3D Umbrella Congrats Card

I was thrilled when Adam's brother invited me to his medical school graduation back in May of last year. My own brother is graduating from med school this year, and I have seen how difficult the training can be, so I was proud of Adam's brother and honored to attend his graduation.

I made him a congrats card with another Impress rubber stamp that I really like - the umbrella/parasol stamp. The card's slightly plain appearance obscures the fact that it was very time-consuming to make! I had to stamp the image, cut it out, and then make teeny-tiny itty-bitty accordian folds to give it a three-dimensional effect:

I was trying the technique used by Impress, below:

I think next time, I will make the card more layered like the Impress one above so that it's not as plain.