Hi, there! This is a Louisa weekend coming up, so I'm looking forward to seeing her. I've got a couple of crafts for her to make. We made tulips a couple of weeks ago and she had so much fun using scissors and a hole-punch for the first time!
These tri-fold window cards were a lot of fun to make. I've got a video (below) with a couple of tips (especially how to hide the tab).
I love the plaid stencil on the front of this one with that fun turnabout showing through the window. The colors are soft and pretty.
Here you can see the turnabout stamped and then cut to fit the flap. Have you created with any of the turnabout stamps? Such a cool idea!
The inside is actually the leftover piece that makes the window from the front.
Adorable kitties steal the show on these! I couldn't decide how I wanted to color the kitty, so I colored it up a couple of different ways and then used both of them to create cards.
I think the kitty might be jumping up to catch a butterfly and then
he caught it or maybe the butterfly caught him!
This one's fun with all the sequins and the silver embossed grid panel. It's so weird - in this photo it looks like there are some blue sequins. Reflecting light, I guess - there are no blue sequins!
I really love corny puns - I love mew cracks me up! Here's the video with some tips on making tri-fold window cards:
Have you ever wondered why we blow out candles on our birthday? Or why we make a wish when we blow out the candles?
Well, it seems the idea could have started with the Ancient Greeks who put a candle on a cake to make it shine like the moon to celebrate the goddess Artemis. It may have been the Germans who first used birthday candles for their children's Kinderfest.
In, 1746 Count Ludwig von Zinzendorf celebrated his birthday with a "cake as large as any oven could be found to bake it and holes made in the cake according to the years of the person's age and every one having a candle stuck into it..." However it started, putting candles on a birthday cake is a fun tradition and adding a candle to a birthday card is fun, too! I found a small bundle of vintage birthday candles when we were visiting Lauren. Fun, right? I tied a ribbon around one of them and hot glued the ribbon to the card. This darling image is from The Bunny Cloud. Puppy adorableness!
Here's another fun idea: Make an "Inside Surprise" card to show off a candle on the inside!
Usually, we try not to mix kids and fire! But birthday candles are the exception. "Bigger" kids love them too! We may make a wish when we blow out candles because many ancient cultures believed that smoke helped carry their prayers to the heavens. Do you like the pretty cupcake banner? It's part of a set from Cameo Shoppe on Etsy. An "Inside Surprise" card is easy to make:
You need one piece of 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock. Cut it into 2 pieces: one that is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" and one that is 5 1/2 x 5 1/4."
The 5 1/2 x 5 1/4" will become the inside.
Use a die to create a window in the middle of the 4". Add a 4" x 5 1/2" panel to the inside piece. I used hot glue again on the candle.
Now attach the top to the "inside surprise."
Embellish and you're done. The next time you make a birthday card think about putting a candle on it! So glad you stopped by. Have a lovely week!
