As you have probably noticed, we aren't doing Freebie Friday every Friday. We have so many things to share that we decided to just do them once or twice a month. This Friday, we are doing an accordion tag card. We probably made these 8 or 9 years ago. As you can tell, everything comes around again whether it is fashion or crafts.
Let's get started....
Take either a 5" x 12" piece of card stock or patterned paper (we chose patterned paper) and score at 3", 6" and 9". Other ideas - You can layer patterned paper on your card stock or just stamp the card stock.
Accordion fold this piece. Using a ruler and pencil, measure down 1-1/2" along each side. Draw a line from this to the center of the front which is 1-1/2" as well. Cut all pieces at the same time for the best results.
If you are going to add ribbon or other embellishments, punch through all the folds at the same time.
To create the inside "pocket", we scored a piece of 2" x 12" piece of card stock vellum at the same score lines - 3", 6" and 9". You can, of course, use patterned paper or card stock for your pocket.
Glue this pocket along the ends. We also added a little glue along the scored lines to create separate "pockets."
Because we like the look AND it reinforces the holes, we made paper reinforcers by punching the smaller punch first and them taking the larger punch and centering the hole and punching it. We used vanilla card stock.
Next, create the tags for the vellum pockets. We used the same patterned paper but your could easily use coordinating card stock. We just cut a corner off one side and used that piece to make the other side match. Then you have a master to cut the other three.
Embellish however you want using stamps, brads, buttons, etc. We did punch holes in the top of these tags and used large brads in them but you could easily use an eyelet and thread more ribbon through them. We embellished ours with a heart stamp set and coordinating ink.
Here is what the finished tags look like in the vellum pockets.
Instead of ribbon we used some fun variegated yarn for the top of our accordion card. We used several strands of embroidery floss to tie the card together. It wraps around the entire thing and is glued on under the front embellishment.
That is it...you have a finished card ready to give. You can easily create one of these for any occasion...just have fun.
Thanks for stopping and be sure to check out our new tutorial tomorrow. We will be leaving for CHA tomorrow. We are looking forward to showing you some sneak peeks of fun new products coming soon! Two Paper Divas - Melissa and Gayla
