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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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

26 comments:

  1. Wow! You did a marvelous job! Looks complicated, too! Great work!
    Carolyn
    http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com
    cccscraproom@gmail.com

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    1. Added the link that you can cut & paste to ck out how to make the Half-Fold Window Card.
      Melissa
      "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  2. Hello there. Oh wow, this is so lovely, and what a fun card and design.
    Thank you for joining us at Lexi's Creations and good luck.
    Love Sandra xxx

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  3. What a lovely creation, so bright and cheery. Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Ribbons this time.
    hugs
    Dawn xx

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  4. What a cute birthday box and card! It's so bright and love the balloons! The little pink card with the bear on it is so cute, too! Thanks for sharing your creation with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  5. How delicate the tree and leaves look

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  6. Your card is adorable.Thanks for adding the tutorial.I am going to try to make one.Oh!about the Note/Key holder Onesie on my blog,yes I used Mod Podge so that it can protect/durable...Thank you for commenting on my blog...

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  7. What a creative card. I love your tree and added bow! Thanks for sharing with us at Creative Cutter Room.

    Tonya
    CCR DT
    ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com

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  8. a cute bear in the tree the tree came out great. Super cute idea

    Thank you for joining the CCR challenge.
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  9. What a cute card! Thanks for sharing another idea with us at Tuesday Alchemy!

    Eileen

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  10. So adorable!! The bear is too cute :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  11. 2 cards this weeks!! yay!! Awesome job!! I love this bear!! thanks again for joining tuesday alchemy this week!

    Cheers!
    Kelli

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  12. This is so cute! Fun design! Thanks for joining us over at the Creative Cutter Room!

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  13. Another great card and such a fun design...

    Thanks for playing in our ice cream colours challenge this week at Allsorts

    Emma xxx

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  14. This creation is surely unique and a very good gift; but there's butterflies and there's a ribbon so welcome to Crafty Ribbons Challenges this fortnight!

    La Vikinga

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  15. What an adorable project. Love the bright, cheerful colors. Thanks for sharing your art in the Creative Inspirations Paints blog challenge.

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  16. Such a cute card, great take on the photo!
    Thanks for joining us at Creative Cutter Room:)
    Elaine
    CCR DT

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  17. oh so sweet!!!

    Thanks for joining us at Tuesday Alchemy Challenges!!
    hugs
    xMx

    you can visit
    http://whenthescraphitsthefun.blogspot.com/
    for my free digis!!

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  18. Super sweet card - great shape.
    Thanks for playing along at Allsorts this week.
    Good luck.
    Debs xx

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  19. Fab card with a great design and beautiful details!
    Thanks for taking inspiration from our ice cream colour challenge this week over at Allsorts and good luck!
    Hugs Nicola xxx

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  20. Gorgeous card Melissa :-) the image is adorable and the whole design is fab :-)

    thanks for joining us on the Papertake Weekly Challenge :-)
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  21. super card and so cute ! Thanks for joining us at BMC
    hugs
    laney

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  22. Fantastic project! Love the delicate tree. This looks very complicated but you did a marvelous job. Thank you for joining us this week at Lexi's Creations. Hope to see you again Monday for our next challenge.

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  23. this is so cute, love everything about this project.

    Thanks so much for sharing your creation at Anything goes, Just keep on creating, I hope you will continue to play along. Sorry about the the delay in leaving my comment I have been overseas and then got sick, I will be announcing the winners and will have the next challenge by 01/09 :)

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  24. Like the idea...I might try it out someday for Gift Card envelopes.

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