Fun fold

 

I saw a cute fun fold that I wanted to try, and this is the result. (the instructions are here.) The adorable penguin image is from Conie Fong. 

For the card, I cut a regular sized sheet of card stock in half lengthwise. The white panels (there is another one under the image panel so you have a place to write inside the card) and patterned papers were snippets.  I used a couple half gems to fill in some empty space.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes

Pixie's Snippet Playground #452  -- use snippets 

Pattie's Creations #205 -- anything goes

Word Art Wedneday #593 -- anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore #110 -- anything goes

A new spring in my step

 I've been kind of quiet in the craft department for the past few months. I broke my foot about two months ago and spent a long time in a support boot. Even without the boot, I can't move as well as I should. Since getting to my craft space requires going down stairs (still difficult), I'm still not crafting much. However, I do miss it, so I've pushed myself to battle the stairs a few times to play with my crafty supplies. Here's my most recent project.

The central die-cut is a lovely branch of spring flowers, which I watercolored in shades of mint and a heathery lavender.  For a sentiment, I die-cut the world "happy" (Stamplorations die) and combined it with white-embossed "birthday" on a small brown panel.  Everythng is mounted on a white panel embossed with a dot pattern, which in turn is on a brown card. The butterfly in the corner is painted with the same colors as the flowers.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Die-Cut Divas -- watercolor

Butterfly Challenge #180 (colors heather and highland)

Can You Handle the Pressure -- pressure embossing

Pattie's Creations #205 -- anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore #110 -- anything goes

Creative Inspiration -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2314 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #591 -- anything goes