I made this Pop Up Accordion card using the awesome Oval Accordion Die Karen had designed for Elizabeth Craft designs.Using this die you can make accordion cards with 2 to "n " number of panels and the most spectacular feature of the Karen's pop up accordion cards are that they also feature pop up up elements which swing out on opening the card!To make this Accordion Pop Up card I layered the pattern paper on the thick card base [ thick cardstock is crucial to the success of this design].Each die cut panel has a tab on one end and you can attach the tabs to create card and albums with multiple panels.This is how the card looks accordion folded before making the pop up elements
I trimmed a Spellbinders Majestic labels 25 to frame the oval and added a Spellbinders Borderabilities curved border 2 atop the rectangular card panels
After decorating and accordion folding the card panels , comes the most fun part...creating the swinging pop up elements! Karen's design is so cool...you just have to add a good adhesive [ best is red tacky tape] to the tab on one oval and stick it under the oval of the next card , a little twist and turn and your pop up album/ card is ready! And the best thing about pop up cards/ albums is that they fold absolutely flat to mail!Added a Cheery Lynn golden lamp post and shimmery flowers on the first panel of the Pop Up card
The silvery " Happy Birthday" was cut from glitter foam using Elizabeth Craft design dies.The white butterly was stamped and heat embossed on parchment and and the golden butterflies all over the card are Cheery Lynn .In this card I made
handmade paper flowers to match the floral design of the pattern paper I used on my Pop Up Card Panels and here is a mini tutorial on how I made them
Paper Flower tutorial
I made these shimmering paper flowers using the Spellbinders rose creations die and Heart felt creations leaves
1. Use off white/ cream paper for your flowers.
If you regularly use white paper to make punched/ handcut/ die cut flowers, try using off white , cream or yellow paper as it gives a lovely hue to your flowers even after coloring them.
2. Draw on your flower petals
Its fun to work with stamp and die cut flowers such as the popular heartfelt creations flowers but suppose you dont want to invest in stamps here is an equally fun and economical tip : Draw fine lines/ other designs on your flower petals using a fine liner sketch pen or a pencil. I used a brown misaki sketch pen. 3. Ink your flower petals in 2 shades. I used the cute , handy and not to mention super economical mini distress ink pads [ festive berries, mustard seeds, mowed lawn] to ink the edges and center of my flower petals.
Chose the shades of your ink to match the colors of your pattern paper/ stamped image. 4. Emboss / shape your flowers
if your dont have time to emboss just pinching / shaping with your hands is enough if your paper is malleable enough!
5. Layer your flowersLayering flowers always looks cool! Unless you are making a pop up card and dont want very bulky flowers!
6. Add Shimmer to your flowersI wanted my flowers to match the shimmering flowers of my pattern paper .
Normal glitter would be too garish. I experimented with theWink of Stella brushes and woo I do love the magical shimmer they lend a project!
My little helper loved the magic of Wink of Stella and volunteered to jazz up all the leaves and flowers !
The best feature of Wink of Stella is you can give a very subtle shimmer or really load on a golden hue to your projects by varying the pressure on the brush penMake leaves in a similar way- Punch / Die cut leaves from pattern paper - so much more interesting than plain colored paper .Here I have used Heart felt creations leaves
- Add veins using a fine liner pen or pencil
- Inking options : Ink in 2 shades of green, add a touch of brown or black to parts of the leaf!Dont ink uniformly-- a mottled appearance is more natural!
- Shape your leaves by simply pinching or embossing
- Mix up the elements on your project so that the curvature of the leaves are varied.
I hope you liked the Pop Up Accordion card with the handmade flowers.Do tell me how it is.Supplies: Wink of Stella and ECD Oval Accordion Die from
Crafters Corner
Dies
- Spellbinders Rose creations, Spellbinders Majestic labels 25, Spellbinders borderabilities,
- Heartfelt creations Classic Leaf, Heartfelt creations Sun kissed fleur [ used to make the buds],
- Sizzix Butterfly,
- Cheery Lynn lamp post, Cheery Lynn butterflies,
- Elizabeth Craft designs Happy Birthday,Elizabeth Craft designs Oval Accordion die
Inks:Distress Inks : festive berries, mustard seeds, mowed lawn, Versamark watermark
Edited : This card was featured by Karen Burniston on her facebook page[ yipee!!]
And also came top 5 in
All Sorts Flowers theme Challenge 
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