Mothers Day card project - easel box cards with photo space.

I wanted to do something a little different this year for Mothers Day cards for my Mum, and for my Mother in Law, and upon a deal of browsing, I settled on having a go at an easel box card.  I'd seen projects like this on the Crafters Companion website, and a Youtube search gave lots more similar projects to browse.  As ever, resisting making life easier by following tutorials or instructions, I just decided to crack on and have a go myself, and these are the results.  I was pretty happy with them.

I used the Heartfelt Creations Birds and Butterflies collection paper pad (I'm sure that's what it was called?!)for the entire pink box, and for the main image of the blue (remainder of blue was First Edition Up, Up & Away), which made things so much easier.  I LOVE Heartfelt Creations for projects like this, I just adore how the paper pads are full of pages which can be cut into tags, instant scrapbooking pages, etc.  The moment I discovered HC, I have to admit, I may have just gone ahead and purchased nearly a dozen different paper pads of theirs.......but only if my husband isn't reading this ;-)!!!

I constructed the base boxes and drawers out of chipboard, and the easel element just from strong cardstock.  For the handles, I threaded beads onto ribbon, which I then pushed through the front of the drawers and tied as a bow inside.

The easel element lifts for a personalised message inside.

The back panel of the easel doubles as a photo frame, should one wish to use it as such.  The photo can be slipped between the frame and the back image, where it will be framed with the lace.  The frame is secured to the back panel with foam strips on the outer edges of the sides and bottom to leave sufficient space.

I filled the drawers with wrapped sweets!

A fun project offering something a little different!