Ice Cream Charm Accordion Card

Hello my crafty friends.  In keeping with our families tradition to have ice cream on a certain day in July ... here is another ice cream themed card!  If you'd like to read more about this tradition, I will add the details below the photos. 

For this card I pulled out several dies by Karen Burniston, and some cheerful plaid patterned paper from my stash. The ice cream cones are from the Sweet Treats Charms - simply snipping off the hanging hole lets you create embellishments instead of charms. I added some glitter to the ice cream portions, and also to the dangling heart. 

The Charm Accordion comes with a die that cuts four jump rings, I cut mine from the same pink card stock as the card base but only needed one for this card.. I added a little clear drying glue to the ends but I don't find they separate with regular card handling. You could also use a metal jumping or even twine or embroidery floss!

Here is what it looks like from the back ...

When my Mom was a little girl, there was always a July parade in their town. Afterwards her dad, my Grampa, would take her to the drugstore for an ice cream soda. She continued the tradition with my brother and I, on a special day in July she would take us for ice cream. And I did that with our kids too - bringing my Mom along. We always made sure she had ice cream on that day. 

Now that she has passed, we continue the tradition - raising an ice cream cone to her in a toast and our grandkids think it's a great tradition! I also send my family ice cream themed cards to celebrate.

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Additional Supplies:
Patterned paper - Plaid Tidings, Stampin' Up (retired)
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)