Fit for a Princess

Here's the card I created for dd to celebrate her birthday back in October. Of course it had to be a princess card, and I chose to do Ariel because she is one of dd's favorites.

Decided to do another free standing pop up card, but this time with a twist. The twist is that the slider which pops up on this card is a tri-fold which opens up like a panorama. Saw a couple samples of this on the gallery at Splitcoast Stampers and thought it looked so neat and so of course I wanted to try one too. Dawn Griffith has a great video tutorial for the basic card on her video blog. The pattern for the tri-fold version is the same as the original except the slider is cut three times as wide and scored and folded. I also had to cut the opening to about 1/4 inch wide to accomodate the extra thickness of the trifold slider.

I like that this wider format allowed me the extra space to include all the characters: Ariel, her pals Flounder & Sebastian, and even a birthday cake, as well as enough room to add a sweet birthday sentiment.

The only problem with this card is that it's a little tricky to open, even for an experienced daughter of a crazy cardmaking mom. Fearing the card might get torn while dd struggled to open it, I sent along "opening your card instructions" (LOL, kinda like assembly instructions...). But once you've figured out how to open it up, I love the way this card stands on it's own like a little display. Thought it'd be a cute thing for dd to have on her desk to glance over at whilst studying for a quick reminder that she's being thought of!
All the character cuts on this card are from the Dreams Come True cartridge. "Happy Birthday" at the top is from Beyond Birthdays and "Princess" from Stone Script. Base cardstock is from Basic Grey and I used a lot of DCWV glitter cardstock to do the character cuts. Also used lots of Stickles and prisma glitter for that girly look and added rhinestone accents that I got from Photocraft Hawaii for even more sparkle.