Gingerbread, candy canes and snowmen make this accordion card a treat for the eyes and imagination. The papers are all by Heitz Cuppleditch for Craft Consortium. The accordion-fold card base dies, words and frame dies are all by Karen Burniston.

I followed the assembly video for the accordion fold card. (I found it useful to layout the card and its decorative pieces before gluing as sometimes a tab that connects the various panels needs to be hidden by a decorative piece so the order of gluing all the tabs together needs to be thought through before assembly.) The base is cut twice – once from solid pink cardstock and again from decorative papers and glued together.

Leftover striped pieces and decorative frames are the finishing touches along with narrow washi tape make the accordion frames standout. The one fancy frame was gilded using Distress Foundry Wax which requires a heat tool to set the gilding.

The card fits into a A7 envelope which has been stamped on the back with a stamp of the gingerbread train in pink ink. The stamp is also from the Candy Christmas Collection by Heitz Cuppleditch for Craft Consortium.

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Here is a sneak peak of the August 2022 Release of Karen Burniston dies.

Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Landscape Rectangle Accordion – 1198
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Slim Frames – 1150
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 3 – Holiday – 1022

Stamps

• Craft Consortium – Clear Stamps – Candy Christmas Collection by Heitz Cuppleditch

Inks

• Simon Says Stamp – Pawsitively Saturated Ink – Sweets
• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress- Foundry Wax – Gilded

Papers

• Craft Consortium – Premium Quality Papers – A4 – Candy Christmas Solids– double-sided
• Craft Consortium – Premium Quality Papers – 6” x 6” – Candy Christmas Heitz Cuppleditch
• A7 Envelope – Ivory

Miscellaneous

• Die cutting Machine
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-tipped Bottle
• Tim Holtz – Tonic Studios – Stamping Platform
• LDRS Creative – Stampendable Stamping Tool
• Stamp Cleaning Cloth
• Poking Tool
• Scissors
• Small Paint Brush
• Craft Mat
• Heat Tool
• Narrow pink and red washi tapes from my stash