OTT on the luuurrrve theme :-)

It's been a funny day. I wanted to make a Mother's Day card (it's creeping up on us here in the UK -Sunday 18th March!). I went searching for inspiration and ended up coming across my Tim Holtz seasonal paper pad, finding some unused valentine's papers, and made a valentine's card instead. I tried to kid myself it would do for our wedding anniversary, but now it's finished it says "valentine" all over the place and I'll have to just keep it for next year :-) Anyway, I'm pleased how it turned out and I hope you like it!

"Front cover"

This is an "accordion" card. The covers are thick card (scavenged from the cover of an old calendar) covered in patterned paper. The inner accordion part is 300gsm white card, 11" wide, folded at 2 3/4 " intervals (making 3 folds and 4 panels), then die-cut whilst folded so the sides remain intact for the joins, but the top and bottom has pretty edges to match the covers. The first and last panels are glued to the insides of the covers together with a length of lace to act as a closure.

"Inside accordion folds between the covers"

The panels are decorated with distress inks, stamped with script and covered in gold perfect pearls, then stamped again with a butterfly stamp. Images and lace are glued in place. All the lace started out as white and was inked with distress inks to match the project.

"Closeup of first panel showing detail"

The edges of all the images and letters are inked with distress inks to match. The frame effect on the individual panels is achieved by masking with a panel cut from a smaller die.

"Other side"

The panels on the other side are decorated in a similar way.

"Alternative display"

The bottom points are cut from all the panels to help the card stand straight. The panels can be arranged in different ways to display different aspects.

Ingredients:

Sizzix Bigz Movers & Shakers Ornamental die

Sizzix Movers & shakers Mini Ornamental die

Distress inks: Tattered Rose, Aged Mahogany

Perfect Pearls: gold

Tim Holtz paper pads: Seasonal, Lost and Found

Tim Holtz Salvage Stickers: Seasonal

Cardstock: thick scrap & white 300gsm

Lace: various

Adhesives: PVA, Glossy Accents

Entered for the following challenge:
Joanna Sheen - Love is in the Air
Charisma Cardz - Love is in the Air
Sarah Hurley - die cuts
Simon Says Stamp - use three different papers