Tutorial for Concertina Card for Mulberry Wood Shaped Cards

Well I knew that you would all fall in love with the Mulberry Wood CD Rom from Crafters Companion and I have had a few requests to do a tutorial for the concertina card using the shaped cards on the CD. Sorry it has taken me longer than usual but life is abit hectic at the moment. I have to admit that this card was not my idea I found it on a blog  a couple of years ago and wrote down the instructions and to be honest had forgotten all about it till I was having a tidy up, so I am really sorry that I can't give the lovely person whose blog it was the credit.

You will need:

14 sheets of A4 printable paper from Crafters Companion
6 sheets of A4 printable light weight card from Crafters Companion
1 sheet of A3 white Centura Pearl cardstock from Crafters Companion
3 sheet 12 x 12 Core'dinations cardstock
Mulberry Wood Everyday CD Rom
4 pieces of 12 x 12 Centura Pearl white card stock
Trimmer
Ultimate Pro and Boxer Board from Crafters Companion
Scoring Tool
Double Sided Tape
9 Silver Paperclips
10 Coloured Paperclips
Scissors
Collall Glue
Collall 3d Glue
Glitter
Quickie Glue Pen
Piece of ribbon approximately 30" long
small bow

1. First I printed from the Mulberry Wood Everyday CD Rom 4 sheets of backing papers two of each design.
2. Taking your 12 x 12 cardstock cut four pieces to measure 12" x 6.5". Then taking one of these pieces cut it again into three pieces, one measuring 6" x 6.5" and two pieces measuring 2" x 6.50". So you should now have three pieces of card 12" x 6.5", two pieces of card 2" x 6.50" and one piece 6" x 6.50".

3. Then taking your 3 pieces of cardstock measuring 12" x 6.5" and your one piece measuring 6" x 6.5" using your  Ultimate Pro and Boxer Board and  score them at 3" intervals.

4. Now using your scoring tool burnish all your score lines and fold as shown.

5. Take your two pieces of card that measure 6.5" x 2" and score them at 1".

You now need to join your panels together and we do this by using our 2" strips and double sided tape. So put a piece of double sided tape on each 1" strip of the above two pieces of card and join together your two pieces of card that each have four panels and then your two pieces of card that have 4 panels and two panels. You should now have two pieces of card one with 6 panels and one with 8 panels.

6. PLEASE NOTE FOR THE NEXT SET OF INSTRUCTION DO NOT CUT ANY SLITS IN THE FIRST AND LAST PANEL OF YOUR PIECE OF CARD WITH 8 PANELS.

Taking your piece of card with 8 panels, starting at the second panel and through to the seventh panel,  from the bottom of the panel and in the centre of the panel cut a 3.5" slit in each of these six panels. I have marked a B to donate that this is the bottom of the panel to make it easier when putting together and it will be covered with backing paper.

7. Take your piece of card with six panels and this time from the top of the panels and in the centre of the panel cut a 3.5" slit in all of the six panels. Again I have just marked the letter T on one of the panels.

8. Now you need to slot your two pieces of card together by using the slits.

9. Once you have slotted your two pieces of card together, take this next bit slowly as you need to concertina the two pieces of card so that it looks like this. Patience may be needed :)

10. This is much easier to decorate whilst it is apart but you will need to mark the panels first. For this I have used 10 coloured paper clips and 9 silver paperclips. So when you take it apart you can put one backing paper on the panels with the silver paperclips and another backing paper on the panels with the coloured paper clips. I have put the coloured ones on the back panels and the silver ones on the front panels. You will see why this is a good idea when you take it apart to decorate.

11. Now leaving on the paperclips carefully take it apart to decorate using your backing papers from the Mulberry Wood Everyday CD Rom.

12. On your lightweight printable card print out 5 designs from the shaped card section of the Mulberry Wood Everyday CD Rom at A4 size and on the reverse side print a matching backing paper. Cut these out. You will need to make these 6.5" in height and as you can see I have cut the width in various sizes with the narrowest being at the front and the widest at the back but this is just personal choice. You will have to cut off quite a bit so that they will fit onto the panels.

13. Now using your Collall glue attach these to the 5 panels on your card. I find it easier to put the glue onto the panel rather than the shaped topper.

14. When your glue has dried concertina your card up again into its folds and you will now have a small white panel left at each end . Using your sheet of A3 Centura Pearl Cardstock cut two pieces of card 6.5" x 6.5" this is for the back and front of the card. Place some of your Collall glue of the white front and back panels and attach your 6.5" panels.

15. Print of a sheet of your chosen decoupage onto light weight printable card. Cut out and using your Collall 3D glue layer up your decoupage and leave to dry. On the front of the card in the centre place a piece of double sided tape horizontally and attach your ribbon.  From the Mulberry Wood Everyday CD Rom print off your matching backing paper and using your core'dination card matt and layer onto the front of your card. I have added another piece of ribbon and used my quickie glue pen to add some glitter but again this is just personal choice.

16. I then matt and layered my core'dinations and backing paper for the inside of the front cover. I printed of a sheet of the embellishments to match my front cover size A5 and again using my quickie glue pen glittered the tag and added a small bow

17. Again matt and layer your card and backing paper for the back page of your card and add an insert and verse.



Sneak Peek for Mulberry Wood

Morning all well at least the sun is shining today which is always a bonus. This will probably be my last sneak peek before Sara's shows tomorrow on Create and Craft at 12 o'clock as I have an appointment at the hospital in the morning and not quite sure how long I will have to wait :(.  I made this cade using the CD and used the amazing shaped cards, these are fantastic and there are so many ways to use them.

So don't forget to pop over to the Crafters Companion blog or website to enter the competition to win this gorgeous CD.

3rd Sneak Peek Mulberry Wood Everyday

Morning all I won't say good morning because the weather here is awful but the new range from Crafters Companion Mulberry Wood Everyday is enough to brighten up anyones day. These images by Ian Hallows are stunning and the CD and stamps will keep you busy for ages and its something you will go back to all the time. So why not pop over to the Crafters Companion Blog for details of a competition to win the Mulberry Wood Everyday CD.

So don't miss the first Pick of the Week show on Create and Craft at 12 o'clock this Friday.

2nd Sneak Peak Mulberry Wood Everyday

Morning all well here is my second sneak peek for the gorgeous new range from Crafters Companion Mulberry Wood Everyday. Today I thought I would share with you something that I made using the elements from the CD and as Christmas is not really too far away something that could be used as a gift. I had such fun making this so I hope that you like it.

So don't forget to tune into Create and Craft at 12 o'clock on Friday 19th October

Mulberry Wood New Launch

Morning all well today I am going to share with you a sneak peek from the brand new launch of Mulberry Wood Everyday from Crafters Companion. This new CD and set of stamps is being launched on Friday at 12 o'clock on Create and Craft as their Pick of the Week. If you loved the Christmas Mulberry Wood then you are going to be amazed at the everyday, the artist Ian Hallows has excelled himself.

So why not pop over to the Crafters Companion Blog and enter the competition and three lucky people will win the brand new Mulberry Wood Everyday CD. The winner will be drawn on Friday 19th October and notified by email before midday.

So Good Luck :)

Beatrix Potter Sneak Peek

Morning all well today I thought I would share with you another sneak peek from the Crafters Companion Beatrix Potter range. These are gorgeous kits and they are so different from anyhting I have worked with before, because there are so many different card shapes you can make, so I have sneak peeked more than one card today - naughty I know :) just so that you can see what you can make.

So don't forget to tune into http://www.idealworld.tv/ tomorrow night to watch Sara at 9pm.

Crafters Companion Beatrix Potter Pick of the Day

Thought that I would give you all the heads up about Crafters Companion Pick of the Day which starts on Wednesday 18th September on Ideal World at 9pm and it then on most of the day on Thursday as well. I can't give the secret away to what everything is going to be, now that would spoil the surprise now won't it : ) But what I can tell you is that they have some amazing Beatrix Potter kits in partnership with Hunky Dory. They kits make some amazing cards so keep your eyes peeled on the design teams blogs for some morer sneak peaks. Some of the beautiful cards that you will be able to make are Rockers Cards, Frame cards plus some gorgeous gift boxes and loads more.

This is some of the gorgeous Frame Cards from the Beatrix Potter All Seasons Luxury Card Collection.

Wow Crafters Companion have done it again !!!!

Well I hope that you have all being watching Sara from Crafters Companion with the launch of the new stamp range from Ian Hallows Mulbery Wood. These are just gorgeous and together with the CD and Hunky Dory kits make amazing Christmas cards. Today I am posting another lovely stamp from the Mulberry Wood range and also a Christmas ornament that I made using the brand new Die Sire dies which are now available on the Crafters Companion website. These new dies are out of this world and for this ornament I used the Classical Frame Die.

Crafters Companion Mulberry Wood Pick of the Day

I am sure that by now you all know that Crafters Companion are on Ideal World tonight and tomorrow ( click here for the times ) with some more fantastic stamps from the Mulberry Wood range. This was soooooo popular last time and sold out in record time that they have now added some more beautiful stamps to the range. So why not join Leann tonight at 9pm and 11pm and then tomorrow to be able to get your hands on the wonderful stamps.

Crafters Companion Blog Hop

Morning all well today is an exciting day as it is the start of the new Crafters Companion Blog Hop to celebrate the release of the new Paintbox Poppets Winter Collection.here is my first sneak peak and for this I have used the beautiful Reddy Decoupage Die Cuts. This new collection is another one of Christine Haworth's  and is absolutely stunning. So if you have landed here from Wendy 's Blog then you are hopping in the right direction. If not then you need to pop over to the Crafter’s Companion News blog to begin.


Our DT have had a great time creating with the new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of this stunning new collections  we have decided to give you a chance to see some Sneak Peeks and also have the chance of winning the new Paintbox Poppets Winter Collection CD-ROM.

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this great prize is visit each blog in order and then go back to the Crafter’s Companion News Views and Inspiration Blog to leave  a comment saying what has inspired you throughout the blog hop.and a comment will be picked at random to win the new Paintbox Poppets Winter Collection CD-ROM, on  Friday morning at 9am.
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So from here you need to pop over to Rachel's blog

Moreheads Launch tonight at 6pm

Well its only a few more hours to go until the launch of Moreheads from Crafters Companion at 6pm today on Create and Craft. I am sure that you have seen all the amazing samples that the Design Team have been showing, so here is my last sneak peak. I made this card using the brand new section on the cd of Shaped Cards, its amazing.

Crafters Companion new Moreheads Launch

Morning all well its another fantastic sunny day today and hope you enjoy it whatever you are doing. Today I am going to share with you a card I made using the brand new Moreheads CD from Crafters Companion and also some Moreheads Decoupage. Not long now until Crafters Companion launch this amazing CD, stamps and decoupage on Friday at 12 o'clock on Create and Craft.

Wow Crafters Companion New Launch - Moreheads !!!!!!

 

 

 

Wow I am so excited guess what Crafters Companion are launching on Create and Craft on the 27th July - well its MOREHEADS and these are to die for, I don't know how they do it but every new launch just gets better and better :0).

 

So to celebrate the new launch Crafters Companion are running an amazing competition and giving you the chance to win the new Morehead CD-ROM, plus the everyday decoupage kit and Christmas decoupage kit (total prize value over £50!) All you have to do is go to Crafters Companion website here and log in. The competition will run from the 23rd July till 10am on Friday 27th, so good luck :)

 

Why not go and check out the other Design Teams amazing creations. If you would like to see how to make the card above please pop over to Crafters Companion News Views and Inspiration blog and the instructions will be there sometime this week.

 

 

 

Mulberry Wood Christmas Cracker

Morning all I hope that your weather is better than ours, the thunder and lightning was awful this morning. I have been asked about the Christmas Cracker that I made for the launch of the Mulberry Wood collection from Crafters Companion so I thought that today I would share it with you. For the crackers I used the die cut and scored Paula's Crackers from Whichcraft, click here for the link.  Because the card base was white I used Tim Holtz distress Ink Broken China, which you can buy from Crafters Companion and decorated the very edges with some glitter. For the panels I used some of the Core-dinations card and a sheet of backing paper and some of the small tags from the Mulberry Wood CD. I then tied some matching ribbon around the ends of the cracker and decorated it with some snowflakes again using the core-dinations card from Crafters Companion and for the centres I used some of the Candi from Craftworks cards

Project for Peek-a-Boo/Shutter card - Mulberry Wood

Here is the Peek-a-Boo card project using the Crafters Companion Hunkydory kit from the Mulberry Wood collection as promised. I first made this card a couple of years ago, I got the idea from a magazine unfortunately I can't remember which one but thought that the Mulberry Wood images would be perfect for it. This is a beautiful kit and if you would like to purchase it, then pop over to Crafters Companion.


Things you will need :

Hunkydory Mulberry Wood kit from Crafters Companion
Ultimate Pro and boxer board
Scoring Tool
Glue
Speelbinder die standard circle
low tack tape
manual die cutting machine
2 small bows
Foam pads


1. I chose a piece of the A4 card stock with borders along each side. Using your Ultimate Pro butt your card stock up to the edge of the Ultimate pro and score along the A4 gatefold line. Turn your cardstock 180 degrees and score the same line again. Burnish using your bone folder.

2. Take some coordinating card stock and mat and layer onto the 3 inside panels of your card.

3. Cut a piece of cardstock 10 cm x 21cm, for this I chose a piece of cardstock with a character to give a bit more of a focal feature.

4. Next chose your image for the peekboo-a-Boo, I chose one of the large round images so that I could cut out my aperture using a spelldinder die. From the top of your piece of card measure down 3cm and using low tack tape stick your spell binders die in place and cut out using your die cutting machine.

5. Now cut a piece of matching cardstock to measure 24.5cm by 9.5 cm and cut in half. on one piece of your card mark the centre point and then measure 5cm down. On the back of your cardstock draw a V shape as shown. Now place both pieces of card on top of each other and cut out the V shape. Using your boxer board on the straight edge of both your pieces of card measure and score at 1.5cm across and burnish

6.Firstly to line up your image place this underneath your piece of card with the aperture cut out. Remove your piece of card  and I would then mark this with a pencil line before lifting the image off the card to put the glue on, you will not see the pencil mark as it will be covered up.  Then glue into place.

6. To line up the peek-a-boo mechanism , place your image under the cut out aperture ( do not glue this piece of card at this stage ) and slide in your 2 pieces of card with the V shape cut out at either side, with the folded flaps lined up flush to the left hand edge of your outer panels. When you have them lined up correctly place a small pencil at the top of each piece of V shape card so that when you glue these down you have a guide. Remove your piece of card with the aperture cut out and put to one side. Now for this I used a wet glue as it just you a bit of movement when lining up. I have crossed the V shapes over each other so that when it opens it looks like a camera shutter, now glue these into place just on the folded flaps and gently close you card to make sure that the mechanism works, as at this stage whilst the glue is still wet you can adjust them. When everything is ok let them dry.

7. Place glue just along the top and bottom of your piece of card that has the aperture cut out and stick over your shutter mechanism.

8. To decorate the two inside panels I used two small tags from the kit and two small matching bows.

9. For the front of your card, chose two toppers from the kit and place foam pads on part of the back as shown. Attach to the left hand side front panel.

I hope that you enjoyed making this card as much as I have.