Sizzix Accordion 3-D Flip Card (2) - 100th Birthday Card

When a person turns 100, one tends to think of someone who is slightly frail, maybe hard of hearing and certainly with diminishing vision.  Not so with Ted Perkins!  He still plays a mean game of golf, drives and reads without glasses and bought himself the latest Mercedes Benz on the market for his 100th birthday!  Now if that is not an example of positive living, I don't know.  We have all been inspired by this sprightly 'young' man with his wicked sense of humour.  He deserved a special card.

 

As with the previous post, I used the Sizzix Accordion Flip 3-D Die as well as the corresponding Sizzix Frame & Label, Bracket Die.

  

 

For this card I cut four pieces and attached the sides as per the easy instructions on Youtube by Karen Burniston. 

 

I basically used  Tim Holtz dies, embossing folders and embellishments for all the decorations.



Undecorated pieces attached

Front

 

Inside (the second page has a condensed history of major events of 1914)

Embossed Clock


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Sizzix Accordion 3-D Flip Die - Birthday Card

I received a lovely letter from my friend Caroline  from Georgia, America yesterday. I started following Caroline's blog way back when I bought my first Cricut Machine and was looking for on-line help. We have kept up the correspondence over the years and I always enjoy hearing from her. She reminded me that I had not posted anything for a while, so here goes.

 

My mother-in-law turned 90 on the 9th December 2013. What a wonderful age and she is still as spritely as the day I met her. What a blessing to have had such a caring and loving mother-in-law over the last 40 years! (Secretly I think she was relieved that I took over the responsibility of looking after her son - but don't tell either of them!)

 

I wanted to make a 3-dimensional card because it always has more impact. I saw this wonderful 3-D Accordion die from Sizzix and could not resist!

 

Front

 

 

Back of card

 

 

A bit of detail

 

The nice thing about this die is that you can start with two pieces and add on as many as you like.  I have realised though that you cannot use paper thicker than cardstock.  I made this card with thick board and not only had a problem folding it, but definitely could not add another layer.  This is also a great die for making mini albums. 

 

The embellishments were made with dies from spellbinders and die-namics.

 

 

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Bella Sophia

I made this mini album to celebrate the birth of a beautiful baby girl called Bella Sophia. I left enough space for the proud parents to do their own journaling about the happy event.  I used the Teresa Collins Chic Bebe Range of papers.

The Little Princess!

 

The photos in the album are not  of the best quality as they were

 taken with a mobile phone in the hospital.  

Isn't she beautiful though!

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