Concertina Cards

Concertina Cards

Today (16.1.2019) I spent a fabulous morning with two other crafters making Concertina Cards.  Anna Pickering (Stampin Up Independent UK Demonstrator) created the class, supplying all the materials and equipment necessary.  Below you are some photographs which show what I was able to create.  I am so grateful to Anna as recently my crafting mojo had seemed to have disappeared completely; but now I feel that it is back and I am ready to tackle anything again!

So in order to recreate one of these wonderful cards yourself you will need to use a piece of 12 x 12" coloured card of your choice.  Cut a strip of card 4" wide vertically and then score this piece at 4" and 8".  Creating a concertina of 3 squares.  Repeat this process once more.  Adhere the bottom square of one piece of card with the top square of the other piece; creating a concertina of 5 squares. 

This can be decorated horizontally or vertically; completely your preference.  My first card using Calypso Coral card stock I decorated vertically but my second was horizontally so that it could be stood up on a surface. 

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) used to decorate these cards was "Botanical Butterfly DSP" which is a free item in Sale-A-Bration (SAB) a promotion through Stampin' Up.  On my first concertina card I used the same DSP but I used the reverse of some which does not have butterflies on it.  My favourite is the polka-dot particularly. 

Each piece of DSP is cut to 3 7/8" x 3 7/8"; which creates a small margin against the coloured card stock.  You could make this wider if you wished but I wanted as much surface of the DSP to decorate.  I decorated the first, second and fourth squares on my Concertina card; leaving two squares empty for the recipient to add photographs of their choice.  I used a small Library clip to keep the Concertina card closed securely and this also doubled up as a way of hanging the Concertina card up.

Thank you for visiting my blog page and I hope you enjoyed what you read.  I really appreciate your feedback/comments.  Until next time - keep crafting!

Lorraine
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