Mum's 90th birthday card

At last I've made the card for mum's birthday - it's on Tuesday, so it's at least a day ahead! Why is it that 'special' cards for family take so long to even decide upon, let alone actually making? Anyway, it's done now.

I wanted to make a card that would tone with the scrapbook I'm giving her (it's here if you'd like to have a peep), so I used Anna Griffin papers and 3D flowers, some ribbons with gems from Hobbycraft and silver letters and numerals. The stepper card is a Kanban one (took me a while to figure out how to fold it - I'm not totally happy with it as the steps don't sit down enough on the base - there is a double fold at the back, but whatever I do with it doesn't seem to make much difference. However, from the front the card still looks fine.

This photo was taken almost looking down on the card:

Close up of the top:
Close up of the bottom:

Side view:

Update: I left the card in an envelope overnight and took it out to take a photo outside - the good news is that the folds are now sitting correctly on the base of the card - so much better.

I'm linking for these challenges:

Top tip Tuesday 61: more than 1 fold

Sugar creek hollow: fancy folds

Little Claire 15: shaped cards

Crafty purple frog 29: for someone special

CES 63: special milestone birthdays

Cutie Sunday 154: birthday

Take time for you 54: events: birthday

Fab n funky 100: happy birthday

Totally gorjuss 108: sparkle

Dream valley 21: sparkle