Concertina box card

This time last week I was at my local stamp group making this card/box kindly demo'ed by Paul of the Artsiders who also showed us how to make the pretty scrunched flowers.
As usual I hadn't the foggiest idea what I was going to do as I set out that morning so took a few general stamps and threw in my bag of lace and button box bits.

The papers came free with a magazine I bought last month.  Don't usually buy mags as I subscribe to Craft Stamper and Somerset Studio and they keep me busy but I quite liked the look of the free papers and there was a set of clear stamps as well.  I used the papers on the cover and to make my flower.

I also used them on the inside, together with a TH die cut (had to cut the stand off as it wouldn't fit), some lace and a few bits of habadashery (love that word) plus a Crafty Individual stamp. I love the stamp and as these ladies seem to me to be wearing their best summer clothes and the colours I have used are so pretty and summery I am entering it in the CI April challenge - Here comes summer.  Not a conventional summer theme I know but then you need (lots of) new clothes for summer, especially as this one is going to be a scorcher - I promise.