Wednesday 6 November 2013

Another Christmas Accordion Card!

In yesterday's tutorial, I promised another Christmas accordion card. This one is in a similar colour scheme to Sunday's card but makes more use of diecuts.

 
"Wish"

Each panel has lots of inking, stamping and perfect pearls, but also features a diecut reindeer, bird or tree madde by adhering patterned paper to recycled cardboard packaging.
 
"Close-up"

Sandwiching the diecuts in layers makes them thick like chipboard embellishments and lends a feel of luxury to the project. I sponge a little ink around the edges of the diecuts, usually where shadows might appear.

 
"The other side"

Panels are added to the back of the card to give room for a handwritten greeting.

 
"Front"

I like to keep the front of accordion cards fairly plain; this gives more of a "wow" factor when the card is opened. Here, a sticker from Tim Holtz' Seasonal stickers is added to some patterned paper.

Entered for the following challenges:
Loves Rubberstamps - Anything Goes
Papertake weekly - Anything Goes
Technique Time Tuesdays - Faux Frame
Craft Your Passion - More than one fold
Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes
Stampavie and More - diecut embellishments

15 comments:

  1. Oh my this is stunning. Love the images. Love Alison xx

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  2. Fantastic! Your Christmas cards are all so beautiful! Love the die cuts you have used to embellish it. another stunning accordion fold card, Maddy. Love it!
    Eret x

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  3. Very unique.... thanks for sharing with us at the PND challenge blog... xo Nikki DT

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  4. SO fabulous!!! LOVE the fun images and papers you used! Thanks for joining us at TTT--hope you join us again SOON! :) Mynn xx

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  5. What a beautiful accordion card! I'm sure someone will be thrilled to receive this card this year! Thanks for joining us at TTT!

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  6. Great idea! Thanks for sharing with us at Paper Nest Dolls Challenge!
    Sue DT PND

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  7. I love all the beautiful details! Great project! Thanks for playing with us at Loves Rubberstamps!

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  8. What a fabulous design. Love everything about it. A perfect entry for our challenge over at Loves Rubberstamps. Thanks for joining us. Hugs Nina

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  9. This is such a cool card design. I really like the use of the die cut images and the idea of a letter per panel to spell wish. The paper choices work well for this design. Thanks for joining our More Than One Fold challenge at Craft Your Passion. I certainly hope we see you again soon.

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  10. Wow! This is such a beautiful card! I love how you did the frames inside the accordion! This is very cool! Thank you so much for joining us at Technique Time Tuesday! :)

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  11. What a most wonderful project. Love the images and the papers are Fabulous! Great faux frames. Thanks for joining us at Technique Time Tuesday this month and sharing your project. - Karen, DT

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  12. Wow, great accordion card! Thanks so much for sharing at Stampavie and More Challenge!

    Marja
    Stampavie and More DT
    http://tahrojakuviopaperilla.blogspot.fi/

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  13. Love your acordian card! So fabulous. Thanks for playing with us over at Loves Rubberstamps!!!

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  14. This is such a different card, it's really great. I love the use of patterned papers as well as our faux frame. Thanks for joining us at TTT.

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  15. What a neat looking project you have created here!!! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Technique Time Tuesday, we sure hope to see you back again :)

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