tilt for the easel.

Cut Lagoon cardstock at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". 

Cut sunburst from Honey cardstock.

(Page 52, Artbooking Cricut cartridge, 

Real Dial Size, 5 1/4 ")

Cut sunburst from Sorbet cardstock.

(Page 52, Artbooking Cricut cartridge,

Real Dial Size, 5 1/2")

Take everyother sunray from Sorbet sunburst,

emboss with striped embossing folder.

Assemble front of card with sunrays and sunburst.

Stamp cloud from Lifting Spirits stampset in 

Crystal Blue ink.  Cut out cloud.

Stamp hot air balloon from Lifting Spirits stampset 

in Saddle.  Cut out hot air balloon.  

Color with the following markers:

Barely beige, Bronze, Golden yellow, Marigold, 

Leaf Green, Tourquoise Blue, Peacock Green

Mount cloud and hot air balloon on the front panel 

with foam tape.

Cut umbrella from Pear cardstock 

(Page 52, Artbooking Cricut cartridge,

Real Dial Size, 1 3/4")

Cut umbrella overlay from Sorbet cardstock 

(Page 52, Artbooking Cricut cartridge,

Real Dial Size, 3/4")

Cut frame from Honey cardstock

(Page 77, Artbooking Cricut cartridge,

Real Dial Size, 1 1/2")

Cut frame from Sorbet cardstock

(Page 77, Artbooking Cricut cartridge,

Real Dial Size, 1 3/4")

Stamp sentiment on Honey-colored frame in

Lagoon ink.

Assemble frame and umbrella.  Add foam tape

To the back of the frame.  Cut a long strip from a 

rounded corner of some blister packaging.  

Put one part of this under the frame and add thr

Umbrella to the top.  This will make the umbrella 

pop up when the card is opened.