Butterfly Opulence Lattice Fold

Hi Crafty Friends,

Thanks for dropping by my blog today, I have a fun lattice fold card to share with you all.

This card uses the Opulence Lattice Folding die from Crafter's Companion. My card is inspired by a card I recently saw created by Astrid Ewing.

This card is fairly large being just under 7 inches tall and measures 7 3/4 inches when folded or 11 3/4 inches when fully extended. 

I had originally planned on using a different patterned paper, but my card ended up being higher than I expected and the 6 inch square paper didn't fit, so as I already had the base of my card done I had to search for a paper that suited the colored base.

I added a birthday sentiment using one of the sentiments included in MFT Stamps Inside & Outside Birthday Greetings stamp set. I finished the card, by adding three butterflies using Spellbinders Delicate Butterflies die set.

I adhered some holographic cardstock behind the lattice panels for some added interest.

I added a panel to the back of my card for a place to add a birthday sentiment from the same sentiment set I used on the front. I also added a couple of flower images which I cut from the leftover pattern paper.

Lattice Sunflowers

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a floral 5 inch x 7 inch card that I created recently.

As you can see by the photo above, I have included a Lattice Fold along the left side of the card. It's been many years since I have created this style of card which used to involve a lot of measuring and intricate cutting. For my card today I used one of the lattice dies included in Made to Surprise by Sam Calcott's Creative Cuts Collection. The die used for this card is the Double Arrows Lattice die included in the Wide and Double Arrows Die Set.

I used Pinkfresh Studio's Slim Diagonal Stitched Plaid die to add some texture to all the white panels on my card.

To decorate, I used the Pinkfresh Studio's Sunflowers Washi Tape with coordinating dies for all the flowers.

I added a gold foiled sentiment using Waffle Flower Crafts' Hey There Hot Foil Plate with Coordinating dies. I used Pinkfresh Studio's Solid Foil Plate to hot foil the reverse image of the sentiment.

To finish off my card I added three gold metallic pearls.

For the inside of the card, I added two more of the white/green layered rectangle panels which both have been cut using the Pinkfresh Studio's Slim Diagonal Stitched Plaid die.

I decorated both panels with more of the sunflower images using the Sunflower Washi Tape.

On the left panel I added ovals which is a place to add a handwritten greeting.

On the right panel I added the "hello" sentiment using Waffle Flower Crafts' Oversized Hello Hot Foil Plate with coordinating die.