Spring has sprung

Here are two cards I have created recently:
This card features a special fold. See below - it is quite easy to put together. The mouse was coloured with watercolour pencils in soft pastel colours.
On the card below the bird started out black but it has been embossed with copper embossing powder.
Thank you for looking. Margaret

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