Peaceful Garden birthday card

 A fun fold and a fun technique in today's inspiration!  Not sure what the fold is called but it's kind of a concertina angled pocket card 🤭 . The technique I do know is called paper piecing! It's a great way to add colour without colouring in! But as with most cards it starts with an idea and then develops. For this card it started with the fun fold and the desire to use some more of the beautiful Peaceful Garden pattern papers.  So without further ado here is the card.. 

It starts with a piece of cardstock measuring 14.85cm x 27cm (5½" x 11"). It's then scored at 10.5cm, 14.5cm and 16.5cm ( 4¼", 5½" and 6¾") . Fold the scorelines as a concertina starting with a valley fold. 

Next cut diagonally from the top left of the card front to the bottom right. Make sure to save the piece you've cut off as this become the pocket on the inside of your card. Cut a piece of pattern paper measuring 14.4cm x 10cm (5¼" x 4") for the front and cut diagonally top left to bottom right. This is the paper for the card front and pocket. 

Cut another piece of pattern paper 14.4cm x 10cm (5¼" x 4") for the inside back. Along with 2 pieces measuring 2 5cm x 14.4cm ( 1" x 5¼") for thr concertina folds. Pattern choices are important don't you agree? Sometimes coordinating is good other times contrasting is the way to go... but always remember it's your card so go with what makes you happy!

I have used the oh so useful Everyday Arches dies to create tags to decorate the card. I decorated the tags with the stunning 

Peaceful Garden glimmer paper in the dark grey shade. I used the Charming Day stamps to add a floral touch to the project. 

To add splashes of colour to the stamped images I used the paper piecing technique.  

This is where you stamp your image then restamp it onto pieces of pattern paper and cut the image out, fussy cutting along the stamped lines. Top tip take a marker pen the same colour as the ink you stamped in. Then once you've fussy cut the image out run the marker around the cut edges from behind. This is so that the white core of the paper doesn't peek out.

Adhere the fussy cut pieces onto the stamped image in the appropriate area. This adds a fabulous touch and splash of colour to any project. 

The second tag is adhered with 3d foam to the front of the pocket. The pocket is created by using the cardstock cut from the card front and decorated with the off cut from the pattern paper from the front.  Adhering 2 sides of the triangle to the bottom left-hand corner of the back inside panel. Top tip only use a very narrow line of adhesive, be it wet glue or double sided tape or tape runner, to adhere the packet upto but not over the scoreline. 

The simple tag is where you would write your personal message and this hides in the pocket at the back. Of course it had to have a little decoration too 🤭.

 

Once completed the card folds neatly together and fits in a standard C6 envelope (medium). If you're careful and don't use to much 3d foam or embellishments the card isn't too bulky to post, always a bonus!