Welcome,
I know that I have not been very active in blogland of late - my other hobbies, plus a BIG card order have kept me busy - never mind life in general has also kept me occupied a lot....
The theme for our small, New Zealand swap last month was 'spring', as that is our current season.
We were told we could use a pop-up/spring mechanism, or illustrate the season.
But 'yours truly' went off an another tangent.
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My card started with a sheet of 'spring-like' floral paper glued to some white card, then edged with yellow ink. As you can see, a snippet was used on the envelope.
I then positioned a rectangle die towards the top of this, and die cut it.
Next a piece of white card which was printed with a computer generated 'sentiment' was cut with a slightly larger rectangle die, sponged with the yellow ink and creased before being adhered over the top of the rectangular void. A tag was added at the base.
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I then stacked this panel (with 4mm of foam tape) on a white card base -that I had brushed the edges of with the yellow ink.
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I then opened the aperture and glued a spring from a ball point pen in the resultant 'nest'.
I finished the inside of the card with a snippet of the patterned paper also.
The recipient (and her husband) roared with laughter when the card was opened.
I am linking this to:
Love Those Pretty Papers October Challenge - anything goes with Pretty Papers Opt, Halloween colours
10 comments:
A really unique and well thought out creation Maxine, many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.
Enjoy Spring, have pangs of envy as we head into Winter.
B x
Ha, ha I never guessed what was going to under that flap! A great card, thanks for sharing it with us at Allsorts.
What a great idea Maxine
That certainly is a unique take on the "spring card" Maxine - good on you for thinking outside of the box!! Wonderful. xx
OH! Maxine, this gave me a chuckle, very creative thinking as always and a SUPER card. x
So creative and fun!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Word Power!
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so glad to have time to go Blogging, I love this card. I got a chuckle as well. We need alot of cheer these days for sure...Have good week by other part of the world friend!
VERY clever! Love the nest spring. Perfect! A fun card.
Hugs and Blessings
What a fun card! Great idea and design! Hugs, Gerrina
So creative and fun! I love the bit of humor!
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