create an accordion panel for your card

Hello Friends, How are you today?? I hope you had a good ole America barbecue to celebrate yesterday ...that is..... if you live in the USA! I have two cards to share with you that I created for the Penny Black Blog along with a mini tutorial.   

This accordian fold was embossed FIRST with clear embossing powder on this kraft paper...then stamped with this beautiful background stamp from Penny Black. (see more details below) 

I wanted to use another accordion fold an a quick card. This is like a pot of soup where you add what's in the fridge or on the craft desk. The background is from this post, the butterfly from this post & the bee from this post. When I  need some additional elements my trusty SRM sticker sentiments come in handy.

Have you tried the bright and beautiful new distress inks. I am in love with the colors. {Spring and Summer in case you missed them. } Here is the new Penny Black background stamp. Love what you can create with this. 

 After embossing with clear powder I added some of these new summer distress ink and spritzed with a tiny bit of water.

 After scoring my embossed panel to create pleats to fold.... I cut slits on both sides on my kraft paper to insert my accordion fold into my card base. I added tape to the back 

The flowers were die cut from this Spellbinder flower die. Here is another project I created with the flowers. Love how you can die cut so many at one time :)

Add tape to the back on the first side. The a few dabs of Glossy Accents on the parts of the accordion pleats that touch the card base. Insert the other side and tape it down. (I thought inserting the folded edges gives the card a more finished look. 

I combined two of these Spellbinder dies to make on long horzintal one  then added some brown distress ink on the edges. 

The perfect landing spot for my flower. I applied the layers with Scrap Dots.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for taking time to visit. Hugs, Kathy
P.S. Did you notice all of the different fonts in this post....blogger wasn't behaving tonight.

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