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If like me you have many friends and family who have birthdays in December that get swamped by Christmas. I decided to show you a Happy 40th Birthday fancy fold card I made for a friend whose birthday is between Christmas and New Year. I chose to use the Pansy Patch stamp set, Pansy Dies and matching Pansy Petals DSP.

Photo of finished Happy Birthday Fancy Fold Card

How to make the Happy 40th Birthday Fancy Fold Card

I started off by making cutting a A4 piece of Soft Succulent card stock in half along the short side. I then scored it at 7.4cm and 14.8cm.

Next I cut a 8.5cm x 28cm piece of Soft Succulent card stock. This piece I scored at 10cm and 17.5cm.

I then cut two pieces of DSP, one 7cm x 10cm and the other 9.5cm x 8cm.

Next I cut three pieces of Basic White card stock. One piece 7cm x 8cm, one piece 10cm x 8cm and one piece 14.3cm x 10cm.

I then stuck the Basic White card stock and DSP onto the Soft Succulent card bases. Next I stuck the two card bases together to make a double Z fold card.

On the 10cm x 8cm piece of Basic White card stock I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment using Soft Succulent ink.

How to make the front panel of the Happy 40th Birthday Fancy Fold Card

Photo of Front Panelof Happy Birthday Fancy Fold Card

I then cut a 11.5cm x 7cm piece of Soft Succulent card stock and a 10cm x 6.5cm piece of Basic White card stock for the front panel. Next I used Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen card stock to die cut the leaves and the stem of the pansy bud. I used Pale Papaya, Calypso Coral and Very Vanilla card stock to die cut out the parts of the pansy.

I used the So Saffron Light Blend to add stripes on the Very Vanilla die cut piece and sponged Calypso Coral ink over the Pale Papaya die cut petals.

Next I stuck all the pieces together and added them to the front panel. I added the large pansy to the front panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Finally I die cut the number 40 out of Silver Foil 12×12 speciality paper and added some Rhinestone Basic Jewels to finish off the card.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my Happy 40th Birthday Fancy Fold Card, Why not go away and have a go at making one yourself. I would love to see what you have made.

Until next time, keep stampin n crafting,

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