Christmas Concertina Card

This Christmas concertina card comes from a free SVG file over at The Bearded Housewife. Here's a link to the blog post about it: How to Make a Christmas Concertina Card - The Bearded Housewife. I used my Silhouette Cameo 4 to cut out the file. 

The original file is for an A7 card, and I made a set of cards in that size for the shut ins at my church. I also resized the file to make an A2 version. I really wish I would have had more of the card stock I used for the A2 version because I love the contrast with the poinsettia pattern and the lovely red pattern, but unfortunately I only had a few sheets of that card stock and had to use some other Christmas card stock for the large set of cards. 

I stamped "Christmas Blessings" on the front of the cards (I think the stamp is from a Just Rite stamp set) and I also added some holly leaves and berries to the inside sentiment panel using tiny stamps from a Lawn Fawn Christmas set. I used a Close to My Heart stamp for the inside sentiment: "A baby, a manger, a bright and shining star; a shepherd, an angel, three kings from afar; a Savior, a promise from heaven above--The story of Christmas is filled with God's love." I really like the poem because it focuses on the motivation behind sending Jesus to earth: God's love for sinful humans and His mercy and compassion on us. God chose to offer us a way to be reconciled to Him through faith in Jesus' perfect life, sacrificial death, and resurrection. What a gracious, loving God He is!

A2 size card:

Here's a look at the inside of the unfolded card: 

Here's the back of the card:

A close up of the sentiment panel (I used dies to cut out the sentiment panel and the mat behind it, but I don't remember the brand of die): 

Here's a look at the size difference between the original A7 file (far left) and the resized version (middle and far right): 

A7 version:

Inside of A7 version:

Back of A7 version:

The set of cards for the shut ins at my church:

Challenges I'm entering: 

Creative Knockouts: Time to be Merry (3/3; ends Nov.30) C10

Through The Purple Haze Challenges: Monochromatic (my A7 set of cards are monochromatic); (1/3; ends Nov. 30) C10

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #46 (secretstamper.com) (ends Dec. 8)

Gem of A Craft Challenge (pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com): ATG (3/3; ends Dec.2)

The Paper Shelter: Winter Celebrations (2/2; ends Dec. 7)

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (4/5; ends Dec. 7)

Word Art Wednesday (1/5 for this week; ends Dec. 7)

Monday Greetings Challenge (theoutlawzchallenges-monday.blogspot.com): Christmas Greetings

Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: November Challenge | Hero Arts: The Great Outdoors

Dream Valley Challenges: Lots of layers (1/3; ends Dec. 10)

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