I wanted to make a special card for a friend of mine. She does so much for our homeschool community in general, as well as some other things specific to my family. I don't really know how she has time for it all...we joke that she has 36 hours in her days! But a card in a box definitely qualifies as special, and I modified it a bit to allow for two people to write a message on the back. Typically when making a card in a box, the back panel is where the message would go. I added a flap over that so that it actually opens like a card, and then both I and another friend were each able to have a panel's worth of space for writing our message of thanks.
I used the retired Gingham Garden Designer Series Paper for the flaps of the box. You know a card is special when I give up any of my gingham or plaid DSP! But it suits this card so well, and really was perfect for it. I used my Flower Fair Framelits to cut out the various flowers, then whipped out my Fringe Scissors to cut some grass for the flowers to peek out of. I love how it turned out!
Oh, and since I went a little crazy with the flowers, they ended up sticking out of the sides when the card was folded up. Did I worry about it fitting in to an envelope? Of course not! I got out my envelope punch board and made a custom envelope to fit this card.
Stamps: Flower Patch
Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Cantaloupe Crisp, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry
Paper: Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, and Whisper White card stock, (retired) Gingham Garden DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Flower Fair Framelits, Paper Snips, Fringe Scissors, Sticky Strip, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Stampin' Dimensionals, hot glue gun, hot glue, and Blendabilities markers
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