Flower fairies tri-fold card

Good Morning Everyone

Today im sharing a card i made for a craft friends birthday.  She loves the Tim Holtz paper dolls so I know they won't be wasted on her! I use them sparingly as they are pricey but also most don't appreciate the moody vibe most of the dolls have which of course most photos of this era are the same as they had to hold their poses for so long for the wet plates of the cameras to capture the photo.

Anyway I wanted to use some holographic acetate butterflies I had for wings and turned them into little fairies.  The wings are green so I found a paper that was a floral vibe but not full on flowers so found this purple and green one which dictated the colour choice.

Its a nightmare to get a good photo as the camera never likes shimmery things and ive used glitter card, pearl card, pearl texture paste and of course the holographic of the wings

I die cut the base card from purple pearlescent card using an old tattered lace A4 tri-fold card die set, when folded up the finished card is 8x8" and then die cut the papers using the layering dies in the set. 

I then die cut the foliage from ombre glitter card backing with a very soft sage green card.  

Sentiment die cut from the sage green card, matted onto soft pearl lilac card and a larger grey and added to the middle pop out section with glue gel.  

I added the wings to the back of 3 tim holtz paper dolls and adhered among the foliage with pinflair glue gell.  Adding a few die cut flowers using more lilac pearl used for the sentiment and adding gel dot centres which pick up on the colours in the ombre glitter card. 

The ombre glitter card i chose is mainly yellowy, peachy, pinky which is a nice contrast to the background but sadly the photos don't do it justice 

You can see their wings a bit better here, they have a beautiful green holographic shimmer

Before using the paper i used 'Stamperia Halo paste' which is a clear texture paste with a coloured mica shimmer which you can make out better here. I used 2 pastes, one with a purple hue and one with a green hue to pick up on the colours in the paper.

Items Used:

Tattered Lace Tri fold die set

Tim Holtz paper dolls

Holographic butterflies ebay find

Stamperia Halo Paste 'green #K3P70B' & ' Violet #K3P70D'

Studio Light Stencil Jenine's Mindful art 'Wallpaper pattern' #JMA-ES-MASK76

Ombre Glitter card 6x6 from The range

12x12 patterned paper from The works

Birthday sentiment die

Simon Says Stamp die 'leaf cluster' #112057

Purple & Lilac Pearl card

Sage Card

Gem dots

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you all have a great last week in August - where has the month gone too, its scary. 

Id love to enter the following:

https://secretstamper.com/creative-creases-118-august-7th-through-september-3rd/

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https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2026/08/august-2026-challenge-90-anything-goes.html

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https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/08/challenge-123-layer-it-up.html

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https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/08/inkspirational-challenge-374-word.html

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https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2026/08/love-those-pretty-papers-august-2026.html

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https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2026/08/august-challenge-with-twist.html - dies used for everything apart from the fairies 

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Tri-fold shutter card for Creative Creases

Good Morning to you all.

I have 2 posts today and both very different so be sure to check them both out...or hop over here

Im honoured to be guest DT over at Creative Creases Challenge once again

This time I decided to use an old tattered lace die set to make an A4 tri fold shutter card.  Its years old and was preloved when I bought it so it must be over 10yrs old and been gathering dust!

I also wanted to use some old paperartsy flower stamps so have gone for a full on summer vibe.

A4 white die cut card base.  I then made my own blue sky background which you can see at the end of the post, this i then die cut with the matt layer dies from the set.

I stamped the flowers with dark blue ink so a bit softer than black and coloured with alcohol markers. I then fussy cut the flowers and got arranging, adhering some flat and some with pinflair glue gel for dimension.  I added them in 2 different bunches so that depending on what angle the card is stood at you mostly see different flowers.

I stamped 2 butterflies in purple, added soft colour, cut out and added to the panels along with 2 flower heads.

The quote was stamped in blue and added to the middle.  Touches of diamond stickles glitter glue added to the flower centres and butterfly wings for a little bit of sparkle to finish. 

The quote 'There are always flowers for those who want to see them' - it was originally a vertical stamp but wouldn't fit the middle panel so by cutting the words up I made it fit😁.

I coloured these flowers more like red poppies.  The foliage was such a fine stamp I didn't fancy fussy cutting so i stamped it in green ink and coloured completely over the top with green alcohol marker and then cut out.  To make my arrangements i cut the heads and stems off some so that i could stick at different angles and make more realistic, the foliage i cut into small pieces and tucked in among the flowers.  

and onto my background below

My background.  I started with a sheet of white A4 and added turquoise and ultramarine brusho powders.  Once completely dry and to soften the vibrancy a little i used an A4 shell stencil with matt lilac acrylic paint.  I then added lots of stamping with various inks and stamps using 1st,2nd&3rd generation stamping - basically just stamping until no ink left on the stamp.  The main text reads 'spread a little happiness wherever you go' this is an aall&create stamp set.

To finish the background i took this sun swirly stencil and used gold acrylic paint, sadly photos don't pick up how shiny it it, but when the light hits it, it adds a subtle bling to the background

Items Used:

Tattered lace A4 shutter die set (very old)

Paperartsy stamps 'JOFY 11' 'JOFY14' 'EKC03'

aall&create stamps #851 'rise&shine #628 'spread a little happiness'

Shell and swirl stencils (?brand?)

Decoart gold paint

Folkart matt paint

Alcohol markers

Brusho powders 'turquoise, ultramarine'

Versafine Clair inks 'medieval blue' 'green oasis''monarch''purple delight'

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

 

Hop over to Creative Creases to see what the talented DT created and to join in with your fancy folds.

When I made this a few weeks ago it was wild, wet & windy so I was thinking of sunnier days, since then my mojo has gone on holiday...hopefully it returns soon as I do have birthdays to make for!  Its been beautiful weather last couple of weeks in Cornwall - windy but that is ideal for drying the washing as long as you add plenty of pegs😁 And hat it definitely needed for my walks but it was beautifully and sunny so you can forgive the wind.  I hope you all have a wonderful month of May. Emma

 

Id love to also enter the following:

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2026/04/ellibelles-garden-party-no-14-anything.html

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https://do-allkreatives.blogspot.com/2026/05/113-blumen-als-blickfang.html

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https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/05/miucb-83-anything-goes-optional-stamp.html - stamped background

 

Alice is 10 - cats & books

Good Morning everyone

My middle niece Alice is 10 this month.  She loves reading and cats so ive combined the two with these fab katzelkraft stamps and made a tri fold card which contains 2 bookmarks to Alice to use

The front of the card.  Its A4 folded 3 times so each section is 4x8.25" .  I stamped the cat images onto white card and coloured with alcohol markers.  I stamped the sentiment and then lightly stenciled on pawprints with cracked pistachio oxide ink, I then die cut into a panel and matted onto rainbow printed cardstock. 

I founded a printed paper in my stash that had a subtle blue pattern, matted onto blue holographic and then the card front.  I tied a double bow from the 2 ribbons ive used on the bookmarks.

I used blue holographic for my mat layer as when the light hits it it is rainbow colours to tie in with the image and every girl loves a bit of sparkle.

Showing the card opened up.  I made the bookmarks the same way as the front topper, this rainbow card is double sided so looks as great on the back of the bookmark as the front.  

I made pockets for the bookmarks using the same paper as the background and adding foam to the sides and bottom, leaving the top unstuck so the bookmark can slide in and out

So that when the bookmarks are removed it still looks good I stamped the cats a 2nd time, coloured in with alcohol markers and cut out, I adhered them to the pockets to line up with the bookmarks.

I doodled a line under the books with fineliner and shaded with grey alcohol marker to 'ground' the books and stop them floating in mid air

and the bookmarks front and back.  This rainbow card came in a pack from Lidl and is nice and stiff so ideal for bookmarks, I haven't laminated them as you know how childrens tastes change yearly but I know Alice will enjoy these bookmarks for as long as they do last.  I added stamped cats and pawprints to the back of the bookmarks for a little interest.  Punched a hole at the top and threaded with ribbons.  

Items Used:

Katzelkraft cat stamp set

Creative craft stamps 'fur babies'

Clearly besotted birthday stamp 'something to say'

DL stitched edge dies

Pawprint stencil

Oxide ink 'cracked pistachio'

Alcohol markers

Rainbow cardstock from Lidl

Blue holographic card 

Thank you all for stopping by.  Emma

Id love to enter the following:

https://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-97.html

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https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-829.html

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https://showusyourpussies.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-114.html

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https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-128-animals.html

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