I was recently challenged to make a “Fun Fold Card” – that means a card has more folding to it than a traditional card that just opens from right to left. They’re fun to see, even more fun to receive and the MOST fun to make!! Today I am going to share with you directions to make an Accordion Fold card featuring the Sweet as a Peach Bundle.
Here’s How I made it!
Cut & Score with your Paper Trimmer:
- Balmy Blue – 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
- Basic White – 5 1/4 x 4
- Balmy Blue – 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 3, 5 1/2, 8, 9 1/2
- Balmy Blue – 1 1/2 x 9 1/2
- Basic White – 2 1/4 x 4
- You’re a Peach DSP – I used a different pattern for each DSP panel:
- 1 1/4 x 4
- 2 1/4 x 4 (cut 2 this size)
- 1/2 x 4
- Basic White – 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (for stamping)
Stamp using Sweet as a Peach:
- On the 2 1/4 x 4 piece of Basic White, stamp the sentiment “Happy Birthday” in Balmy Blue
- On the 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of Basic White, stamp the following:
- in Calypso Coral, the peach
- in Pear Pizzazz, the stem/leaf for the peach
- in Balmy Blue, the sentiment “Have a Peachy day”
Punch using the Double Oval Punch:
- The Balmy Blue sentiment, using the smooth-edged oval
Die Cut using the Peach Dies:
- Due cut the peach and the stem/leaf
Assemble the Card:
- Fold the 4 1/4 x 11 strip of Balmy Blue on the score lines into an accordion shape – burnish the folds well with your Bone Folder
- Adhere the 5 1/4 x 4 piece of Basic White to the 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of Balmy Blue
- Adhere the accordion to the center of the white panel
- Adhere the DSP panels to the accordion
- On the 3 x 4 1/4 back panel of the accordion, adhere your 2 1/4 x 2 piece of Basic White with sentiment, lighting it up approximately 1/8 inch from the score line
- Adhere the 1/2 x 4 strip of DSP to the right of the Basic White with sentiment that you just adhered
- Glue the two 2 1/4 x 4 pieces of DSP to the next two panels
- Leave the next section of the accordion empty and glue the final piece of 1 1/4 x 4 piece of DSP to the front of the accordion
- Make your Belly Band:
- Lay your 1 1/2 x 9 1/2 piece of Balmy Blue horizontally across the front of your card
- Loosely bend the strip around behind the card on both the left and right
- Glue together where the ends overlap
- Decorate the Belly Band:
- Glue the oval with the sentiment onto the front of the Belly Band, left of center
- Glue the stem/leaf to the Peach and then glue the Peach onto the Belly Band, slightly covering the right side of the sentiment oval
- Add a bow using the Crinkled Seam Binding vertically on the left side of the Belly Band
- Slide the Belly Band onto the card, your accordion now stays closed!
- Finally, adhere 3 Blue Adhesive-Backed gems randomly to your card to give it some BLING!
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