A method for making a layered elastic substrate (220, 320), the method comprising the steps of: advancing a first elastic material (205, 305) in a machine direction to a first metering device (250, 350) at a first speed wherein the first elastic material (205, 305) is in a stretched state; advancing a second elastic material (206, 306) in the machine direction to a second metering device (252, 352) at a second speed wherein the second elastic material (206, 306) is in a stretched state; advancing a first substrate layer (238, 202) in the machine direction, the first substrate layer (238, 202) having a first surface and an opposing second surface; advancing a second substrate layer (240, 204) in the machine direction, the second substrate layer (240, 204) having a first surface and an opposing second surface; advancing the first elastic material (205, 305), the second elastic material (206, 306), the first substrate layer (238, 202) and the second substrate layer (240, 204) in the machine direction to a third metering device at a third speed; bonding the first and second elastic materials (205, 206) in the stretched states to the first surface of the first substrate layer (238, 202) and the first surface of the second substrate layer (240, 204) at the third metering device to form a layered elastic substrate (220, 320); and advancing the layered elastic substrate (220, 320) through a fourth metering (255, 355) device at a fourth speed, wherein the first speed is less than the second speed, wherein the third speed is greater than the first speed and the second speed, wherein the fourth speed is less than the third speed, and wherein the fourth speed is greater than the first speed and the second speed, characterized in that the method further comprises the steps of: stretching the first elastic material (205, 305) to a first elongation between the first and the third metering devices (250, 254); stretching the second elastic material (205, 305) to a second elongation between the second and the third metering devices (252, 352, 254, 354), wherein the first elongation is greater than the second elongation; and consolidating the layered elastic substrate (220, 320) between the third and the fourth metering devices (254, 354, 255, 355), wherein the first elastic material (205, 305) is consolidated from the first elongation to a third elongation, wherein the second elastic material (206, 306) is consolidated from the second elongation to a fourth elongation, wherein the fourth elongation is less than the second elongation and the third elongation is less than the first elongation. advancing a first elastic material (205, 305) in a machine direction to a first metering device (250, 350) at a first speed wherein the first elastic material (205, 305) is in a stretched state; advancing a second elastic material (206, 306) in the machine direction to a second metering device (252, 352) at a second speed wherein the second elastic material (206, 306) is in a stretched state; advancing a first substrate layer (238, 202) in the machine direction, the first substrate layer (238, 202) having a first surface and an opposing second surface; advancing a second substrate layer (240, 204) in the machine direction, the second substrate layer (240, 204) having a first surface and an opposing second surface; advancing the first elastic material (205, 305), the second elastic material (206, 306), the first substrate layer (238, 202) and the second substrate layer (240, 204) in the machine direction to a third metering device at a third speed; bonding the first and second elastic materials (205, 206) in the stretched states to the first surface of the first substrate layer (238, 202) and the first surface of the second substrate layer (240, 204) at the third metering device to form a layered elastic substrate (220, 320); and advancing the layered elastic substrate (220, 320) through a fourth metering (255, 355) device at a fourth speed, wherein the first speed is less than the second speed, wherein the third speed is greater than the first speed and the second speed, wherein the fourth speed is less than the third speed, and wherein the fourth speed is greater than the first speed and the second speed, stretching the first elastic material (205, 305) to a first elongation between the first and the third metering devices (250, 254); stretching the second elastic material (205, 305) to a second elongation between the second and the third metering devices (252, 352, 254, 354), wherein the first elongation is greater than the second elongation; and consolidating the layered elastic substrate (220, 320) between the third and the fourth metering devices (254, 354, 255, 355), wherein the first elastic material (205, 305) is consolidated from the first elongation to a third elongation, wherein the second elastic material (206, 306) is consolidated from the second elongation to a fourth elongation, wherein the fourth elongation is less than the second elongation and the third elongation is less than the first elongation.