Stampin’ Up! Sentimental Christmas Wishes Sneak Peek Accordion-Fold Card with Video for Creative Creases #90

Good morning and happy Friday-before-a-three-day-weekend!!  Whoo-hooo!  Just as a heads up – I will NOT be doing a Zoom The Craftroom on Monday, 2 Sept!  Y’all go have a picnic or something, okay!?  I’ll be back in The Craftroom NEXT Thursday evening! 🙂

My card today is a fun fold – could you tell that from the blog post title?  It features a sneaky look at the stunning new Sentimental Christmas DSP and the coordinating Sentimental Wishes stamp set and dies – both coming in just a few more days in the new Sept-Dec 2024 Mini Catalog.  This pretty paper was a shoe-in for an accordian fold and…that’s what I did!  Take a look-see:

Okay – trust me – the INSIDE is an accordion!  Patience, Padawan!

You’ll see this card – along with the other Design Team members’ cards –  at this week’s Creative Creases Challenge!  I hope you’ll come and join us – we would LOVE for you to share YOUR fun folds with us!

I started by adhering a piece of the beautiful Sentimental Christmas DSP on a Basic Beige mat and then to the front of my Shaded Spruce card base with Liquid Glue.  Note – the card base is 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ – scored at 4 1/4″ – and folded as a side-fold card (a little different from my normal top-fold orientation).

I used the next-to-largest Stylish Shapes circle die to cut out a Basic Beige circle and adhered it with Liquid Glue.

On a piece of Basic Beige, I stamped the holly image from Sentimental Wishes twice in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  I used the Light Shaded Spruce and Light Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends to color the images and cut them out with the coordinating die in the Sentimental Wishes set.

Using the little foliage die in the set, I cut out three boughs from Pretty Peacock cardstock.

Using Liquid Glue, I adhered the three die cut boughs and one holly leaf.  I added the final holly leaf with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

On a piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock, I stamped the Sentimental Wishes sentiment in Versamark Ink and sprinkled it with white Embossing Powder.  I heat set the powder with the Heat Tool and let it cool.

Once it was cool, I used the large Stylish Shapes banner die to cut it out.  I adhered it with a couple of Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I added some gorgeous new Drusy Adhesive-backed Embellishments (part of the Suite – and available on 4 Sept!) and the card front was done.

Now – for the fun inside!

I started with a 5 1/4″ x 10″ piece of Sentimental Christmas DSP – I selected the perfect design to accordion-ize.  Using my Paper Trimmer, I scored along the long edge at 2″, 3″, 4″, 5″, 6″, 7″ and 8″.

Starting with the 2″ score – I folded that one as a valley.  Then I folded each successive score line in the opposite direction – so….2″ (valley), 3″ (mountain), 4″ (valley), 5″ (mountain)….etc.

I stamped the Sentimental Wishes sentiment on the back panel in Pretty Peacock ink.

To insert the fold into the card – I added Liquid Glue to the back of the panel on the left 2″ side – and then adhered it to the left side of the card base.

I used Liquid Glue on the right 2″ side and adhered it to the right side of the card base.  That’s a lot harder to write than it is to do – so check out the video (at about the 33 minute mark!) to SEE how to do it if the words just made it worse! 🙂

Using the third-from-largest Stylish Shapes circle die, I cut out three Basic Beige circles.  Using Liquid Glue on HALF of the back of each circle – I adhered them to the three inside folds – see how I made them sort of stair-step down?

For the decorations – I stamped the candle image from the Sentimental Wishes set in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on a piece of Basic Beige.  Using my Light Shaded Spruce, Light Poppy Parade, Dark Daffodil Delight and Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends – I colored the image and cut it out with the die in the Sentimental Wishes set.  Then I adhered it to the lowest circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I used the Sentimental Wishes die to cut out a stuffed stocking – right from one of the pieces of the Sentimental Christmas DSP! – and adhered it to the middle circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The last image – on the top circle – is from the Sentimental Christmas DSP – but…there’s no die for it so….I pulled out my Paper Snips – held my tongue juuuuuust right! – and fussy cut that booger!  Totally.  Worth.  It.

I adhered the fussy cut image to the top circle with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Note: when you’re adhering the three little decorations – just make sure they don’t interfere with the folding parts!

I added one more sparkly Drusy Adhesive-backed Embellishment next to the sentiment on the back panel and the card was done!

The front of my Basic White Medium Envelope got the Sentimental Wishes holly on the front…

…and more of the Sentimental Christmas DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila.  Okay – seriously!?  Have you seen prettier paper than this Sentimental Christmas DSP!?  I just love it – and that design I used on the inside is simply gorgeous!  The coordinating Sentimental Wishes set – with it’s very traditional images – and sentiments in such pretty fonts! – is a perfect accompaniment!  And…you can get them all SOOO SOOOON!!!  Whoo-hoo!!

I hope you like!

If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below! And – this is the card that I made on my Thursday After Lunch Bunch YouTube video. If you’d like to see it – for the first time or again – here ’tis!

I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project.  You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:

Missed any tutorials?  You can check out my past projects right here!

Have fun on the hop!

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Get the Stampin’ Up! Products Used in this Project: You’ll also need the Sentimental Wishes bundle, Sentimental Christmas DSP, and Druzy Adhesive-backed Embellishments when they’re available on 4 Sept 2024!

Stylish Shapes Dies – 159183

Price: $30.00

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146981

Price: $11.50

Basic Beige 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 164511

Price: $11.50

Pretty Peacock 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 150880

Price: $11.50

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad – 150083

Price: $9.00

Shaded Spruce Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – 154903

Price: $11.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad – 132708

Price: $8.00

Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – 154958

Price: $11.00

Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – 154882

Price: $11.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack – 154883

Price: $11.00

Versamark Pad – 102283

Price: $9.50

Basics Wow! Embossing Powder – 165679

Price: $21.00

Paper Trimmer – 152392

Price: $28.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue – 110755

Price: $6.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.25

Paper Snips Scissors – 103579

Price: $12.00

Heat Tool – 129053

Price: $32.00

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Card Cuts Used in This Project:

Shaded Spruce Cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″)

Pretty Peacock Cardstock: Sentimental Wishes die cut boughs (x3); Stylish Shapes banner die (sentiment)

Basic Beige Cardstock: 2 5/8″ x 5 1/8″  (mat for front DSP panel); Stamped & die cut Sentimental Wishes holly (x2 – on front); Stamped & die cut Sentimental Wishes Candle (on inside); Next-to-Largest Stylish Shapes Circle (on front); Third-from-Largest Stylish Shapes circle die (x3 – on inside)

Sentimental Christmas DSP: 5 1/4″ x 10″ (accordion – scored and folded at 2″, 3″, 4″, 5″, 6″, 7″ and 8″); 2 3/4″ x 5″ (front DSP panel); Die cut stocking on inside; Fussy Cut holly on inside; 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)

If you need any stamping supplies, I’d be very happy to be your Demonstrator. Just click on the Order Stampin’ Up! Online Now button on the right side of the screen to go directly to my online store or drop me an email if you have any questions. Happy Stamping!

And…here’s the result of one evenings “work”.