Mostly Monochromatic Label Charm Birthday card

Hello crafters, I really love the look of monochromatic cards, well this one is mostly monochromatic, I added the green leaves to break up a bit of the orange and yellow, and I really love how this turned out.

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Believe it or not the colours I chose for this card came from this patterned paper, then I went through my stash of oranges and yellows that I thought would work.

I only had 2 pieces of the paper that I liked so I found a coordinating piece for paper…..and I didn’t have enough of any one colour to make the card base so I made a creative choice to make the front of the card and the back of the card in 2 different shades. I cut the card base and the panels as shown below.

I wanted the patterned paper to have matts behind them, but I didn’t have any cardstock big enough so I cut strips to glue to the backs of the patterned paper to give the impression that they have another layer behind then. Then I added them to the card base panels.

And in true fashion I made a mistake. I die cut what was supposed to be the card front with the mechanism die from the Label Charm Pop up BUT I die cut it onto the piece that is going to be the inside back piece. So I changed plans and die cut the same die on to the other pannel. Make sure they line up perfectly.

Then immediately I noticed another problem, I’m not sure how I did it but I some how ripped the bottom of the mechanism. I took of the paper centers and cut a small piece of cardstock to reinforce the part that I ripped from behind.

I attached the 2 pieces of the cardbase together and this is what it looks like so far.

The frames around the labels are from the Rectangles and Labels Crosshatch. I added shading to the bottom right of the frames and the labels using alcohol markers, and highlights to the top left using a white Gelly Roll pen.

Karen has a video tutorial on the product page at the link for the Label Charm Pop Up, but this is what I did because I had to change how to attach as I cut into the back. I cut the label with the tab with the piece to cut out the middle as shown and attached to the left side of label in the mechanism. I was able to tuck the tab in between the cardstock and the pattern paper. Using just the tab piece of the same die I just cut out a piece as shown and glued to to the back of the left side of the mechanism label that is on the right side of the card. Using that tab I then attached the right side of the frame label to complete the row of labels.

I cut out several flowers and leaves ( I will list the sets at the bottom.) I added shading and details with alcohol markers and a white Jelly Roll pen.

I started by adding the Happy Birthday and a few flowers to the front, making sure they don’t hinder the mechanism. I did add to the inside, then added the flowers to the left side of the front.

For the inside I added a large leaf across the space in the label to add as a support. Then I added more leaves and flowers. I continued by adding flowers and leaves to the bottom left and the top right.