Happy birthday sister

Happy Bank Holiday Monday friends; I hope you're having a great day so far.  I'm feeling a little out of sorts today so I'm taking it easy and hoping it's just one of those days and I feel better tomorrow.  It's my little sister's birthday today so I thought I would pop in to share the card I made for her.  I also made one for my boys to give her but I'll share that another day.  I made a Double D fun fold card that I saw Sam Calcott (Mixed Up Crafts) share on YouTube.  You can find her tutorial here.  It was quite difficult to photograph so there are quite a lot of photos sorry.  

Here is my card:

a few more photos:

Following Sam's tutorial I began by cutting all the card pieces from white card, the mats from black card and layers from patterned paper.  I adhered them with liquid glue.  I decided to use the butterfly and flowers again from the Gina K Designs bundle (that you saw on my recent autumn card) but went for a bright and fun colour scheme to match the pretty papers.  I stamped the happy birthday sentiment in black ink and added a sister sentiment that I die cut 4 times (3 times from white card and once from the patterned paper) and also added that with liquid glue.  On the inside panel I stamped a birthday sentiment in black ink, added some strips of the paper and one flower and leaf in the bottom corner.  A few pearls and some shimmer pen as a finishing touch and my card was complete.  It was quite a simple card to complete but it will stand out from the crowd on a mantlepiece lol!  The card size is 5" x 7" but I did have to make a box envelope as the front part is quite thick; I used my envelope punch board for that.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - sparkle and shine (it's hard to see but my flowers and butterfly are covered in aqua shimmer pen)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - bright and cheerful

Allsorts challenge - butterflies

Triple B challenge - mood board and/or birds, butterflies and blooms

My Time To Craft challenge - use die cuts

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge - birthdays

Papercraft challenges - special card shapes

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back soon with the 'auntie' card I made for my boys to give to my sister. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - You give me butterflies bundle (now available individually)

Gina K Designs - spring floral background (for the happy birthday sentiment)

Gina K Designs - rainbow pearl mix

MFT - little letters alpha dies

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm white smooth card

Hobbycraft - black card

Honey Bee Stamps - inside birthday sentiments

Lili of the Valley - bonnets & bowties 8x8 paper pad

Nuvo - aqua shimmer pen (glitter gloss)

Versafine onyx black ink pad