Just My Type Pivoting Accordion Birthday Card

Today is my hubby's birthday and I'm sharing the accordion card I made for him.

I knew I wanted to make an accordion card for Owen but I had no further idea beyond that so first I went looking for some patterned papers.  I chose a couple of Authentique patterns and on the back of one of the papers I saw the typewriter and text and I knew I could incorporate them into my card design.  Also I'd come across the typewriter key toppers while rootling in my paper stash so I was now up and running.  I cut the typewriter and words out separately so I could spread them out over the three accordion panels.  I stacked all the typewriter key toppers onto a couple of punched circles to give some dimension.  I embellished each accordion panel with four silver nailheads.

Here's a closer look at panel one.

Here's a closer look at panel two.

Here's a closer look at panel three.

Here's the back panel.  I used a Dymo labeller to make the sentiment.

I made an envelope with the gorgeous blue and black damask patterned paper, added a grey strip and finished with a popped up fancy tag name label.

I'm very happy to say that Owen loves his card and envelope!  We're off out shortly for a birthday brunch and then on Saturday evening we're out with friends for a yummy curry.

Supplies:
Stamps: none
CS: SU! Basic Black & Whisper White
Patterned paper: Authentique Crush 'Impression' & Authentique Classique 'Elegant Five' double sided papers
Ink: none
Tools: Elizabeth Craft Designs 'Accordion Fancy Label' & 'Fancy Frame Edges' die sets, 1/2" circle punch, corner rounder punch, Dymo labeller, Envelope Punch Board, Spellbinders Shapeabilities 'Fancy Framed Tags Two' die set
Embellishments & accessories: silver nailheads, SU! Dimensionals

Peonies Pivoting Accordion Birthday Card

I've had my 'Accordion Fancy Label' Pop It Ups dies out again to make a pivoting accordion card for Jan's birthday.  Recently I succumbed to temptation and got the Sue Wilson Creative Expressions 'Shaded Peony' stamps and matching 'Perfect Peony Complete Petals' dies so I used those for the first time - they're beautiful!

My starting point for the card was to choose some cheerful, pretty papers and I used a selection from the Penny Black 'Painted Blooms' 6" x 6" pad and opted to make the card base from SU! So Saffron CS.  I got busy stamping, die cutting and daubering and assembled all my elements before gluing and putting the card together.

Here's the first pivoting panel. I layered three stamped and die cut flowers together and popped them up.  I added a sweet Pumpkin Pie flower shaped button to the flower centre.

Here's the central pivoting panel.  I stamped the sentiment in Mossy Meadow ink onto a label fussy cut from a piece of the Painted Blooms paper.  I popped up the label and added some rhinestones to a few of the flowers.

Here's the third pivoting panel with another popped up flower.  This flower has a Rose Red flower shaped button in the centre.

I decorated the back of the pivoting panels.  The back of the first panel is visible when the card is folded flat so I added the pink scalloped edge pieces to that panel to pretty it up a little.

Because I'd popped up elements on all three panels of the card it's quite dimensional and doesn't fit easily inside an envelope.  I used a box envelope and decorated the front panel.  I inked the edges of a whole sheet of the pink butterfly paper with Melon Mambo ink before gluing it to the front of the box.  I fussy cut the double butterflies from a green sheet of the paper and glued those on top of the pink ones, making sure to lift the wings up a bit.  I used the fab 'Invisible Alpha' stamp set from Altenew to stamp the name on the label.  I placed SU! brad bases into the holes of the label, glued a rhinestone to each brad base and popped the label up.

So that's the card Jan will be getting from us and I'm now working on the card that her hubby Alan will be giving her.  That one is quite an elegant little number featuring butterflies.  Stay tuned, it will be appearing here on the blog soon!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sue Wilson Creative Expressions 'Shaded Peony' cling set, Personal Impressions Medium & Large Everyday Messages clear sets, Altenew 'Invisible Alpha' clear set
CS: SU! So Saffron & Whisper White
Patterned paper: Penny Black 'Painted Blooms' 6" x 6" paper pad
Ink: SU! Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Mossy Meadow & Pumpkin Pie
Tools: Elizabeth Craft Designs 'Accordion Fancy Label' & 'Fancy Frame Edges' Pop It Ups dies, sponge daubers
Embellishments & accessories: SU! flower shaped buttons, brad bases, rhinestone jewels & Dimensionals

50th Birthday Pivoting Labels Accordion Card

It was our friend Brett's 50th birthday a little while ago and I decided to use my new dies to make a special card to mark the occasion - a pivoting labels accordion card.  I bought the Elizabeth Craft Designs 'Accordion Fancy Label' Pop It Ups die set plus the matching 'Fancy Frame Edges' die set.  It took me a couple of attempts to get it right but once I'd realised where I was going wrong it was all fine!  The Pop It Ups dies are designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs and Karen's YouTube videos are fab and so helpful!

I used SU! Chocolate Chip CS plus Authentique 'Grateful' papers.  The '50' was made from two MDF shapes which I painted with Walnut Stain Distress Paint and then I spritzed both numbers with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist.  I stamped the wording using a PaperMania alphabet set and I cut out each letter with a circle punch.  I decorated the panels with punched stars and gold nailheads.  To add some dimension I glued each patterned paper punched shape to a stack of three punched CS shapes so that the letters and stars look like chipboard elements.

Here's a view of the card from above so you can see the mechanics.  The labels pivot within the accordion card and the card folds flat to go inside an envelope.  You can add as many pages as you like but I was perfectly happy using just three pages!  

Here's a closer view of the first panel.

The central panel.

The third panel.

I used two of the patterned papers to decorate the envelope.

Definitely a time consuming card but Brett was very impressed with the card and made sure it took pride of place so it was well worth the effort!

Supplies:
Stamps: PaperMania Typewriter Alphabet cling set
CS: SU! Chocolate Chip & Whisper White
Patterned paper: Authentique 'Grateful' 6" x 6" paper pad
Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip
Tools: Elizabeth Craft Designs 'Accordion Fancy Label' & 'Fancy Frame Edges' die sets from the Pop It Ups collection, star punches, circle punch
Embellishments & accessories: MDF '50' numbers, Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Paint, Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist, gold nailheads