Gerbera Daisy Accordion Birthday Card

It's Throwback Thursday here on my blog, and I have an older Accordion card to share today. I made this for a friend's birthday last year.  I used an older Karen Burniston Sizzix Accordion die for this one, and lots of 3-d stickers. Ha - I also took lots of pictures!

I was free to use lots of embellishments on the card, as I was hand delivering it.

Supplies:
Accordion Flip - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Frame and Bracket Label Die - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Textured Impressions Embossing Folder - Trellis & Swirls (Sizzix)
Labels and Stitched Frames - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
3-d Stickers - K & Company
Patterned paper - Colorbok
Birthday verse - Just Rite
Happy Birthday stamp - The Stamps of Life

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Felt Flower Accordion Card

Good morning friends!  Today's share is a simple Accordion card, decorated with felt embellishments.

Below is a photo of the card front ...

 

Here is a photo of the back ...

... and here is the accordion card opened ...

Finally, I added patterned paper to the back of the bracket shapes to finish it off.

(Remember you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)

Supplies used:
Patterned Paper - Colorbok
Felt Embellishments - Pebbles
Hello stamp - Stampendous
Accordian Flip die - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Frame and Bracket Label die - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Label Framelit set - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)

Halloween Accordian Flip Card

Good morning friends!

Now I'm glad that I had yesterday's post scheduled, as I had NO INTERNET from Monday evening until late Wednesday afternoon. No Internet. Seriously - I was having withdrawal. Even the house phone is tied to the internet. No emails and no Pinterest. AACK - it's a wonder I could even sleep at night. I guess I'm one of those people they talk about on the news when they mention Internet addicts.

I have an Accordion Flip card to share today, using Karen Burniston's dies. I actually made this for Sue's 'October First' mailing, but didn't want to post it until today.  (For those of you who don't know, Sue lives in a city a few hours away from me and we pop something into the mail to each other the first of each month).

The photo below shows the front of the card ... oh, I had SO much fun making this.

 

I am really enjoying these Accordian Flip cards, and hope to make a couple more of them in the next week or so.

Supplies used:
Accordian Flip Album Die - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Frame and Bracket Die - Karen Burniston (Sizzix)
Spellbinders Label Die
3-d Pumpkin Sticker - K&Co
Happy Halloween  - Michaels
Bat and spider stickers - from my stash
Patterned Glitter paper - Recollections

(Remember you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.)

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"Let It Snow" Accordian Flip Card

Good morning friends!

For those of you who don't know, my friend Sue lives in a town a few hours away from me. On the first of each month we pop something in the mail to each other. This month I knew I was going to be really busy about that time, so I made - and sent - her November First early.  I'm going to post it early too!

I have been wanting to play more with Karen Burniston's Accordian Flip Album die, so of course I pulled it out for Sue's card.  This is one of those cards that practically made itself. I knew I wanted to do something with a winter theme; I looked at those cute felt mittens and next thing I knew I was done!

I also used Karen B's Bracket Frame and Label die, which makes decorating the Accordion Flip Album a breeze. Nothing like having the sizing all worked out for you.  :-)  Not that I'm lazy, but math and I just do not get along.

Below is the card closed, with the front showing.

I used PTI's snowman hat die and coordinating face on a punched circle for the snowman embellishment. He turned out even cuter than I pictured in my head!

This is the card closed with the back showing...

The Accordian Flip Album pieces (two of them) were cut from pale blue textured card stock, while the Bracket Frame and Label's were cut from patterned papers. (Don't know WHAT happened to the shade of blue on the photo above - it looks completely desaturated! It is the same paper as on the other photos, and really does match perfectly.)

When I say 'Let it Snow', I just mean it in the spirit of the upcoming season - I do NOT mean it literally, ha ha.

Supplies used:
Karen Burniston's Frame and Bracket Label die (Sizzix)
Karen Burniston's Accordian Flip Album die (Sizzix)
Patterned paper - K & CO for the red and blue, from my stash for the blue snowflakes
Bakers Twine
Sparkly Snowflakes - Hobby Lobby
Border Stickers - K & Co
Snowman Hat die and Face stamp - Papertrey Ink
Word stamp - unknown
Felt Mittens and Circle punch - Stampin' Up
Snowflake Punch

(Remember that you can always see my Sizzix Flip-it, Pop N Cut and Accordion Flip cards by looking on the right side of my blog under LABELS then scrolling down to the 'S' section.) 

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Friendship Accordian Flip Card

Today's share is a '4 Panel Accordian Flip Card'. This is the one I sent to my friend Sue for our August First mailing.  She has had a rather hectic summer, so I wanted to send her something FUN that she hadn't seen before.  It's one thing to see these online, but a whole different experience when you hold one in your hands.  I used coordinating papers to decorate an envelope as well.

Once again I used a bunch of things from The Stash.  Here is the card opened:

The words 'my friend' on the front are from The Stamps Of Life, in the messages4friends set. I wasn't going to add anything to the back sides but it looked really plain. So I cut a few coordinating brackets and attached them. I like the way it finishes it off.

What I learned when I made this card, is the more embellishments you add to the front the more it costs in postage.  This one had to go as a parcel!!!  It was worth it though - I loved making it for her, and I know she enjoyed opening it.

(Remember you can always see my other Sizzix Accordian Flip cards by looking under LABELS on the right then scrolling down to 'S')

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Birthday Accordian Flip Card

Today's share is a 'Three Panel Accordian Flip Card', made using Karen Burniston's fun die and her Bracket & Frame die.  I didn't have the 2nd die for the first couple of Accordian Flip cards I made, but it really does make cutting the decorative panels easier and I'm glad I was able to add it to my die collection.  Here is the card closed ...

I used bright and cheerful paper from my stash and a bunch of different dies & punches. The patterned paper is embossed and sparkly too!  The smallest butterfly on the card front is a Martha Stewart punch, and I added a butterfly 'body' by punching a Stampin' Up slot and adding glitter. The 'Happy Birthday' banner was hand trimmed.

Here is the card opened:

You can see I used the same slot punch on these layered die cut butterflies (Stampin' Up) too.

 

Finally, here is a look at the back side:   (Birthday word stamps by Papertrey Ink)

I am really liking this die ... :-)

A lot.

In fact, with all the interactive Sizzix dies, I'm having trouble making a simple 'flat' card anymore!

(Remember you can always see my other Sizzix Accordian Flip cards by looking under LABELS on the right then scrolling down to 'S'.)

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Cameo and Butterflies - Accordian Flip Card

Last month I decided I wanted to play a bit with the Sizzix Accordian Flip die.  I made a 'Two Panel', a 'Three Panel' and a 'Four Panel' card.  Today's share is the 'Two Panel' card...

Above is the card closed - I used a bunch of items from my studio and stamped/inked/sponged the plain sides with my custom background stamp.

Below is the card opened.  I decorated the bracket panels before attaching them. Once they were attached though, the tops of the fancy frame (Sizzix die) interfered with the way the card opened so I had to lop them off. Lesson learned? CHECK before attaching the panels.  :-}

Below is the back side of the card. Even though I was just playing around, I like the way the card turned out!  

(Remember you can always see my other Sizzix Accordian Flip cards by looking under LABELS on the right then scrolling down to 'S'.)

 I'll share the others later in the week ... thanks for stopping by today.

First Accordian Card

Yesterday was an exciting day for me! I went up to a friends to pick up my Sizzix Accordian Die, and there were new stamps in my mailbox when I got home.  Woo Hoo!  She had organized a group Sizzix order through Scrappin' Great Deals (a Canadian retailer who goes above and beyond). I have been excited about this Accordion Die, but when I saw the card Betty had done I was blown away.

When I have new toys, I often make a card for my Mom first. She is struggling with a painful leg right now &  I thought she would enjoy a 'get well soon' card.  I used my new stamps too!  They are from 'The Stamps of Life' by Stephanie Barnard (THANKS Stephanie).  The first package I cracked open is 'lines2journal'. I often like to write my verses inside a card and I thought stamped lines would help keep me from writing crooked.

For the envelope below, I inked only the top three lines of one of the journal stamps, stamping it inside the rectangle (Stamps By Judith). The bracket is also from the 'lines2journal' set, and the butterfly is Stampin' Up.  The envelope is 5-1/2" square.

I used a double sided paper for this first Sizzix Accordion card, and only 2 panels. Betty used four on her card, and it was truly fabulous. For my first one though, I didn't want to tackle 4 panels.  As it is, I cut them all out backwards - with the tab on the left instead of the right. The two pages attached together OK, thankfully.

While it folds up nice and flat - it opens into this eye catching display.  So flippin' cool.

I have a little box with ready made butterfly embellishments, since I use them so often. These are from that box and were made with a Stampin' Up buterfly stamp/punch set. It was watercoloured, then sprayed with glimmer mist, AND details added with a Sakura gel pen.

Spellbinder dies fit nicely on the bracket shape, and you can see below where I used one of the line sets from 'lines2journal' stamped in light grey.  I can see how handy these lined stamps are going to be!

I couldn't help myself, so here is another picture of the card opened.

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