Halloween Accordion Card

As soon as I saw Karen Burniston's Fence Add-On for the Landscape Accordion, I knew exactly how I wanted to use it first. I haven't made a Landscape Accordion in awhile and when I was die cutting this one I remembered how much I like it. The two add-ons are brilliant - there is this fence (which comes with flower accessory dies) and a cupcake one. I'm itching to play with the Cupcake Add-On next!

Below is how the card looks coming out of the envelope. I love that Happy Halloween oval, which actually has a bat below the words. Since I was using cute elements to decorate the card, I covered up the bat with the spider ephemera piece. I also added punched clouds that have some doodles on them.

Below is the back of the card. I cut the fence four times, twice for each accordion panel. Then I could sandwich the tab in between the fences for a clean look on the back side.

Here is the card fully open, and how it will be displayed. I generally only make 2 page accordions as they can take up a lot of room! This one is about 10" across when open. While the Landscape Accordion card would normally fit in a #8 envelope (Mini Slimline sized) - the clouds stick up too much so I used an envelope sized for a 4x6" photo instead. I decorated the flap with Washi Tape.

Some of the pieces I used were stickers and not ephemera. Those were attached to white card stock then fussy cut which makes them nice and sturdy and you can easily use foam tape behind them for dimension!

Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards

March - 55 cards

April - 32 cards

May - 43 cards

June - 34 cards

July - 56 cards

August - 106 cards

September - 61 cards

October so far - 16 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with a few affiliate links included.

Supplies:

Landscape Rectangle Accordion - Karen Burniston

Fence Add Ons - Karen Burniston

Short Rectangles Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Halloween Charms - Karen Burniston

Ovals Crosshatch - Karen Burniston

Cloud punch - Stampin' Up

Patterned paper  & stickers - Doodlebug Designs

Elements - Doodlebug Designs

Purple fine line marker

Sewing Themed Landscape Accordion Card

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog. Today I'm sharing a Mini Slimline Accordion card using several dies by Karen Burniston. This card was sent to one of my friends who does amazing things with a sewing machine. 😊

The Sewing Charms are part of her new release and I added them to a Landscape Rectangle Accordion. I like that this die set creates a Mini Slimline sized card!

I didn't take a photo, but I wrote my personal message on the back side, which you can't see when the card is displayed. 

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making and not every link below is an affiliate one! 😊

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Matte silver cardstock - stash
Navy cardstock 
Copic marker
Sequins - old Paper Pumpkin kit
Black fine point marker
White cardstock

Mini Slimline Accordion for Father's Day

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Masculine Card Monday here on my blog. Today I'm sharing a Father's Day card using several different dies by Karen Burniston. The card base uses the new Landscape Rectangle Accordion, and I made it a 2 Page card with an additional solid page.

While it was fun, and something I wanted to try - I'm not too crazy about the solid page with a two page accordion. It works SO much better with a three page, as you can see HERE. But sometimes you have to try things out ...

The solid panel gives you space to decorate and add a signing block. I pulled out some older papers from my stash which always makes me feel good to use up.

The white area makes a great signing block...

The Hooray die cut was outlined with a grey marker after adhering it to the card, to create a shadow.

Below is the top view ...

***NOTE:  To create the solid back panel, cut cardstock to 6.5 x 3.5". Score 1/2" down the short left edge. Add adhesive to the 1/2" flap and adhere it to the end of your accordion, then add your decorative panels. This helps hide the seam.***

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Brown cardstock
Patterned paper - 6 x 6" pad from Studio Calico (discontinued)

White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)

Sympathy Accordion Card

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Fun Fold Friday here on my blog!  Today I'm sharing a sympathy card made with Karen Burnisotn dies, combining the new release with previously released sets.  I have a walkthrough of my card on YouTube:   

This card was actually sent to Karen B to show in her classes. Students love to see lots of ideas for using the different sets and the Design Team likes to be sure she has new things to show. 😊

The With Sympathy fits perfectly on the new Landscape Rectangle Accordion, and it was die cut from a blue mirror card stock. I added layered butterflies from the new Flutter Charms, and the Thinking of You comes from Word Set 10 Thinking Of You. It was die cut from blue and from white card stock, and the two were layered together with the blue layer off-set a little for a shadow look.

The pretty scalloped rectangles are from the new Short Rectangles Crosshatch, cut from the double sided patterned paper. I adhered the scalloped pieces to the back of the inner accordion panels so the pattern shows through on the front side and the paler, yellow pattern is on the back. NOTE  -- I did snip away the scallops from the hinge portion of the accordion so they didn't impede the hinges.  Then I layered another of the Short Rectangles Crosshatch on top, cut from white card stock. The sentiment was handwritten and I added another layered butterfly on the right side. 

The layered butterflies were created by die cutting the solid butterfly twice. Once from blue card stock and once from a coordinating patterned paper scrap. They were layered together with a little thin foam tape just in the centre so the wings have some lift. The butterfly body was cut from a scrap of the blue mirror card stock and finally, the top layer was outlined with Stickles.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post. 

Since I couldn't link the blue mirror card stock I used on this one, I linked others that I also have and would work just as well.

Additional Supplies:
Blue fine point marker
Patterned paper - Water Colours, Sizzix (retired)
Blue card stocks - stash
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)

Landscape Accordion Birthday Card

Hello my crafty friends.  Today I'm sharing another Landscape Accordion card using Karen Burniston's new release. This was sent to a friend, and I have all the details on YouTube:   

The first photo shows what the card looks like as it comes out of the envelope, and below you can see what it looks like open and how it would likely be displayed.

This is the greeting I added, and of course I put a few butterflies on there!

Here is the view from the top!

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:
Shimmer Spray
White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)

"Bee Happy" Mini Slimline Accordion Card

Hello my crafty friends.  It's an exciting day for fans of Karen Burniston as the Design Team can start sharing sneak peeks of her upcoming release!! I couldn't wait to play with the new Landscape Accordion, which is Mini Slimline sized. ❤️❤️❤️ I have a walkthrough and all the details on YouTube: 

The new Mini Alphabet has an optional shadow die, and it's a great size to create customized sentiments with a punch. I also added the Bee and Honeycomb from the new Flutter Charms.

I don't usually decorate the back side of my accordion cards, but I couldn't resist doing it on this one.

Below is a view from the top, and you can see I also decorated the Mini Slimline envelope flap.

One more look ... this is how it looks coming out of the envelope.

This blog uses affiliate links whenever possible. This means, that at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through one of my affiliate links that I may receive a small commission from your purchase. I only link products that I own, love and use for my card making!

Any supplies I'm unable to link are listed at the very bottom of my post.

Additional Supplies:

White card stock - Accent Opaque Digital Super Smooth (Amazon .ca)