Pyramid Arrow Card for Creative Creases #102

It's time for a new challenge to begin over on the Creative Creases Challenge blog! For my DT card, I wanted to make a special card for my wonderful daughter-in-law since her birthday is this month. I came across Claire Ottaway's excellent video to create a Pyramid Arrow card here: Pyramid Arrow card tutorial @createdtheottaway, and I watched the video and crafted along to make this card. I hope you'll give it a try! If you do, or if you create any other fun fold creations, please join us over at Creative Creases #102 at this link: Creative Creases #102

To create the panels and die cuts for this card, I did a lot of watercoloring ahead of time and let the watercolor papers dry. I used the following colors from Altenew's Watercolor 36 Pan Set: Coral Berry, Fresh Lemon, Warm Sunshine, and Ocean Waves. I had some greens I had watercolored using Altenew's Palette Perfection Watercolor Tube set awhile ago, also. Everything on the card has been watercolored except the card base and the layer of gold cardstock behind the Coral Berry panels. 

I used several fun die sets for this card: Altenew's Craft-A-Flower: Daisy set, Altenew's Zero Waste: Berries and Branches die, Altenew's Essential Sentiment Strips die set, and Altenew's Fine Rings die set. For the centers of the daisies, I added Altenew's Brushed Pyrite Shimmer Relief Paste to the die cut center pieces and then sprinkled on some metallic micro beads. Carissa Wiley used beads in her wax seals, and that gave me the idea to try them with the Shimmer Relief Pastes. It gives some good texture and dimension to the flower centers.

After die all my die cutting and flower assembly, I set to work designing an arrangement I liked for the front of the card. I adhered all the pieces to the front of the card using foam tape and Art Glitter liquid glue and then finished the front of the card with 3 gem sparkles from Altenew's Smoky Quartz Gem Sparkles set. 

For the back of the card, I die cut a circle using Altenew's Fine Rings: Circles set. I stamped the "have a lovely day" sentiment using a stamp from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Casual Bouquets set. Then I added another die cut from the Zero Waste: Berries and Branches set. 

I've recently become an affiliate for Altenew, so if you are interested in ordering something lovely from Altenew and would like to use my link, thank you very much! Here's the link: Carrie's Altenew affiliate page 

I hope you'll join us over at Creative Creases with all your fun-fold projects! 

Challenges I'm entering:

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

Triple B: ATG with birds, blooms, or butterflies (1/3; 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 pastels now that it's springtime, and Coral Berry is my current favorite! (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

{PIN}spirational Challenges: My card features yellow flowers (daisies instead of daffodils, but they are both pretty yellow flowers) and pastel colors like the inspiration photo (ends at the end of the month)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors: I used scissors to miter the edges of the bottom flaps of my card base to help them fit together nicely, and of course I used loads of different papers to create this card. (1/5; ends at the end of the month)

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenges Blog: Birthday and Spring Season are the themes I used for my card from your challenge options (1/5; ends at the end of the month)

Do-Al(l) Creative - CHALLENGE BLOG: Spring birthday (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

The Diva's that cut ....paper!: Flowers (1/4; ends at the end of the month)

Creatalicious Challenges: #287: Spring (2/3; ends 4/14/25)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

Colorful Options: Pastels (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 and beads on my birthday card) (1/6; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Happy birthday (1/5; ends 4/9/25)

little red wagon: Include the color blue (ends 4/9/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: I spy with my little eye: The dawn of spring (3/5; ends 4/13/25)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday: ATG (1/3; ends at the end of the month)

We Love to Create mixed media Challenge Blog...sponsored by Polkadoodles: ATG (1/4; ends 4/24/25)

Gem of A Craft Challenge: ATG (2/4; ends 4/17/25)

Allsorts challenge blog: Spring Flowers (2/5; 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. (1/3; ends 4/17/25)

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

Creative Inspiration Challenges: ATG (1/2; ends at the end of the month)

Krafty Chicks Challenge: Birthday (ends 4/9/25)

Moving Along With The Times: Spring Flowers (1/3; 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)