Accordion Folded Cards

A Cut at Home Design Team Project

Using simple folds you can create a card with lots of interest for the recipient.

Take a card base with measures 5 1/2" x 12" and score it at 

1 3/8" - 2 3/4" - 5 1/4" - 7 3/4"

Crease your score lines creating mountain and valley folds.

By cutting a focal point from your decorative paper you can create a lot of interest on that first fold. For the Reindeer card I fussy cut the deer from the Bo Bunny Silver and Gold collection papers.  I lined his little hinny up with the left edge of the card base, and extended him on the right.  

For the second card I used the Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia Bigz die.  I cut it from Kraft paper, inked the edges, glued it together and then ran it through my Cuttlebug using the Textile Embossing folder. What a time saver, all the pieces are embossed in one fast swoop through the embosser!  

Add a few Diamond Stickles to portions of the designer paper to create a lovely front focal feature. Increase the impact by using some glitter, I used Martha Stewart's red tinsel glitter and suddenly the deer begins to take on a life of his own.  I used an old Martha Stewart pine bough punch to punch out green boughs to give dimension to the wreath around his neck and added a glittered snowflake to the middle.  A little pearl eye finishes out his dressings. 

With the Poinsettia Card I matted the card base with designer paper from Heartfelt Creations Frosty Blanket collection and a sentiment from their Christmas Sentiment Circles set.   By cutting a couple of mats from Spellbinders Fascination and Heart Circles I got the perfect backdrop for my embossed sentiment.

Another great feature of this card,

it fits perfectly in a regular sized envelope!

If you watch my video I'll show you step by step how I created the Reindeer card and include more photos to inspire you to make your own Accordion folded cards today!

Supplies I used:

Heartfelt Creations Frosty Blanket Bo Bunny Silver & Gold Tim Holtz Bigz Tattered Poinsettia Heartfelt Creations Christmas Sentiment Circles Spellbinders Fascination Spellbinders Doily Heart Circles Provo Craft Textile Martha Stewart Crafts Pine Branch Punch Martha Stewart Iridescent Tinsel Glitter We R Memory Keepers CORNER CHOMPER Ranger Ink - Diamond Stickles VersaMark EK Tools Circle Punch, 2.5-Inch

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