A more colourful accordion card

If you liked last week's accordion card but prefer things a bit more colourful, then this might be the one for you.

"Our Back Garden"

 

The inspiration for this card has definitely come from our back garden, which is buzzing with wildlife at this time of year, and we even heard our first cuckoo of the year a few days ago. It reminds me of a poem my Nan used to say:

"The cuckoo comes in April

He sings his song in May

In the middle of June he changes his tune

And in July he flies away"

 

I grew up in the South of England, but where I live now in Northern Ireland, people have a slightly different version...

 

"The cuckoo comes in April

He sings his song in May

He lays his egg in another bird's nest

And in July he flies away"

 

I love all the old country sayings don't you? Anyway, back to today's card.

 

 

"Live Every Moment"

  

The background for each panel is inked with distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Tattered Rose and Bundled Sage (this is my favourite combination of colours for nature-themed cards).

 

 

"Laugh Every Day"

 

Next I did loads of background stamping with tree stamps, and coloured with green and brown Perfect Pearls.

 

 

"Love Beyond Words"

 

Then diecuts are added from white card coloured with distress inks.

 

 

"The far side :-)"

 

 The other side is decorated more plainly with inks and stamping, but no diecuts. This side uses the same free IndigoBlu stamps as last week's accordion card.

 

"The Box"

 

Lastly, here's a pic of the finished card sitting on its box. The covers and box are decorated with dry embossing and Pinflair-Buff it.

 

Here in the UK it's a bank holiday weekend, so I'm wishing you all a great long weekend. Hope there is lots of good weather to get those barbies out! Maddy x