Dahlia Fun Fold for Mother's Day

I recently attended a class led by the talented Liz Ortiz in which we created a fun fold envelope-style pop up card. That's a mouthful! It features several layers separated by cardstock springs to add dimension when the card is open but to fold flat for mailing. Of course my card doesn't really fold flat because of all the flowers and foliage I added, but I'm going to hand deliver this to my mom for Mother's Day.

To decorate the card base, I added some ink blending with Altenew's Mahogony Bark Fresh Dye Ink to the liners for the 2 back panels and embossed the front layer with Altenew's Cupped Blossoms 3D embossing folder. 

I used Altenew's Craft-A-Flower: Dahlia April Heater die set and die cut all the pieces using a variety of cardstocks that I watercolored (for the light pink petals of the flowers, the yellow centers, and the leaves) or ink blended (I used Mahogony Fresh Dye Ink on the darker layer of the flowers) to follow the colors of the monthly Inspiration Challenge over on the Altenew blog. The watercolors were from Altenew's Palette Perfection Artists' Watercolor Tubes set. I put the flowers in my splatter box and splattered them with Altenew's Titanium White gouache thinned with a little water. After adding my flowers and green leaves to the layers of the card base, I used Altenew's Zero Waste: Berries and Branches die to die cut foliage pieces to tuck in around my flowers and leaves. You can't really see the envelope shape of the card in the photos with all the flowers and foliage, but you can take a look at the side view photo for a better perspective of the card shape.  I may have gone a little overboard on decorating this card, but it's for my mom, and she deserves a card where I pulled out all the stops! I'm so blessed to have an amazing mom who has always been a help and support as well as a prayer warrior for our family. 

The tags on the card were die cut using Altenew's Terrific Tags die set. For the one on the front, I used Altenew's Fine Liner Pen Set to write "Mom," and then I stamped "Happy Mother's Day" using an old Close to My Heart Stamp from my stash onto the watercolored cardstock. I trimmed a piece of burgundy cardstock and embossed it with the same Cupped Blossoms 3D embossing folder I used on the front panel and adhered it to the back and then popped up the tag with the sentiment on it using foam tape. I added a little die cut from the Zero Waste: Berries and Branches set to finish the back. 

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Side views:

Here's a view of some of the "springs":

View of the back:

Challenges I'm entering:  

Creative Creases #102: Always ATG with a fun fold: Adding my card for fun as I'm on the DT for the challenge 

April 2025 Inspiration Challenge | Pretty in Pink Blooms!: 

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of splash of color (1/8; ends at the end of the month) Top Rocker April 6-12, 2025

A Place To Start: ATG with option of red, black, and white (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Thing 1: at least: 3 colors of the rainbow, 2 die cuts, 1 scene (2/4; ends 4/13/25)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Tag it (1/5; ends 4/14/25)

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: Embossing and/or Flowers (I have both) + a sentiment (2/5; ends at the end of the month)

A Cut Above: ATG with die cuts (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Triple B: ATG with birds, blooms, or butterflies (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

fourseasons: ATG with spring theme (ends at the end of the month)

The Crafting Challenge: My favorite color: I'm loving pinks now that it's springtime (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

{PIN}spirational Challenges: My card features pink and green colors like the photo contains as well as florals like in the photo

Inspiration Station: My card is a Mother's day card, and I think this photo looks like a mom and daughter sharing a hug like I hope to do with my mom on Mother's Day when I give her this card😊 (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

Creations in Pink Challenge: ATG in mainly pink (ends 4/12/25)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors: I used scissors to trim the layers of the envelope card base after drawing the cut lines on them, and of course I used loads of different papers to create this card. (2/5; ends at the end of the month)

The Diva's that cut ....paper!: Flowers (2/4; ends at the end of the month)

Creatalicious Challenges: #287: Spring (3/3; ends 4/14/25)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: ATG (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Classic Design Challenge Blog: ATG (ends 4/12/25)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (ends 4/9/25)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of things beginning with "B" (I have blooms, berries, and branches on my card) (2/6; ends at the end of the month)

Ellibelle's Corner: I spy with my little eye: The dawn of spring (4/5; ends 4/13/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday: ATG (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: ATG (2/4; ends 4/24/25)

Gem of A Craft Challenge: ATG (3/4; ends 4/17/25)

Allsorts challenge blog: Spring Flowers (3/5; ends 4/11/25)

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite: Cute of Floral and why? I gravitate toward floral cards because I love the beauty of flowers and have quite a few sets of floral layering stencils and floral layering dies (especially from Altenew) that I love using. (2/3; ends 4/17/25)

Craft Rocket Challenges: Layer it Up (unlimited; ends 4/28/25)

Creative Inspiration Challenges: ATG (2/2; ends at the end of the month)

Moving Along With The Times: Spring Flowers (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

https://heartsquestshapedcardsandtags.blogspot.com/2025/04/hqfscat-4-theme-of-anything-goes-on.html?m=1: ATG with shaped card or tag (ends at the end of the month) 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends 4/19/25) Top 5 Pick 4/20/25