Made by *B*

This card took me all day to finish-not because it was particularly fancy, but because I had to keep stealing moments here and there to get it done!

Today’s challenge was to use pleats on a card. I scalloped the edge of a 2×12″ Bella Rose piece of dsp using the scallop edge punch. I then accordion folded it and fanned it out to create the valance. I used a circle cut out on the back with glue dots to get the piece to stay in position, and added a small punched out blossom using the Boho Blossom punch to hide the center.

The birds from “Bird on a Branch” are stamped first in Rose Red craft ink and clear embossed, and then I added the branches underneath. Rather than cut the image I layered it onto black cs, and then added the window panes with black strips. If you look closely the birds are in a light snow stamped in Baja Breeze-which is what we had today (no sticking, just snow swirling).

I added a touch of black in the background just to match the black in the window pane, and added a jumbo brad with a little retired organdy ribbon tied through it.

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