Dragonfly Birthday Card

 Hi there.  Glad you dropped by again.  Today's card is all about salvaging a really big oops!  I saw a fun fold card design that I really liked and thought I'd give it a try.  First cut I measured wrong, and it all went downhill from then on.  Or did it?!  Actually I love the finished card even though it really isn't the right size at all.  Maybe I need to make one using the correct dimensions.  But it's fun sometimes to see what you can do with those oopsies.  Come on now, you can't tell me you never have any mistakes, right?  This is how I salvaged my mistake, and I love it!

It has the look of a little square card, but it's really 4 1/2" x 4".  That's where I made my first mistake - it should have been cut at 5 1/2" x 11".  I cut it 1" too short at only 4 1/2".  That meant making adjustments to all the other dimensions.  Here are the dimensions I used for this card:

Card Base -  Bumblebee  4 1/2" x 11" 

scored @ 1 3/4",  3 1/2",  5 1/4", and  7"

Bumblebee  3" x 6"

DSP -  1st pattern   (4)  1 1/2" x 4 1/4"

            2nd pattern  (2)  2 3/4" x 2 3/4"

Basic White - inside - 3 3/4" x 4 1/4"  

                     - plus scraps

After scoring the long piece of cardstock, I did an accordian fold.  On the four sides that are 1 3/4" wide, I attached one of the strips of designer series paper.  For this card, I used the Dandy Garden 6" x 6" DSP.  Sorry, it was in last year's catalog so it isn't available anymore.  One of my friends uses this DSP so often, I keep forgetting it isn't current now.

With the DSP on all four panels, you get to see the pretty paper no matter which way you look at the card.  

Next was the 3" x 6" piece of cardstock.  This was scored and folded to make a 3" x 3" piece.  Laying it flat, attach the two 2nd pattern pieces to this with adhesive.  From the pictures, I think you can see how it's attached in the middle of the front.  Then it's attached inside the card on the 4th panel.  When the card is folded flat, there is an even margin all around the 3" x 3" showing on the front (see the first picture).  

The sentiment is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set.  It was stamped onto a Basic White scrap using Night of Navy ink.  It is punched out with the Rectangular Postage Stamp punch.  The dragonfly from Dragonfly Garden stamp set was stamped on white using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I added some color with the Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue and Night of Navy Stampin' Blends.  The dragonfly was also given a brush of shimmer with the Wink of Stella.  It was punched out using the Dragonflies punch.  Both the label and dragonfly were attached to the card front using Dimensionals.

The inner panel is Basic White cardstock and stamped with one of the sentiments in the Dragonfly Garden stamp set.  This time I used Mossy Meadow ink.

Wasn't this a fun card fold idea?  Julie Davison showed this fun fold and I just loved it.  Of course, now I have to go back and actually try making it again using the correct dimensions.  I'm sure I'll love that one too.  But I've got to admit, there's just something special about these smaller cards.  I think they're just too cute.

And just in case you're wondering why I chose blues for the dragonfly body, well let me tell you...  We have a fish pond at our new home and I just love it.  I do spend much time just watching the fish and frogs.  But we also have a large group of dragonflies always flitting about.  And their bodies are almost a neon blue - just gorgeous!  So that my reasoning.  This card is a salute to my very own nature preserve.  It's not too big, but I love spending time communing with nature at it's finest.

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Thank you for coming and hanging out with me for awhile today.  Love to hear from you, so leave me a comment and let me know what you're thinking about.

Happy stamping and have fun creating!

Sharon