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Hi friends,
Dr Sonia here sharing more projects with the new Elizabeth Craft Designs
oval accordion die.One has got to love this die design as not only is it easy to make different styles of fun
interactive cards with it but you can also make
mini albums and stand alone
photo-frames .
In my
previous post I showed you roughly how the die works. Karen Burniston has several detailed video tutorials on you tube and here is the link to Karen's
Pinterest Board on Accordion Albums
Like many of you I have loved seeing the extremely talented
Neha's DT posts showcasing various ways to use stamps and this post was influenced by her ...Thank you Neha for being such a wonderful inspiration!
Sharing
5 styles of accordions made using the same set of accordion dies
Pop Up Accordion Card 1
In this card the details of which I had shared earlier in this
post , the focus was on
pattern paper and I matched my flowers and embellishments to match the pattern paper. This style of card is ideal to showcase pretty pattern paper as you can mix and match papers of your central pop ups, frames and for each accordion panel you add.
Pop Up Accordion Card 2
In this card , I used the design to showcase
3D decoupage[otherwise called Paper tole] images.
Stamped images would look so pretty on the central panels too.
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Since all 3 of my 3 D decoupage images were purple I made flowers to match them.
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Stamped and die cut the Heartfelt creations Sunkissed fleur flowers and matched them to my project using the same technique shown in my
earlier post . I used the new
mini distress ink pads and the gorgeous
Wink of Stella to get flowers perfectly matching my images!
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The
Best Wishes was cut from glitter foam using the new
Elizabeth Craft designs die and the bow was cut from DCWV pattern paper using Sue Wilson filigree bow die
Here is how the ovals pop up and fold in the accordion style interactive card.
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Pop Up Accordion Card 3
I am sure many of us started our crafty stash with a sticker collection...I used to be addicted to buying them ! This is a super simple way to use up
stickers and create simple yet stylish cards which fold perfectly flat for mailing!
I used up the leftover pieces from multiple Spellbinders intricate die cuts [cut from glitter foam] to dress up the stickers on the card.
The
Happy Birthday is from the new Elizabeth Craft Design dies at Crafters Corner and already sold out!
I felt so good about using up the little bits and pieces of die cuts to jazz up the stickers.
Pop Up Accordion Card 4 - Dangler Card
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A couple of years back I shared how to make a
pop up dangler card on my blog...that was a
tricky to make dangler but the mini tutorial to that card is still floating around on pinterest!
The dangling heart on this accordion card was quite easy to make as I used the nesting oval dies to cut a scalloped oval from the central oval and used my Crop a dile big bite to punch and set an eyelet to thread the dangling heart!
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The stitch line on this oval was made with one of the dies in the set!
So this particular card has 3 interactive elements- accordions, pop ups and a dangler!
Pop Up Accordion 5 - Mini Album
If you cut the accordions from thick card stock there is actually no limit to the number of accordion panels you can add ,these are ideal to make
mini albums! I made a small 6 panel mini album featuring my daughter during her cute toddler years!
Inked
Heartfelt creations sun kissed fluers with distress ink and a few strokes of wink of stella
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The leaves were stamped and embossed on parchment and inked with mowed lawn distress ink.
The dragon fly , Honeybee and felt sunflowers were made using Cheery Lynn dies
I mixed and matched the pattern paper in each panel to match the colors of the photo.
The cute castle is a sticker I had been hoarding for ages!
Added Wink of stella for a subtle shimmer on this Hero Arts stamped flower.
The Mini Album stands upright to display the photos in a photoframe style
And can be folded and stored away safely too!
I hope you liked the different projects!
Supplies
Accordion Dies
Crafters Corner has 3 styles of accordion dies by Karen Burniston and all can be used to make interactive cards, mini albums and photoframe displays
Cheery Lynn Butterflies, Tiny things with wings,Sunflower, Grass, Love
Distress Inks : festive berries, mustard seeds, mowed lawn,
wow!! so many beautiful examples of accordion fold!! awesome work Sonia!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Berina
DeleteWowww...such gorgeous creations...I love them...so very pretty...TFS this wonderful tutorial...xx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Nupur and hehe I didnt share a tutorial this time but so cool you always associate my posts with tutorials!
DeleteI meant the little floral technique and the use of accordion dies in your project...and all the tips and techniques that is nothing less than a tutorial for me..TFS...xx
DeleteOh you are so sweet Nupur...!!
DeleteMany beautiful accordian fold cards Dr.Sonia, the one with stickers is my favorite n the album is very pretty :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Pooja
DeleteBeautiful creation
ReplyDeleteThank you Neha
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