Musubi Window Card

I  think I saw this idea on Shirl's blog site and loved how she used the thin Sizzix dies to cut a window in a gate fold card.  I used a shape from a Sizzix thin die set of tags (see photo).  The borders around the opening were cut from the same great set.  Using the Dandelion Designs musubi stamp set I printed the words and images.  I punched out the words and cut out the musubis that I colored with Copic pens.  The circle with words was attached to one side of the card and placed so that it would slip under the bottom musubi .  The musubi were all attached with pop dots to a watercolored background.  (The second sample card has Japanese print paper from the Celebrations store.) The top musubi was attached so that it would hold the top of the gate closed. The ant image is from a very old wood handle stamp (the ant was carrying a slice of watermelon) in my stash, but I'm sure you can find another one or perhaps a mouse will do.  Anyway, I thought that this card would make a humorous birthday card, a little different from the usual flowery kind.  I hope you enjoyed your stop here and please visit this blog site again.