21st Birthday Card with Bunting Tags!

I wanted to create a really special card for my sister for her 21st Birthday, so I came up with this one. It's not just a card, it's also a mini-book and birthday decorations all rolled into one!

(Scroll down for a slideshow with close-ups of each page.)

The front of the card looks simple enough:

But the photo comes off to reveal writing on the back of it, and a 'Happy Birthday' message behind (photo of this in the slideshow below). 

And then the card folds out to form an accordion book:

I made the base of the book following the same principles as the credit-card sized mini I made here, but I cut the rectangles a lot larger - 6x12" - before folding them, corner-rounding them, and sticking them together.

Each of the tags sits in a little pocket which I made by sticking ultra-strong double-sided tape to three sides of a piece of paper, before adhering it to the card:

So that each tag can be taken out of its pocket, one at a time or all together, to read the writing on the back:

And then they can be used as bunting for a birthday decoration:

After the celebrations, they can all be tucked back into the card, to be kept and perused like a mini-book.

Here's a slideshow, with close-ups of each page, and a picture of the envelope I made for it too:

I used mainly Crate Paper supplies, from a mix of collections. Punching lots of butterflies (using the Martha Stewart Classic Butterfly punch), and using little bits of border stickers, meant I was able to use up lots of scraps. It's cleared some space for me to order in the new Crate Paper Little Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue collections - yay!

See you again soon! x

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