The challenge today on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog is 'Skinny Cards' where the card front measures 3.5'' x 5.5''. (This is the size of card stock left over when you cut a 5''x 5'' card from an 8''x 11'' piece of card stock.)
I've not really tried making cards this small before, and as I am playing with the dies from Karen Burniston's new Pop it Ups collection for Elizabeth Craft Designs, I thought I would experiment with her new Butterfly Pivot die.
The new Pivot dies and Pop-up dies allow you the flexibility of choosing from many card base sizes (as long as it fits through the Die Cutting machine), and I found it worked just fine in my little 3.5'' tall card!
I used butterflies from the same Butterfly Pivot Card set, and also from the Butterfly Accessory set to decorate the card.
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All the papers are from Crate Paper's Flea Market collection.
I also used the banner from Karen's 'Banner & Borders' Thinlit set, from her Sizzix Snippets collection.
I glued twine onto one side, and added little bunting flags on foam pads, plus a sentiment from a Tim Holtz stamp.
The left-hand butterfly pivots round so that it shows through to the card front, making the front really easy to decorate.
Some of products used:
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Wow ... Love this on a skinny card!
ReplyDeleteLove the pretty little card
ReplyDeleteYeah, what Frances said - such a great way to "fill" a small card and give it a lot of impact. Always love your color and embellishment choices!
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrific card! It is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I'm a little jealous that you got to play with that new die!
ReplyDeleteWhat a very cool fancy fold card....love all the fluttering butterflies.....fabbo.....welcome to the Crazies....I was MIA last week
ReplyDeleteVery pretty...I do love butterflies!!
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