Half-Fold Window Birthday Card

Created this card after watching a youtube video which is my TIP:
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi6Jmd6w424

on how to make a Half-Fold Window Card. 3 times was the charm at being able to make the Half-Fold Window Card.



Used Cricut cartridge Baby Steps for the Teddy Bear on outside of card. Used Cricut Lite cartridge for the Tree on inside of card.


Used Spellbinders oval die cut to make the half fold punch out part. Stamped sentiment on a punched scallop piece of white cardstock. Used Tim Holtz Distress Ink for subtle edging of sentiment tag & oval window cut.

Added Butterfly & round beads to outside of card. Placed the Tree inside the card to be seen thru oval window cut. Added ribbon on inside & outside of card. Added ribbon onto Tree.

beads: Butterfly & round - green & pink
Cricut cartridges: 
Baby Steps 2" Teddy Bear (on same page as Safetypin, next to last page)
Cricut Lite Bloom 3" Tree4
ink:
Memento Rose Bud - sentiment
Tim Holtz Distress Ink worn lipstick - edges
paper:
core-dinations - 
2 shades of brown - Teddy Bear
Grassroots green leaves on Tree, 
St. Valentino 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"Base of card,
tan Tree trunk
white cardstock
ribbon: Easter 2011
Spellbinders: Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Ovals Large
punch: Fiskars scallop
stamp: studio g mini rubber stamp - sentiment Happy B-day


Entering this into the following challenges:

Allsorts Wk158 Ice Cream Colours lim3 3rd pink - strawberry, green - Pistachio 6/9-15
BearlyMineCh39TicTacToe diagonal: Dies,Flowers(on Tree & ribbon)&Sentiment lim2 1st 6/12-18
Craft-Room Ch Furry Four legged Family lim3 2nd Teddy Bear 6/12-24
Crafty Ribbon Ch21 Butterflies & Bows unlim 1st 6/7-20
Crazy 4 Ch C4C140 Circles unlim 5th 6/9-15 

Creative Cutter Room Photo Insp Pink bedroom w/tree wall mural 5/31-6/13
Creative Inspiration Paint Butterflies 6/10-16
Do You Stack Up DYSU Paper Piecing lim3 3rd 6/7-12
Hot Shot Ch9 Distress Inks unlim 3rd 6/9-7/6 

Our Creative Corner Your Fav Tim Holtz Technique unlim 2nd using Distress Ink for subtle edging 6/9-15 

Jaihart Sun Are Lovely 10 unlim 14th 6/3
Just Keep On Creating Anything Goes unlim 58th 5/5-6/18
Lexis Creations Happy B'day unlim 1st 6/11-23
Paper Pretties Wed PWC209 Use your fav color combo unlim 9th pink & green 6/6-12 


Paper Take Wkly 3-2-1 unlim 2nd 3 shades of color: brown, green, pink, 2 colors of Butterfly: green&pink, 1 Tree 6/12-18
Scrap-Creations Celebration lim2 1st 6/12-18
Simon Says Stamp & Show Anything Goes unlim 3rd 6/11-17
Tues Alchemy Anything Goes Ch lim3 2nd my TIP is the video link on how to make half-fold window card 6/12-18
Victorine Stamps Ch35 Texture unlim 15th 5/31