An Owly Birthday

 I made this card when I totally failed to find the fun fold I had been planning to use - either I didn't save it, or I just didn't look hard enough.  The video by Srushti Patil calls it a Magic Envelope Card. It's a combination of a waterfall card and I'm not even sure what the other fold is called, though I have seen it incorporated in cards before. After making the card, the theme dictated that my second Oswald Owl cushion flew out now with the card, rather than waiting for Christmas. The first Oswald is here.  I have one left to knit for Christmas, and then one for myself and I will have got great value from the purchased pattern. 

Waterfall panels

It was a good way of using up some long-hoarded paper. With more time and energy I would have put a little more effort into the magic folding panel, but settled for the contrast between the owls in the wood on the front and the toadstools and animals, which are glossy, on the inside. Being wider than 6", none of the plainer designs in the pack were wide enough to decorate the front of the envelope. There were quite a few decorative borders too, also not wide enough but at least I was able to use the little squirrel on the front, mounting on card to make it stiff enough to act as a closure.