Congrats Accordion Flap Card

My lovely sister-in-law recently had a glowing review and a raise at work, and I thought it would be fun to make her a special card to celebrate. I chose to do a monochromatic card in yellow with gold accents so I could follow along with this week's challenge in the Altenew Fan Group FB page. 

For the card base, I wanted a fun fold, so I turned to Iced Images for inspiration. If you'd like the instructions and measurements, here's a link to her video: 5"x7" Accordion Flap Card - YouTube. It's an easy card to make but looks special because of the accordion fold and the flaps.

For the background layers on the 5 by 7 white card base, I trimmed pieces of cardstock I had sprayed with Hero Arts' Two Tone Metallic spray in yellow and copper. I adhered them to the card base and then set to work on all the die cuts. 

I recently purchased Altenew's Zero Waste: Autumn Leaves die and had fun playing with it. I die cut it using some Yupo paper I had colored with shades of yellow alcohol ink. It's not easy to die cut Yupo paper, so I had to run the die through a few times and even use my craft knife to get some of the die cuts out. Next time I will try using bubble wrap as a shim and see if it cuts better. I also die cut some cardstock I had painted with gold acrylic paint, and that die cut easily. Then I did two more runs with the die using other cardstocks I had sprayed, watercolored, and/or ink smooshed in shades of yellow. Those die cut easily.

For the front of the card, I trimmed a piece of cardstock I had watercolored in yellow to 1 1/4 by 5 inches. I then arranged some leaves and dots from the Autumn Leaves die to decorate the panel and adhered everything down before attaching the panel to the bottom left side of the card. 

For the middle panel, I trimmed a piece of the same yellow watercolored cardstock as the front panel to 2 3/4 by 5. I die cut and embossed the fence from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Rustic Charm set using the same gold painted cardstock I had die cut the Autumn Leaves die from and attached that to the panel. Then I die cut just the base layer from Altenew's Pretty Pumpkins layering die set using the same yellow Yupo paper I had die cut with the Autumn Leaves die earlier. I die cut the stems from the gold-painted cardstock and attached those to the pumpkins before adhering them in front of the fence. I added some of the leaves I had die cut from the sprayed, watercolored, and/or ink smooshed cardstock using the Autumn Leaves die to the bottom of the pumpkins and then adhered the panel to the middle accordion fold of the card. 

For the back panel of the card, I arranged several of the leaves from the Autumn Leaves die in a wreath configuration and used Glad Press N Seal to keep them where I wanted them as I added liquid glue to the back of them and adhered them to the card. Then I die cut the sentiment and shadow die from several layers of white cardstock and one layer of the gold-painted cardstock for the shadow and one layer of the Yupo paper I had used yellow alcohol inks on. I glued the layers together to give the sentiment some dimension so it would stand out better. Then I added the sentiment to the wreath to finish the card. 

 Challenges I'm entering:

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #96: ends 12/6/24

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: ATG (2/5; ends 12/4/24)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 6/10 for the challenge; ends 12/4/24)

The Paper Shelter: Add a sentiment

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends 12/16/24)

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG or use ribbon/twine (2/3; ends 11/29/24)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (3/4; ends 12/14/24)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with optional twist of Give Thanks (ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with twist of Sentiments of Thanks (ends at the end of the month)

Inspiration Station: The inspiration photo features leaves and pumpkins, and I've included lots of leaves and pumpkins in my card  Prize winner 12/2/24