Vintage style ... with us at the Crafty Gals Corner

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #127 - Vintage

The sponsor for this challenge is:

Faery Ink

Prize: 3 Digital Images

Today I have used the beautiful Gabbie Holiday Belle digital stamp from Faery Ink, our generous sponsor this week.

I printed the image on A5 X-Press It blending card and heat set.  I printed another copy of the image on copy paper, covered it with X-Press It Mask It then fussy cut.
I overlaid the mask over the image panel then inked the background with Old Paper Distress Ink.  I heat set the inked panel then coloured with Copic Markers.

The droplets in the background were bleached with water then given some sparkle with a light touch of clear Wink Of Stella glitter brush.  The snow at the bottom of the image was also given a touch of sparkle.

The card base is an A5 top fold, covered with patterned paper.

I matted the image panel with Olive cardstock, then made a Forest panel to offset it, adding a luscious coating of Old Paper Distress Ink to make the colour richer and the same tone as the image panel.

A cluster of poinsettia flowers were adhered in place to finish off this vintage card.

Notes about the Copic markers:
I used a different combo for the rich, dark hair - E57-47-79
I used a different red combo for her dress - R35-37-39
I tried a different green combo for the foliage - BG90-93-96-99  ... athough these greens look lovely and blend well together, this shade of green gets a little "lost" against her hair, so I will need to be more careful next time.

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Faery Ink - digital stamp - Gabbie Holiday Belle
X-Press It - A5 blending card
X-Press It - Mask It
Mini Distress Ink - Old Paper
Mini Ink Blending Tool
Ink Dauber
Copic markers - skin - E0000-000-00-11
Copic markers - hair - E57-47-79
Copic markers - eyebrow - E00-57 (tip-to-tip)
Copic markers - eyes - YG03-17-67 (tip-to-tip)
Copic markers - lips - E11 + R35
Copic markers - dress - R35-37-39
Copic markers - fur trim - E30-50
Copic markers - bell - C1-3-5-7-9
Copic markers - street lamp - C1-3-5-7-9 + Y000-11-13
Copic markers - foliage - BG90-93-96-99
Copic markers - berries - R35-37
Wink Of Stella -- clear glitter brush
A5 top folding card base
Ultimate Crafts - 12x12" patterned paper - Season's Greetings Collection
Kaisercraft - weave cardstock - Olive
Kaisercraft - weave cardstock - Forest
Ultimate Crafts - Season's Greetings - large mixed poinsettias
Ultimate Crafts - Season's Greetings - small mixed poinsettias

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Sending a big Thank You to Faery Ink for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being our sponsor for Challenge #127 with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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A Perfect Time To Craft - Challenge #6 - Anything Goes
ABC Christmas Challenge - L and M are for?  L is for Love and M is for More
I have more than one layer and more than one flower
Addicted To Stamps Challenge - Challenge #150 - Flowers
Colour Crazy Challenge - WK 22 - Anything Goes
Colour It! Create It!  Show It Off! - June Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude - Challenge #28 - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - #42 - June is full of Sparkle and Sprinkle
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - CHNC Challenge #337 - Anything Goes
with optional theme Non-Traditional Christmas Colours 
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - CHNC Extra June 2017 - Anything Goes
Creative Ladybirds Creations Challenge Blog - Challenge #27 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Challenge #120 - Anything Goes + optional twist "Flag Day"
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 24 - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Challenge #355 - Vintage
Incy Wincy Designs - 5th June Challenge - Anything Goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - PIP Challenge 1724 - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society - Challenge #118 - Anything Goes option Father's Day
SheepSki Designs Challenges - Challenge #3 - Girlz Rule
The 12 Months Of Christmas Link Up - Challenge #30 - Anything Goes
with optional theme Fur, Fluff, Feathers or Fins - there are fur trims on her dress
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes for June 13-20

You don't look a day over FABULOUS

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #126 - Emboss It

The sponsors for this challenge are:

Lia Stampz

Prize: 2 Images DT Used

Star Stampz

Prize: 3 Digital Images

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Today I have used the absolutely fabulous Birthday Girl digital stamp from Lia Stampz, one of our generous sponsors this week.

I printed the image on A5 X-Press It blending card, zapped it with my heat gun then coloured with Copic markers.  We have lots of red-heads in our family and on seeing this image I was reminded of two of our nieces, so this is my first time going for red hair.  This red combo used E13 E15 E18.  I have some darker marker combos ready to try for even richer hair and darker little black dress so that both nieces can get their glamorous birthday wishes just a day apart.  Yes, I know the skin is fair, but these sisters have very fair skin to go with their very red hair.
I used a white gel pen to give the pearls in her necklace
some extra dimension and an ultra white finish.

The sentiment is a combination of fonts (Bradley Hand ITC and LW Sweetie Pie).  After I printed the sentiment panel, I swiped it with my powder tool, went over the letters with a Versamarker pen, smoothered it with clear embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool.  I gave the "fabulous" a double coat to make the letters even more luscious.

This card is quite large at 8x8".  I made a top folding card base by scoring the top of the back panel and adhered it to the front panel.  The base is matted with textured cardstock then layered with luscious glitter cardstock.  I matted the image panel and sentiment panel with the same textured black cardstock, keeping a perfect 1/8" border by using a Perfect Layers ruler.  It is usually a challenge to keep layers securely in place when using glittered cardstock but it's not a problem with my go-to glue, Helmar 450 Quick Dry.  It's like using a hot glue gun without the "hot".  I finished off the design by die cutting a bow, using the handle of a fine brush to give a smooth curve to the loops and tails.

If you have visited before, you will know that I can't resist sharing extra pics,
so here a couple more, taken in brighter natural light.

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Lia Stampz - digital stamp - Birthday Girl
X-Press It - A5 blending card
Copic markers - skin - E0000 E000 E00 E21 E11
Copic markers - lips - R85
Copic markers - hair - E13 E15 E18
Copic markers - dress & feather - BV20 BV 23 BV25 BV29
Copic markers - shoes - BV25 BV29

Copic markers - cake - E30 E31 E23 E25
Copic markers - icing & bows - R81 R83 R85 R89
Copic markers - candle - 0 C00 C1
Copic markers - flame - Y11 Y13
Signo uni-ball broad pigment ink white gel pen - pearl necklace
Versamark Versamarker - to heat emboss sentiment
WOW! Embossing Powder - Clear Gloss Super Fine
heat tool
Kaisercraft - glitter cardstock - flamingo
Kaisercraft - glitter cardstock - candy
Winnie & Walter - Take A Bow Cutaways
Perfect Layers ruler - 1/8" border for matted layers
Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive

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Sending a big Thank You to Lia Stampz for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #126 - Emboss It with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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A Perfect Time To Craft - Challenge #6 - Anything Goes 
Aurora Wings Challenge Blog - Challenge #51 - Celebration
Colour Crazy Challenge - WK 22 - Anything Goes
Colour It! Create It!  Show It Off! - June Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude - Challenge #28 - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - #42 - June is full of Sparkle and Sprinkle
Creative Ladybirds Creations Challenge Blog - Challenge #27 - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 23 - Anything Goes
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Birthdays Challenge
Ike's World Challenges - Challenge #90 - Anything Goes with optional twist
inspiration photo - I'm inspired by the pop of pink in the photo

In The Pink - Challenge #120 - Embossing
Making Memories Crafting Challenge Blog - Challenge #6
- Anything Goes / Bingo Board
My card has a die cut bow, gel pen pearls and a fun & fabulous sentiment

Morgan's ArtWorld - Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - PIP Challenge 1723 - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Challenge #246 - Anything Goes

Scrapbook Stamp Society - Challenge #118 - Anything Goes option Father's Day

SheepSki Designs Challenges - Challenge #3 - Girlz Rule

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes Week 6-13th June

WOW! Embossing Powder Blog - June Challenge - Anything Goes

with embossing powder or WOW! product

I have used WOW! Clear Gloss Super Fine Embossing Powder

Some quirky news . . . with feathers on top

I have some exciting news to share!

I am Guest Designer on the Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog for the month of June.

The theme is
Quirky Things With Wings

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My Quirky Thing With Wings is the adorable Mini Bird Mummy digital stamp from Limited Runs Digital Stamps (one of the generous sponsors this month)
to make a 6x6" top folding shaker card.
It makes for a quirky mix of cuteness, spookiness and interactive fun.

I printed the image on X-Press It blending card, heat set, coloured with Copic markers, fussy cut then went around the edges with a Memento marker.  Once my feature image was done, I assembled all the parts to make the shaker card.  The base is 6x6" textured cardstock.  I cut a circle window in a 5 3/4" square patterned paper panel, matted it with a panel of black cardstock in the same size to make it sturdy.  I adhered two sheets of 5 1/2" square black foam together, placed it under the patterned paper panel and traced the window so that I could trim it out with extra sharp scissors.  I trimmed a circle of acetate to be 1/2" larger than the window, leaving plenty of room to securely adhere the edges and hold all the shaker elements inside.

Before adhering the layers together, I placed the patterned window panel over the card base and adhered some sequins and spooky eyes inside so that there would always be some sparkle and eyes visible, even when the card is standing.  I've been caught out before by not doing this and the empty space looks really sad when the card is standing, so I try to remember to decorate it each time I make a shaker.  Once the adhesive had dried, I went over the window panel and around the inner circle foam edges with my powder tool to reduce the amount of sequins and micro beads sticking together.  I adhered the foam window to the card front then poured a bundle of micro beads and sequins into it before adhering the acetate panel and card front in place.  Next came a 1/8" wide black ring of cardstock to cover the front edges of the window, making for a neater finish, ensuring that you can't see the foam inside.

The sentiment tag is a panel of the same patterned paper matted with black cardstock.  The "BOO" was cut from black cardstock using my Silhouette Cameo and the "untitled" font.  Lucky last came the super cute mini bird mummy.  I dotted the back with adhesive to secure it to the card front and the acetate window.

Here is a close-up of the "dirty" bandages and goodies inside the shaker.

Shakers are fun interactive cards but they sure are a challenge to photograph.
Here are some more pics of my quirky thing with wings.

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Limited Runs Digital Stamps - digital stamp - Mini Bird Mummy
X-Press It - A5 blending card
Copic markers - wing -Y11 Y13 Y15
Copic markers - beak - Y17 YR23
Copic markers - foot - YR23 YR24 YR27
Copic markers - bandages - W00 W1 W3 W5
Memento Tuxedo Black Dual Tip marker (edges of fussy cut image)
Glossy Accents (eyes)
acetate sheet
foam sheet (2 layered together)
Doodlebug Designs - eerie eyes sprinkles shapes
Simon Says Stamp - Halloween sequin mix
American Crafts - POP! - black micro beads
Helmar 450 Quick Dry (to adhere the layers together)
Tombow Mono Multi liquid adhesive
(to adhere the acetate, sequins, sentiment & fussy cut image)BOO sentiment - "untitled" font - cut using Silhouette Cameo
Kaisercraft - 12x12" patterned paper - 13th Hour collection - Midnight
American Crafts - 12x12" - black textured cardstock

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Sending a big Thank You to Cazzy and the team at Quirky Crafts
for inviting me to be Guest Designer this month.

Sending a big Thank You to Limited Runs Digital Stamps for supplying
the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for the
Quirky Things With Wings challenge on the Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog too.

    

I hope you have been inspired by my card and look forward to seeing your projects shared in the Quirky Crafts - Quirky Things With Wings challenge gallery.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Challenge #3 - Anything Goes with Critters

Alphabet Challenge Blog - F is for Feathered Friends
Come And Get It Challenges - Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - June Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Challenge #119 - Anything Goes optional twist "Birthday"
Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge Blog - Challenge #242 - One For The Boys
Inkspirational Challenges - Challenge #136 - Designer's Choice - Windows

Morgan's ArtWorld - Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Challenge #246 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: We're Going Round In Circles
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #296 - Make It Digital

Rudolf's Selfie ... part 2

No, you're not seeing things.

I created two cards using the  Rudolf's Selfie digital stamp from SheepSki Designs 

and you can read all about them HERE

This post is to focus and share the 2nd card.

I coloured the image with Copic markers and added a digital sentiment

to make this fun CAS Christmas card.

Don't forget to head on over and read all about how I made this card HERE
You will be able to learn more about our latest challenge at the Crafty Gals Corner too.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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ABC Christmas Challenges - J and K are for? Jingle Bells and Keep It Simple
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Skin or Fur Colour Combo (and why)
My favourite fur (& hair combo) is Copic markers E30 - E37 because
they are warm, rich and blend together perfectly for texture and shading.
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - CHNC Extra for May 2017
- Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Challenge #353 - Christmas
Hiding In My Craft Room - HIMCR #302 - Any Holiday
Ike's World Challenges - Challenge #89 - Anything Goes + optional twist of "Happy"
I think that Rudolf's cheesy smile is infectious and will bring a SMILE
Morgan's ArtWorld - Challenge #10 - Anything Goes
Pile It On - Challenge #130 - Animal
Sheepski Designs Challenges - Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Anything Goes
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Challenge #29 - Anything Goes
+ optional theme "Cute Christmas"
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #296 - Make It Digital
I have used a digital stamp and digital sentiment
Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - Hats and/or Scarves
Rudolf is wearing a hat

Have your selfie a very Merry Christmas

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #125 - Anything Goes

The sponsors for this challenge are:

The Paper Nest Dolls

Prize: $20 gift Certificate

SheepSki Designs

Prize: 3 Digital Images

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Today I have used the Rudolf's Selfie digital stamp from SheepSki Designs,
one of our generous sponsors this week, to make a couple of Christmas cards.

I printed the image on A5 X-Press It blending card, heat set and coloured with Copic markers.  I trimmed the sides off and adhered to a top folding card base.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is a die cut.

I confess, I had fun making some Elfie Selfie cards earlier this year and could not resist making another quirky card with a fun selfie sentiment ... 

*** INGREDIENTS ***
SheepSki Designs - digital stamp - Rudolf's Selfie
X-Press It - A5 blending card
Copic markers - fur E33 E35 E37 E39
Copic markers - inside ears - E30 E31 E33
Copic markers - edge of ears - E35 E37
Copic markers - antlers - E70 E71 E74 E77
Copic markers - nose & hat - R21 R22 R24 R27 R46
Copic markers - teeth - 0 W00 W0
Copic markers - lips - E29
Copic markers - inside mouth - E77 E79
Cottage Cutz - die - Merry Christmas
Sizzix Big Shot
Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive - to adhere the image panel
Tombow Mono Multi liquid adhesive - to adhere the sentiment

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Sending a big Thank You to SheepSki Designs for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #125 with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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ABC Christmas Challenges - J and K are for? Jingle Bells and Keep It Simple
Aloha Friday Challenges -  Challenge #95 - Animals
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Skin or Fur Colour Combo (and why)
My favourite fur (& hair combo) is Copic markers E30 - E37 because
they are warm, rich and blend together perfectly for texture and shading.
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - CHNC Extra for May 2017
- Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge - WK 21 - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - Challenge #353 - Christmas
Hiding In My Craft Room - HIMCR #302 - Any Holiday
Morgan's ArtWorld - Challenge #10 - Anything Goes
Pile It On - Challenge #130 - Animal
Polkadoodles Paper Crafting Challenge - Week 20/21 - Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society - Challenge #117 - Anything Goes option Butterflies
Sheepski Designs Challenges - Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Anything Goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenges Blog - Challenge #92 - Four (4) Or More Legs
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Challenge #29 - Anything Goes
+ optional theme "Cute Christmas"
Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - Hats and/or Scarves
Rudolf is wearing a hat

HAPPY, happy birthday wishes

Masculine cards are always a challenge for me!

I was thrilled with this combination of a digital stamp (happy - link below) used repeatedly in different sizes, digital words (miscellaneous fonts), electronic die cut (birthday - link below) and "real" die cut "happy" (link below).

I hope that it will help make our nephew's birthday a little happier.

This card is an A5 top fold.

I added a panel of white textured cardstock to the A5 card base, matted the 3" wide

digital sentiment panel with black textured cardstock then adhered it in place.

The birthday is a digital cut file (link below) which I layered by adding offsets

until in had five layers for extra pop against the "happy" sentiment panel.

  

Here is an inside view of the card.

(sorry that it is only a close up of the sentiment only ... I wrote in the card before I took the pic, so you can't see that the base was matted with white, then a layer of black, then another layer of white before adhering the layered "happy birthday" die cuts in place)

I layered the happy die cut 5 times, to give it extra pop

and have the same dimension as the 5-layered "birthday".

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Winnie & Walter - In A Word Trio Digital Elements - cheers / happy / love

Winnie & Walter - In A Word Happy Cutaway

Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #102469 - Happy Birthday Candles Card

by Jennifer Rush

white textured cardstock

black textured cardstock

Silhouette Cameo

Sizzix Big Shot

Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive (to adhere layers)

Tombow Mono Multi liquid adhesive (to adhere die cut sentiments)

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #180 - Anything Goes + a Sentiment
Cardz 4 Gals - Challenge #48 - Inspired By A Song
My song is probably the most sung and most recognised song all over the world ... Happy Birthday (to you).  The best thing about this song is that everyone sings it and the variety of voices make for a chorus that always makes me smile, especially when the voices mask my own not-so-dulcet tones!
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #479 - CAS
Glitter 'N' Sparkle - Challenge #204 - Colour - White + 1 Other
Hiding In My Craft Room - HIMCR #301 - Masculine
Ike's World Challenges - Challenge #89 - Anything Goes + optional twist of "Happy"
I'm hoping ALL the "happy" Happy Birthday wishes will bring a SMILE
Inkspirational Challenges - Challenge #135 - Word Prompt - urban

QKR Stampede - Challenge #245 - Birthday Cards

Quirky Crafts - May Challenge - Going For A Quirky Song
My quirky song is probably the most sung and most recognised song all over the world ... Happy Birthday (to you).  The best thing about this song is that everyone sings it and the variety of voices make for a chorus that always makes me smile, especially when the voices mask my own not-so-dulcet tones!
STAMPlorations - May CAS Card Challenge - Anything Goes + optional twist "Feminine Colors"

STAMPlorations - May Challenge - Theme and Sketch
I was inspired by the sketch

   

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - Challenge #173 Birthday

The Crazy Challenge - CCH #249 - Birthday

. . . raid your stash, gather all your pretty papers

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with
Challenge #124 - 2+ Designer Papers

The sponsors for this challenge are:

Star Stampz

Prize: 3 Digital Images

Morgan's Art World

Prize: 3 Digital Images

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Today I have used the Butterflies Fae 18 digital stamp set from
Morgan's Art World, one of our generous sponsors this week.
This stamp set comes with four beautiful butterflies to I decided to be adventurous, try my hand at making a twist & pop card and showcase all four images in one card.

closed front view

open view

The challenge this week is asking for 2+ patterned papers and I have used three,
one "digital" and two "real paper" patterned papers.

To get myself started, I found a tutorial to make a Twist & Pop card.
HERE is the one I used.

Once I had the dimensions, I made a custom sized template in Adobe Photoshop and added a digital patterned paper to it.  Next I used the magic wand tool to trace each image, selected the inverse then pasted them on to the patterned panel (saving as a different file each time).  To ensure that the images would print the exact size, I placed them all together on an A5 mat in Silhouette Studio and printed them on A5 X-Press It cardstock, making sure to heat set them before I started colouring.

After spending ever-such-a-long time looking at butterflies online, I decided that these magical creatures come in all the colours of the rainbow and an infinite variety of patterns, so I decided to go with shades of pink and orange, matching the flowers of the patterned paper used on the front of the card.  I coloured the butterflies using Copic markers.

 

 

See the butterfly on the far right?  Well I have to confess that I made an "oops" when I traced the image.  There was a small white area between the bottom delicate "decorative" wing and the real "flying" wing.  Luckily my Copic markers came to the rescue, with a mottled blend of G43 and G46 matching the background perfectly ... whew!

Next came the exciting folds.
I decided on a dark green base and sparkling black matting as they complemented the patterned papers (digital & real) perfectly and it is always nice to have a touch of sparkle, especially with butterflies and bling.

Here are the dimensions that I used:
base - 6" x 12" - scored at 6" to make a top fold
image (accordion) panel strip - 3 1/2" x 10" - scored at 3 1/2", 5" and 7 1/2"
the side score lines are valley folds, the central score line a mountain
twist & pop mechanism - 3 1/2" x 8", first score lengthways at 1 3/4", make a make  2 1/4 and 5 3/4" along each side and make the next two score lines diagonally across, crossing centrally with the original horizontal  score line.

FOLD and BURNISH each of the folds so that they will move smoothly when the card is opened and closed.  The horizontal score makes a mountain fold, the diagonal ones are all valley folds.

Mat the inside panels of the card base (I layered patterned paper over glitter cardstock), adhere the triangle of the fully folded mechanism to the inside base of the matted card base, aligning the point to just under the middle of the centre fold, apply adhesive to the top triangle of the folded mechanism then fold the card down on to it.
Fully open the card and apply the accordion panel, making sure the centre of the accordion panel aligns with the centre of the mechanism, fold the left & right accordion panels towards the centre, place adhesive on the top RHS and bottom LHS of the mechanism (above / below the score line), then fold the flaps down on to the mechanism.

GENTLY open the card the first time, making sure that the folds work properly, they may need a little assistance the first time and should operate smoothly after that.  Adhere the matted images to each of the accordion panels then have another go at opening and closing the card ... there is no special reason to it at this stage, it is just so much fun seeing everything unfold before your eyes.

I made two sentiment panels to decorate inside my card.  I used the same digital patterned paper so that they matched the butterflies and the Swirl Dance digital font by Samantha Walker, printing them from Silhouette Studio then matting them with the same glitter cardstock used on all all the panels.

For the front of the card I used another panel of patterned paper, matted it with black glitter cardstock and embellished with a black glitter cardstock die cut butterfly and a bling flourish.

Here are some pics showing the fold in action:

 

  

Do you see the green mechanism in the pic above?
Since making this card, I have since found THIS tutorial and will be giving it a try next time, as I really like how the mechanism panel is the size of the card and how the matting covers the mechanism too.  One thing to note in the tutorial is that the accordion panel should be 3" x 10 3/4", not 11" as listed.

*** INGREDIENTS ***
Morgan's Art World - digital stamp - Butterflies Fae 18
X-Press It - A5 blending card
Copic markers - pink - RV21 RV23 RV25
Copic markers - orange - YR61 YR65 YR68
Copic markers - yellow - Y06
Copic markers - green - G43 G46
Kaisercraft - 6 1/2" paper pad - True Love
Sparkle 'N' Sprinkle - digital paper - Pansies Purple Digital Bundle
Samantha Walker - digital font - Swirl Dance
Kaisercraft - 12x12 weave cardstock - Forest
American Crafts - POW! Glitter Paper - Black
Kaisercraft - Decorative Dies - Butterflies
Bella! Bling - Small Flourish - black

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Sending a big Thank You to Morgan's Art World for supplying the digital stamp set I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #124 with us at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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A Perfect Time To Craft - Challenge #5 - Anything Goes
Aloha Friday Challenges - Challenge #95 - Animals
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Challenge #180 - Anything Goes + a Sentiment
Butterfly Challenge - #79 - Butterflies + L is for Layers and/or the Colour Cream
Colour Crazy Challenges - WK20 Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge #371 - Anything Goes with a twist "More Than 2 Layers"
Create with Tlc - Challenge #10 - Anything Goes with a Create with Tlc Element
Creative Moments - Challenge #118 - Anything Goes
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - TIC TAC TOE 3-in-a-row Challenge
I have used 3 patterned papers, 4 digital images and 2 sentiments

Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge - WK 21 - Anything Goes

Ike's World Challenges - Challenge #89 - Anything Goes + optional twist of "Happy"

I'm sure that the surprise of finding these butterflies in the fancy folds

as the card opens will bring a smile to the birthday girl's face :)

Morgan's ArtWorld - Challenge #10 - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - PIP Challenge #1721 - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog - Challenge #330 - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Challenge #130 - Animals and/or Spring Garden

Polkadoodles Paper Crafting Challenge - Week 20 - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Challenge #244 - Things With Wings or Anything Goes

Scrapbook Stamp Society - Challenge #117 - Anything Goes option Butterflies

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Little Critters
Sparkles Monthly Challenges Blog - Challenge #92 - Four (4) Or More Legs
The Crazy Challenge - CCH #249 - Birthday
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes Wk 5-23
Your Next Stamp - Sketch and Color Challenge #64