Forgotten Meadows Megs Garden Twisted Easel Card by Suzanne Crowther

Hi Everyone hope your all well and doing lots of crafting, this is a twisted easel card I made for Meg's Garden using the delightful paper Forgotten Meadows, this is a very pretty set of paper this is my first project using these papers.

Cut Card stock to 6 X 12 this piece forms the card score this at 6” middle also on the left side at an angle
Distress card stock square + the 2 paper squares for card front, ink these using 2 inks, ink edge of doily in lilac. Fussy cut flower out add glossy accents and beads to centre add a bit of glossy accents to the highlighted flowers then sprinkle with glitter. Thread ribbon at centre of doily tie off at back. Make a bow out of jute or other ribbon put on side for later. Fix the paper to card stick layering until top piece is fitted, using 2-way tape fit the doily that you have added the ribbon to. Ink the edges of the fussy cut flowers and use 3d dots fit to doily thread twine add leaves and butterflies place the word believe to the bottom right corner add ribbon bow.
For the inside of the card cut forgotten meadows paper to form a pocket I did paint wisteria on mine for a bit of fun. I placed 3 flowers to the left and added 1 small flower to top which will hold card open. I then added kindy glitz to bow and butterfly i added a chippy bird that i painted white, pink and blue then added glossy accents.

The Tag

This tag is a small manila tag i added an off cut of paper a tram ticket and 1 die cut heart threaded with ribbon.

I hope you have fun making this card i have designed for Meg's Garden above all have lots of fun!!!!

Thanks Suzanne
Cut the card stock 5 14/16’’  5 14/16”
1 piece paper 5 12/16” x 5 12/16”
1 piece paper this is front of card 5 10/16” x 5 10/16”
Ink in lilac vintage

Flowers from the cut and create
Forgotten meadows P6427A
Fussy cut these flowers
Green Tara flowers from Megs Garden
Doily’s Meg Garden
Small Beads My Stash
Small Bird My Stash
Kindy Glitz Black Opal
Lilac Ribbon my stash
Glossy Accents
Glitter my stash

Forgotten Meadows Mini Waterfall Folio by Sarah

Hi Meg's Garden Friends and Fans! Sarah here today to share a mini waterfall folio with you - created with the absolutely gorgeous Meg's Garden Forgotten Meadows paper collection and mini papers, along with some gorgeous ribbons, flowers and embellishments from the Meg's Garden Store. This mini waterfall folio was created based on this tutorial I found on Youtube by the talented Ginger Ropp. I knew as soon as I saw the gorgeous purple Wisteria paper that I wanted to use it for the cover of this mini folio. I wanted the cover to look "garden-y" and so I added some chicken wire masking and chipboard, fussy cut flowers and butterflies from the Forgotten Meadows papers, flowers and leaves and some tassels that I cut off some trim. I also used some thin purple ribbon as the closure for the album.

I don't often use a lot of purple in my papercrafting, though it is one of my favourite colours, so I decided to play up the purple in this mini by using some purple cardstock from my stash as the matting for the tags, pockets and waterfall pages. I have inked the edges of all the patterned papers with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to give a more vintage/shabby-chic feel to the mini folio. I've added some simple decorations to the inside of the album using fussy-cut butterflies and lots of ribbon on the tags! 

Thanks so much for stopping my the Meg's Garden Blog today - I hope you enjoyed my Mini Waterfall Folio Album!

Meg's Garden Product's Used:

Forgotten Meadows Paper Collection - Wisteria Shade, Afternoon Letters, Cut & Create Ephemera and Mini Pack

Meg's Bundle of Goodies - Temptations in Cream and Sage

Forgotten Meadows - Concertina Card by Margaret Mifsud

Hello everyone and welcome to Megs Garden, I hope you are having a lovely day.

Megs Garden has a new paper Collection called ' Forgotten Meadows'.  Designed by Kerry-Jean Watson.  It is soft and romantic and absolutely beautiful.  The card I am sharing with you today is decorated with this collection and I must say I am totally in love with these papers.

This one is a Concertina Card, at least, that's what I'm calling it.   I saw a tutorial on how to make it but, unfortunately (although I thought I had it pinned) I cannot find it again.  My card is actually made a bit differently from the one I saw and so I decided to share a short step by step as well.

The original was made from one sheet of 12 x 12 designer paper and it was simply folded but I wanted mine to be a bit wider and so I have actually made it with cardstock.  I only had A4 cardstock in the colour I wanted and I used three sheets.   The height of the card is 6" and the finished width is 3.5".  Of course, you can make it any size you like but this template only works for that size.  

Cut your cardstock to a depth of 6" and then score according to the photo.  I have added the small .25" gussets so that I could add some embellies and still close the card properly.

As the A4 cardstock isn't long enough for the whole card, you will need to cut another piece at 6" x 3.5" to attach to the end.

Use double sided tape or any kind of wet glue and attach the extra piece close to the last score line being careful not to overlap the score line otherwise it won't fold properly.

Fold the card as shown.

This is how it should look.
To add the pockets, cut 3 pieces of cardstock 6" long and only 3.4" wide  (they need to be a tiny bit narrower so the pocket fits in between the folds) and cut another piece 6" x 3".

On the 6" x 3" pocket punch a small half circle on the  left hand side and on one of the 6" x 3.4" pockets punch a similar half circle at the top.
 

The other two pockets could be folded as shown above or you can simply leave them as full length pockets as well.

Place the first two pockets on the left hand panels as shown ...

... and the other two on the right hand panels.

This is how the inside of the card should look.  As I was sewing my paper onto the card I actually didn't glue the pockets down until after they had been decorated and found it was a lot easier that way.  Once they were done I simply ran a thin line of glue around the edges (except for the open side of course) and stuck them down.

OK.  Now that the step by step is done, I'll show you the details of my card.

The papers are all from the Mini Paper Pack.  I created the background on the front of my card with some texture paste and a stencil and then sprayed lightly with some Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays.

All the flowers came from Megs Garden.  The fabric heirloom flower was originally plain white.  I coloured the edges of it with a VersaColor pad.  The ribbon was lightly coloured with Spun Sugar Distress Ink.

Here you can see some of the texture.   As a base for my flower cluster I fussy cut one of the flower images from the Cut & Create page.  I only glued the fussy cut image on each end as I wanted to close the card with ribbon and didn't wish to tie it over the flower cluster.  By leaving the cut image free in the middle I could simply thread the ribbon through the opening behind the cluster.

The Card Word Circle is a 2Crafty Chipboard piece.  I coloured it with acrylic paint and, while it was still wet, I sprinkled it with clear glitter.

Those lovely daisies at the bottom on the left are part of the paper.  Didn't I tell you this Collection was beautiful? 

Added a little stamping, some washi tape and some seed beads.  The tickets are also from the Cut & Create Page. The butterfly is from the More Butterflies Transparency Sheet.

This is the tag inside the pocket on the first panel.  Stitched on some washi tape and scraps of paper for embellishment.   A little technique I picked up from Heather Jacob.  Thank you Heather, I love this look.
 

The second panel has some metal embellies that I covered in gesso and inked with Spun Sugar Distress Ink.  It was a single piece that I cut in half.  The chippy is again from 2Crafty Chipboard and was treated the same as the Word Circle on the front of the card.  The large blue flower is from my stash but the small roses and rose buds are from Megs Garden.  I won't show you the tag inside this pocket as it has a personal message on it.
   

I decided to do the diagonal fold on the pockets of the third and fourth panel.  Love how it showcases more of the lovely graphics on these papers and it gave me an excuse to use those pretty vintage brads to hold them down. (not that I needed an excuse but it sounds good. LOL!!)

 

The tag from this pocket ...

... and the tag from this pocket.

The back of the card.  I did glue the ribbon down on the back before adding the paper as this end does not need to move.

The card opened ....

... and the back.  

Well, we are finally at the end.  I hope you enjoyed this post and that the step by step makes sense to you.   Please take the time to stroll around the Garden and check out the stunning creations made by the rest of the Team.  I'm sure you will be inspired.

Megs Garden products used

Forgotten Meadows Mini Paper Pack
Forgotten Meadows Cut & Create
Filigree Long Oval
White Heirloom Flower
Puffy Paper Flower
Velvet Primrose
More Butterflies Transparency
2cm Off White Lace
Seam Binding
Mini Rosebuds
Small White Roses

Thank you so much for visiting and do enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.
oxox
Marg

Forgotten Meadows using an Accordion Book Kit

Hello Bloggers

An Accordion Book Kit is perfect for making a mini book & using one of the cardmaker/mini packs of papers. This one is using the Forgotten Meadows Collection mini pack designed by Kerry-Jean Watson & is made to stand as shown.

Front of book

details of front corner

page 1 & 2. stamps from Design Elements Collage Stamps
oops - pearl missing

pages 3 & 4 Vintage Ladies from ATC006 but you could easily use your own pics 

pages 5 & 6 + Cut & Create Forgotten Meadows

back of book is kept simple

 Hope you like it. Please remember when using an accordion book kit that you have to add the ribbon closure between the covers before you add paper & embellishments to the hard cover. Second thing to remember is to leave enough between the covers so that you can add embellishments inside the book.  Best way to accomplish both of these is to do the inside pages & finish them before adding ribbon closure & covers.  This one uses cream organza ribbon which does not show up well in the pics.

Bye for now

Meg

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