Cutaway Sides in 2 Forms

Today I've got a couple of quick fun cards.  I decorated them using the discontinued patterned paper (Wildflower Birthday DSP), pop out pieces from the same paper pack, and die cut/embossed sentiments from Gold Foil using the Thoughtful Moments hybrid embossing folder.

Card #1:   

The first, a simple card with cutaway sides - is made by taking a standard A2 card and cutting 1" off each side of the card front.  

To decorate it, I simply took a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of the patterned paper.  After trimming 7/8" off each end, I glued those pieces to the sides of the inside of the card.  

After trimming 1/4" off the remaining piece, I flipped it to the reverse and glued that to the center of the card front.  Then I added one of the pop out pieces from the paper set and glued it in place.  I finished with one of the sentiment pieces.

Card #2:

This one is a cutaway easel.  It starts the same as the last one, but I scored the middle piece in the center horizontally at 2 1/8" to make the center piece like an easel.  I added an embossed piece of white cardstock (Soft Waves 3D embossing folder) - glued just to the lower half of the center card front.  It serves as a mat for the pop out focal and added sentiment.

 

I added a small piece of the gold foil on Mini Stampin' Dimensionals to the inside of the card to serve as a stopper for the easel.