Easel Fold Congratulations

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog. 

Hope your day is going well and the March weather is good in your area. We have had sunshine for 4 days in a row. I mention it because that's unusual for the Pittsburgh area in the wintertime. It's still cold here but when the sun is shining it makes the cold bearable. 

We are still enjoying last summer's harvest from my hubby's gardens. I stuffed and froze lots of banana peppers. Pulled some of them out and roasted them along with some of my homemade marinara sauce. Then last night I made a homemade pizza with the marinara sauce. I buy dough from Trader Joe's and roll it out to make the crust. It turned out so good. 

Now onto my card for today. This one I made for the color challenge #936 on Splitcoaststampers. I was the hostess, and I chose blackberry bliss, bumblebee and mossy meadow for the color trio. Optional was to add flowers.  

blackberry bliss, bumblebee, mossy meadow

I decided to go with a fun fold design for my card. It's an easel card and there is a tutorial on SCS if you need the how to - click here. I made mine a bit larger than an A2 size card. I started with blackberry bliss cardstock measuring 4 1/2" x 11 1/2". I scored at 5 3/4" and then get the center point of the 5 3/4" part and score. Then the directions are the same from this point. 

For my background I used a card base from the Sweet Sunflowers Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin' Up. I cut it apart and then layered with bumblee and blackberry bliss cardstock.

The inside of the card I layered with bumblee designer paper from the Stampin' Up "simply marbleous" collection.

My butterfly is cut in blackberry bliss cardstock and designer paper from the Stampin' Up "oh so ombre" collection. I used the same paper for the congratulations phrase. I was able to get a different gradient by using different sections of the designer paper.

Well, that's it for me for this post. So, until next time........God bless. 

card details:

Paper: blackberry bliss, bumblebee, simply marbleous dsp, oh so ombre dsp (Stampin' Up)

Paper Size: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Accessories: sweet sunflowers Paper Pumpkin Kit, bumblebee enamel dots (Stampin' Up) lisbeth butterfly, congratulations w.shadow die (CottageCutz)

Techniques: easel card

I am also entering:

1.  Shopping Our Stash challenge is flowers, flowers everywhere.  

2.  Triple B (new challenge) is all about birds, blooms and butterflies.

3.  Creative Creases Challenge #52 is anything goes with a fun fold. 

4.  Beautiful Blossoms has a say it with flowers challenge. Mood board is optional. 

5.  Love to Craft has an anything goes challenge.