Triple Easel with Sides

 

This card, that I call a Triple Easel with Sides, can look quite dramatic but is really very easy to make.  Simply make a standard easel card (instructions here - see card #4).  After you've scored the card front in half horizontally, slice it crosswise twice, forming two side panels and a center one.  In this case, I sliced it one inch from each side.  Then, set your easel stops such that the two sides stop at a different place than the center one.  

 

I created this card from Blueberry Bushel cardstock and decorated it using papers from the discontinued Wildflower Birthday papers.  You can use any paper from your stash, or find some beautiful new ones here.  

The pink plaid is the reverse of the flowered paper, so it was really quite easy to decorate the front.  I simply cut my pieces the right size and chose the side I wished before gluing them in place.  The focal was a punch out from the paper set, which I added carefully so it was attached only to the bottom half of the center panel. The sentiment was created from Gold Foil Sheets using the Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing folder.  That creates a variety of sentiments that work SO well for foiled papers like these. 

On the inside of the card I have a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Basic White cardstock with two narrow strips of patterned paper on either side.  The strip of Blueberry Bushel cardstock is raised on Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, as are the two additional punch out flowers near the middle.

And here's what the card looks like with the three parts held by their stoppers for display.