I am about to become an Auntie twice!!! My sister is having a girl and my brother a boy!! How lucky are we? I wanted to try something a little different for my sisters card. Baby girl was not here when I made the card and the name is a closely guarded secret so not quite as personalised as I would have liked. But it was the summer holidays and we were about to go away and so I needed to be prepared
My inspiration for this card came from a Karen Burniston Card that I found on Pintrest. I love how the 3 panels float across the card base
I have looked at so many spinning cards but the mechanisms always make me feel like I need a degree in engineering. So I have simplified it with no speciality dies needed for the mechanism
A fun card for you all today, my nephews would certainly love this type of card base. With hindsight I think in the future I would use a lower weight of card. I used a 320gsm but think that a lower weight would create less bulk with the fold out and a smoother mechanism
I really love how this turned out and it gave me enough room to totally fill with images. As you can see this is for my Mum who is a total whizz with a sewing machine
I really am loving these diamond hammock cards so have created a triple one to go with the selection
This fabulous card was born from a hospital trip with my son!!! I have seen this design on pinterest a number of times but it is always just one mechanism and is usually something like a vase of flowers. Anyone that has ever had a teenage boy knows that conversation can be minimal especially when they are being forced to do something that removes them from tings that they enjoy, such as a hospital trip! When I finally resigned myself to the fact that I would be getting no more conversation I started to look around and saw a huge floor to ceiling fish tank but did not really pay it much attention. I finally got my phone out and started to scroll on pintrest and saw the vase card again and had a light bulb moment! I have make a double mechanism and make a fish tank!!!
And so my fish tank card was born
