Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Birthday Butterfly Card In a Box

Here is my post at the Classy Cards 'n Such blog today.....
I hope you will join us this week in our challenge!!

Hello Classy Friends, Diane here with you today.
This week our Classy Cards 'n Such challenge is "Happy Birthday"
What could be any easier then that...I hope you will join "us"!!


For my card today, I wanted to step out of the "normal "A2 card "zone"
and create something a bit different.
I am sure you all have seen the "Card In A Box" cards that have been popping up all over.
I love the look of these cards and after receiving my new Papermania Bellisima papers, 
I knew I wanted to do one of these cards!!
The papers are very soft, pastel colors.....so pretty!!


Other then the base card stock, 
all my panels and butterflies were cut from the Bellisima papers.

(back of card to sign)

The dies used for the front panels of the card are Memory Box "Precious Butterflies".
The butterflies "flying" out of the box are Joy Crafts "Butterfly Trio"

For a bit of "bling", I added a few Lavender Pearls to some of the butterflies.
 

If you are wondering how I got my butterflies to "float"....
I cut a few acrylic strips from the packaging some of our products come in
and you would normally throw away...


One of the unique things about this card, is it folds flat for mailing!

A few other products used in the making of my card are:

I hope you have enjoyed today's post ....
 we would love to see "YOUR" entry for our challenge!!!

Entering in the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations ....Anything Goes with a twist Things With Wings
and
Crafting From The Heart .... Anything Goes
and
Craftin Desert Diva's .... Fun Folds
and
All Sorts .... Happy Birthday
and
Butterfly Challenge .... Bingo using DS paper, butterflies and die cuts

17 comments:

Darlene said...

This card-in-a-box is just fabulous with all the butterflies! Looks like when you opened the box they all came popping out ... and, of course love the color too! AWESOME job my friend ... thanks for inspiration! I really need to get busy on some crafting projects! Thanks for the push!

Ros Crawford said...

This is absolutely stunning!!! I love the butterflies and the pretty papers ... This must be one of my very favourites!!

Leslie Miller said...

WOW!!!! How perfect to have the butterflies come floating up out of it when opened. Gorgeous, awesome card! Still want to make one of these. Oh, how I want to retire. Counting down the months -- 17 of them!

Selma said...

Wow, this is gorgeous. Love the butterflies and the design paper.

Jenny Alia said...

Beautiful! Haven't tried one of these yet, thanks for the inspiration!

Lisa said...

Wow, wow, wow, this is the most gorgeous box card I've seen!! The butterflies are amazing!! The papers are beautiful!! I just adore this - it's spectacular my friend!! Have a great day :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Mervi said...

Wow this is gorgeous with all the pretty butterflies.
Thank you for sharing at Allsorts' Birthday Party;-))m

Got2BCrafting said...

This is absolutely GORGEOUS!! The butterflies are fabulous and the lavender color is just beautiful. I love this box card!!

Thanks for joining us at the Craftin Desert Diva's Linky Party. :)
DT Lori

Sarah said...

This is so beautiful Diane! Thank you for joining us at Allsorts for our 5th Birthday challenge x

Migdalia said...

WOW!! Stunning & Beautiful!!
Thank you so much for joining us at Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party.
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia
*Crafting With Creative M*

Shelly said...

So beautiful!!

Thank you for sharing with us at Craftin Desert Divas!
Have a great evening!!!
Shelly

Mrs A. said...

I have seen quite a few of these pop up cards but this one has to be one of the prettiest . I love the butterflies fluttering from the box and those papers are really fab. Thank you for stopping by and playing in my bingo theme.. Hugs Mrs A. (Butterfly challenge).

Joan Fricker said...

Diane, this is prettiest pop-up box I have seen. Love the colors and the paper. Absolutely gorgeous.
Joan

Shirley said...

Wow! What a totally beautiful pop-up box card! Your shades of lavender are out of sight and the butterflies the perfect pop-ups too! I really like that DP!

jem (jane elizabeth middleton) said...

I love your creation , I'm into making these box cards , yours is so pretty , love the lilacs and butterflies , my Mum would adore this. janex

jem (jane elizabeth middleton) said...

I love your creation , I'm into making these box cards , yours is so pretty , love the lilacs and butterflies , my Mum would adore this. janex

scrappymo! said...

Oh my goodness...this is so stunning!
I love the pretty design and the pretty colours!