Tutorial for 4-Drawer Easel Card

Well I am not a pro at making tutorials, that's for sure! But every Wednesday at KLSNS the DT hosts "Stampin N' Scrappin With..." and today it's with me, so here goes!!

I'm going to walk you through how to make one of these easel 4-Drawer cards without having to use a Sizzix template. Easy peasy... anyone can do this!

First, we will start by making the drawers. I used lightweight designer paper here, but in my first one I used SU! cardstock. The c.s. is obviously more sturdy, however is harder to fold.

You will start with Four (6") squares.

You want to fold it in half, then open it up and fold it in half the opposite way so it looks like this.

Next, you fold all 4 corners up to the center point and leave them folded.

With the corners folded in, take the bottom edge and fold it up to the center like this:

Unfold that one and fold the next edge up to the center.

Repeat on all sides. It should look like this now:

Open up the top and bottom sections but leave the 2 sides folded in like this:

Next, fold the 2 sides up on the fold line like this:

Then, if you creased all your folds really well, you will be able to press your pointer fingers in like this and have that top corner pop up like this:

(pardon the bad manicure job---those are my 11 yr. old's hands! LOL)

Then you'll fold that top Corner over the pieces that your pointer fingers were pressing in and press it down on the inside like this:

Do the same with the other side and you will end up with this cute li'l origami box.

No need to tape the flaps down, unless they are sticking up.

I cut a piece about 2 and 1/16" for the inside bottoms of the drawers.

NEXT comes the wrappers for the drawers. These will hold the drawers in place and will be taped down onto a base. I cut mine out of cardstock for stability.

In case you can't read the measurements on the picture,

I cut my wrappers 7 3/4" long by 2 1/8" wide.

Then scored it at 7/8", 3 1/8", 4 1/4", and 6 1/2"

Making sure the shorter end is on the outside, add some tape to the edge and seal it.

Your box should slide right in!

Next, you'll want to cut your base from cardstock (or heavier) to match, at 5" Square. You will want to arrange your boxes so that each drawer is facing a different side. Also, making sure that the wrapper that has the seam is facing another wrapper and not an outside edge. We don't want the seam to show. When you get them arranged, tape them down to the 5" square.

Oh ya... I forgot the part about adding KNOBS to your drawers! You can use anything that sticks out and you can grab onto. Here, I used some gold thingies that are flat on one side. I attached with a pop dot so I can get my finger under it a li'l bit and have something to grab onto. I've also seen pipe cleaners that formed a loop and then stuck into the drawer through a hole and flattened out on the other side.

OK... Now for the easel part. It's super easy!

Just make a 5" square card, and then score the top in half again at 2.5" -

Then you will attach your separate 5" piece that you decorated like this:

Then you will tape the bottom of your card to the top layers of the drawer wrappers and... Wha-La!!

Sorry that was incredibly long! But thorough I think.

Hope you have FUN with this--they are super cute and fun to make.

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STAMP I used here is Love Bubbles by Penny Johnson for Stampavie