This is the eighth card in the Fireplace Christmas Card series.

Santa’s coming. Can you hear him on the rooftop? He’s sliding down the chimney.

For this card I used Karen Burniston dies to create an accordion card with a pop-out fireplace with Santa’s boots dangling in the fireplace opening. (Before starting, please watch the assembly video for the Fancy Label Accordion located near the bottom of the linked page.)

Cardbase: I cut three Fancy Label Accordion panels from heavy white cardstock. I also cut four of the same panels from red decorative paper and two panels from green decorative paper. The green paper panels I adhered to a cardstock panel. (I realized I needed to cut one more green panel to cover the tabs when all the panels are glued together.)

The red panels I trimmed out the center label at the pivot points. Using the largest and second largest label dies in the set to cut a frame, I cut borders from two of the red center labels. For the back personal message label I used the largest of the label dies to cut a frame that went to the edge of the white label.

Fireplace: I cut the fireplace front and mantel pieces using the Fireplace Pop-Up. For the fireplace I glued a brick decorative paper to white cardstock and die-cut it using the embossing feature. I then trimmed off a 5/8-inch from each side of the fireplace so it would fit into the card. The mantel piece was cut from white and ink blended.

Bam Box and Boots: Because I was using a different mechanism than the fireplace mechanism, I recommend watching the assembly video for the small bam box. I tried both sizes of bam box, but you need to use the smaller one to get the fireplace to fit on the label and not catch when the card is folded closed. Glue three of the four decorative panels to the bam box. Before you add the rubber band to the bam box, cut the teardrop shaped holes for the boots (circled in red in photo below) using a sharp pointed piercing tool and scissors. (I used an old ice pick or awl.) If you plan to glue the bam box arched side to the fireplace, cut the holes in the panel just below it as shown in the photo circled in red. Attach the boots by slipping the tabs through the holes.

Assemble the bam box as usual.

I did not attach the fourth decorative panel on my card since I knew the arched side would be glued to the back of the fireplace. Test the placement of the bam box on both the fireplace and the pivot label before the glue sets.  Once the fireplace is attached to the panel, attach the mantel with the wider side glued to the fireplace.

Card Back: Every time I make an accordion card, I forget to save the decorative frame papers to glue on last, to cover the tabs that get glued as the card is assembled. This time I did it to the middle green panel.

Sentiments: “Ho Ho Ho” comes from cutting down the “Hooray!” in Word Set 4 while “Merry Christmas” is from Word Set 3. The Santa face is from the Gnome and Santa die set.

To get the word” Christmas” to stand-out from the red border paper I cut an additional “Christmas” in white and off set it behind the red word.

Envelope: The red “Merry Christmas” on the envelope flap and its green border are stamps from Anna Griffin.

CRX Sheet: The card recipient experience (CRX) sheet explains how to close the fireplace. it is a free download.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Other Holiday Fireplace Cards by designer/brand

• Anna Griffin – Holiday Hearth
• Altenew – A Modern Holiday Hearth
• Crafter’s Companion – Pop-Up Fireplace
• Elizabeth Craft Designs – Warm and Cozy Hearth
• Hero Arts – A Magical Fireplace
• Hero Arts – Burning Logs TV
• Karen Burniston – Santa Coming Down the Chimney
• Karen Burniston – Tired Santa
• Karen Burniston – Holiday Card for A Bookworm
• Paper Discovery – Gatefold Fireplace
• Sue Small – Vintage Christmas Cards – Fireplace
• Sue Small – Vintage Christmas Cards – Room Scene
• Multiple designers –An Old-Time Christmas

Materials Used:

Dies

• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Small Scenes Bam Box Pop-Up – 1238
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Fireplace Extras 1 – 1211
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Fireplace Pop-Up – 1210
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Gnome and Santa – 1129
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Fancy Label Accordion – 1043
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 4 – Just a Note – 1027
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 3 – Holiday – 1022

Stamps

• Anna Griffin – Treasury of Stamps & Dies – AG691T

Papers

• Carnation Crafts – A4 Double-Sided Paper – Merry & Bright
• Craft Consortium– A4 Solids Double-Sided Paper Pad – Candy Christmas
• Paper Studio – 8.5×11 Paper – Brick Wall
• Red, Pink, Black and White Cardstock
• A7 Envelope – Cream

Ink

• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Walnut Stain and Aged Mahogany
• Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Cherry Cobbler and Emerald Envy
• Marker – Ultra Fine Tip –Blue and Pink

Adhesives

• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

• Die Cutting Machine
• We R Memories – QuickStick
• Scissors
•  Hero Arts – Large Ink Blending Brush
• Awl

Miscellaneous

• Rubber Bands – Size 8