The Crafty Den: teepee card

Thursday, 8 June 2023

Seize the Birthday challenge

Hello friends, I hope you're having a great day. I was lucky enough to win a recent challenge so I am guest designing (or the surprise guest as they call it) for the Seize the Birthday challenge this week.

The theme for this challenge is 'put your sentiment on a banner'. I decided to use an image that already included a banner but you could make your own banner or use a banner strip. I watched a YouTube video by Sam Calcott at Mixed Up Craft and she made a teepee card; it looked really fun so decided to have a go. It's not 100% perfect but I am really happy with how it turned out. There are lots of photos to show each side and how it lies flat. Here is my teepee card:

close up of the adorable image:

This is where you would write your personal message:

and here is the other side:

here is it lying flat:

and here is how it would be in the envelope:

Isn't it just so much fun; I think all my cards will now be like this lol! All you need is a velcro dot to keep it closed and it will stand up really nicely. It is simply made with 3 x squares (any size) but I followed Sam's tutorial so mine were 5"x5" and it will fit in a 5"x7" envelope. You can find the tutorial here. I just matted and layered some kraft card and very old patterned paper, added my image onto a white circle and finally finished with some gold pearls. The little butterflies were also from the stamp set. All the images were coloured with Promarkers.

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

Craft Rocket challenge - use dies

Little Red Dragon challenge - things that fly (hope my dinky little butterflies are ok)

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - fancy folds

Allsorts challenge - birthdays or ATG

Aud Sentiments challenge - fun folds and/or summer + a sentiment

Get Creative challenge - more than one fold

I hope you will find time to enter this fun challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.