Happy birthday

Today is Bret's birthday and I always want to try a new fold for his card so of course when I saw Sam’s tutorial at Mixed Up Craft for book cradle card of course had to tried it. She has two tutorials one for 6x6 and one for 5x7 with acetate. I made mine 5.5 x 6 because didn’t have to worry about mailing but if you make the cradle a bit smaller as well as the main piece then it would fit in a regular A2 or A6 envelope but I wanted to use these die cuts left over from his father's day card so this size worked best. I made one side acetate the other cardstock.

For the first time he's getting the same theme for both cards LOL As I mention on the other card, I started by using a piece of Bristol smooth surface 100 lb. and songbirds on branches coordinating hot foil plate by Pinkfresh Studio then using the layered stencils and blending brushes colored the images with Tim Holtz distress oxide inks. Bird 1: specked egg, fossilized amber, wild honey; Bird 2: ripe persimmon, tea dye, wild honey; Leaves: bundles sage, crushed olive; Flowers: wilted violet, dusty concord. Used the coordinating cut die to cut the image plus 4 more layers in everything but the orange bird die cut. For the message used Glimmer hot foil plate everyday sentiments II by Spellbinders die cut with Cindy Echtinaw Designs Card Creator Perfect Layers B. The card base was done with Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 120 lb. Cover Smooth white cardstock  on the inside I used broken china all over then again with DIY cloud template. For the center piece, I sponged with mowed lawn and rustic wilderness.

For the back because I don’t like the personal message to show on this type of cards so added a folded note card and used tiny magnets to keep it closed and decided to decorate the back with some of the same die cuts.