Oh well, perhaps the end result is worth the effort to the recipient, assuming it survives the mailing….
Here is a step by step of it’s assembly and how it looks in various views.
Wings on the clip, top view,side view and with clip arms straight out:
This ornament/"small flat gift" took six nights of stitching, from start to finish. The card, which is the main focus of the swap, will likely take me only half a day if it goes teh way I have in my head! Somehow, I think I overthought this whole swap thing!