February 2021 – Craftybit Creations

Happy Valentines! Today I have a bit of a longer project. And I know it’s actually valentines today but I believe you can give these kind of love projects all year around and not only on valentines! Also I believe that not only are these suitable to your love but all your loved one can appreciate a project like this.

I actually not only have one project for you, I have another project that I made that coordinates with the accordion card. I’m releasing that video over at Craft World. Craft World is a new craft community that I have been honoured to be asked to be a part of. And all of you can be apart of it too! For free! If you choose to join with this link they will know that I sent you (and I will get a small commission).

But back to the project here, I have made an accordion card, I have chosen to use one double fold. But you can make it as big as you want!

For the base you need one piece that measure 3 3/4″ x 7 5/8″ and another piece that measure 3 3/4″ x 8 1/8″, if you would make it longer that is the piece you repeat.

You will score the 3 3/4″ x 7 5/8″ piece at 3 3/4″, turn the card stock 180 degrees and score again at 3 3/4″ and that will get you a 1/8″ spine, this is so you can layer and fit more extra pieces in your accordion and still shut it nicely.

The 3 3/4″ by 8 1/82 piece should be scored at 3 3/4″ and 3 7/8″ then turned 180 degrees, flipped and score at 3/8″ and 1/2″. The 3/8″ piece will be the tab that you attached the piece to the other piece, and you score for it on the other side than the 3 3/4″ score as you want it to be folded in the other direction. It’s that piece that makes it an accordion.

After putting the base together it’s time to decorate. I have based the white base with 3 1/2″ squares out of coloured card stock. I cut out 8 of them decorating all sides of the accordion. I then matted them with a 3 1/4″ square I cut out with the mod square dies, but you can use any dies or just cut them with your paper cutter. One of the colored 3 1/2″ squares is a pocket. I made that by taking a 4 1/4″ x 3 7/8″ piece of card stock, scoring 3/8″ tabs, 2 on the long side and one on the short, leaving a 3 3/4″ square in the middle. Mitring the tabs.so they didn’t overlap when I folded them in.

I have mixed using white card stock and pattern paper. For stamps I used the Hug It Out stamp set, both coloring and cutting out images and in some cases just stamping their outlines in coordinating ink.

I choose to go with a pink and brown color combination, both because I love pink but also by using brown you can add more colourful accents and only needing to match the pink. Then I just went crazy playing with a couple of pattern paper packs by Doodlebug Designs and dies, stamps, card stocks and coordinating inks by My Favorite Things.

Hope you enjoyed the video! And again happy valentines! Love you all!

Copic:

W0, W2, W4, W6, W8, W10, E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49, R30, R32, R11, R12, E50, E51, E53, E27, E35, E37, E39, E09, E19, YR16, YR18, 0

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Hi! Sometimes you make a card and the finished product isn’t the way you imagined. You feel it’s lacking something. That was what happened to me for this card. I re-made the card and really liked my second card so I thought why not turn this into a learning experience.

Todays video is showing you how I made the first card and then also how I made the second, letting you know the changes and why I made them. It’s a little bit longer but I hope you still like it!

The idea behind this card is simple. I wanted to use the Bitty Banners and Alphabet Die-namics for my sentiment, I felt it would be fun to let the kitties from the Mini Meows stamp set play with the strings from the banners and I choose to do this on a slimline card base because I needed the width of the card.

Feature image showing Slimeline valentines card

I really wanted to have a simple textured pattern paper as the main panel, however most of my pattern papers are 6×6 and isn’t wide enough, so I settled with the white background. For the banners I went with a rainbow color scheme, I went with a mid tone so the white letters would show up against the flags. I did do a white banner for the word day and those letters I colored black.

Close up of left side of Slimeline card showing a colored cartoon cat and the letters on rainbow banner flags

When attaching the flags that I added to two strings, the world VALENTINE was a little to spread out and there for to get the string ends from the HAPPY down to the lower part of the card (so the cats could play with them), I let them go between the letters in VALENTINE. I added glue to the strings and placed them on the card in two curls, and the placed the cats so it looked like they where playing with the strings and that finished the card.

Close up of right side of Slimeline card showing a colored cartoon cat and the letters on rainbow banner flags

When looking at the card I felt it looked a little bit flat with the white background but at the same time a little too busy with the strings crossing each other. Also I didn’t like the black letters on the word DAY as it stood out to much.

Close up of middle of Slimeline card showing a colored cartoon cat and the letters on rainbow banner flags

So I made card number two. I started by giving the panel some color and texture by blending Weathered Wood and Iced Spruce first just on the panel and then over the Burlap stencil. Then I made the banners, by accident I picked up a darker red than before but I really like it! For the day word I used the blue marker that I used in the banner to make it more cohesive. I placed the flags closer to each other so that I could run the strings on the outside of the VALENTINE banner, making them frame the whole card.