I'm back after a busy ten days, when I've only had a chance to add a scheduled DT post and very little time to do any blog visiting. After a night in a Leicester hotel where my hubby was on a course and I went along to explore the area, followed by a few days in Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare and finally a couple of days in London to attend a memorial service...... I'll be glad to be sleeping in my own bed tonight. 😊 Here is a card I made for my great niece, which I can post now that I know it's been received. Eve seems to have gone through the fairies and princesses stage, so I thought I'd make a butterfly card for her, with a pop-up surprise when she opened the card.
The patterned paper is from an old paper pad. The sentiment is layered on a Spellbinders Nestabilites die cut. I added a few clear gems to add some sparkle (I'm sure my great niece will think they're diamonds!) and raised up the butterfly on a foam pad.
At a recent cardmaking workshop, we made a pop-up card using this fold. The one we made was pre-cut, so I worked out the measurements to make this card. I'm not sure why I always thought this fold was difficult, as it's just six cuts in the folded white card. The butterflies are all from the Stampin' Up 'Butterfly Gala' set of stamps, punched out and coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment is a stamp from the Happy Little Stampers 'Birthday Friends'. The ribbon is layered on a green panel die cut with a scalloped Memory Box 'Stitched Country Border' die. To finish my card I added the flight path of the little butterflies with a fine pen.
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