Pretty Petals Picket Fence

 

Today I have a set of 4 cards made from a kit by Katy Sue called Pretty Petals Picket Fence.  I don't usually like to make concept cards the way they come, but I liked these.  I did make a minor change when putting them together - which I'll discuss when we look at card #2 below.  For now, here's the first card.

Card #1:

These cards are designed for there to be a scene glued to the inside (see below) and a picket fence that folds in front of it to which you add flowers, bird, and sentiment.  I made this first one pretty much that way.  The flowers were designed to layer as a paper tole style, but I chose not to do so.  Instead, I tried to arrange the extra pieces so the holes in the fence between slats wouldn't show as much.  I thought it could be messy to see through to a partially covered message on the inside of the card.

Here's what this one looks like on the inside:

Card #2:

By the time I got to my second card, I had made a different choice.  I sliced the picture and glued the bottom half to the fence slats.  Not only does this automatically hide the message inside, but makes it less messy when the card is opened and you see the back side of the card front.

Inside:

Card #3:

As I started working on this one and decided to perch the bird down on the flowers, I felt the scene behind the picket fence needed a focal point.  I pulled out my Stampscapes stamps to see what I could find to help.

Inside:

You can see the results here - a man walking his dog!

Card #4:

As you can see, I decided to add a flower to the sentiment "sign" on this one.

Inside:

And again, I chose to add a stamped image (again using my stampscapes stamps) - this time adding a couple strolling through the park.

Not only did I enjoy making the cards from this kit, but the idea could be adapted to use some of my Hunkydory Little Book pages!