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Floral Accordion Cards Video Tutorial

A floral-themed handmade card with colorful pink, purple, and orange flowers. The card is folded accordion-style, revealing “Hello” and “Friends are flowers in the garden of life.” “Patty Bennett pattystamps.com” is watermarked on the lower right. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Thank you if you were able to join my weekly live papercrafting video yesterday, I shared these fun fold floral accordion cards created with a variety of Stampin’ Up! patterned paper!

A crafting workstation with a paper trimmer, scoring tool, blank card bases, glue, and a plastic box of supplies. Three 12x12 patterned papers with colorful floral designs are spread out. A note and yellow paper pieces are also visible. Text explains a card-making tutorial. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Learn to make these cards by watching the video at the bottom of this post!!

A handmade floral-themed greeting card with watercolor-style flowers. The top shows the closed card with the message, “Friends are flowers in the garden of life,” surrounded by pink, purple, and green flowers. Below, the card is open, displaying assorted painted flowers. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

By using a variety of floral prints, I created so many different accordion cards!

Here is my color palette:

A hand holds ink pads labeled with color names like Petunia Pop, Berry Burst, Flirty Flamingo, and more near a clear container filled with colorful, handmade greeting cards. A gridded craft mat and “Patty Bennett pattystamps.com” are visible. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

Dimensions for Accordion Cards:

Base card: 4-1/4″ x 11″ cardstock scored at 5-1/2″ (side fold card base)

  • DSP for front: 4″ x 5-1/4″
  • DSP for accordion inside: 4″ x 12″. Cut 2″ off the right side (for flap), score 4×10 piece at 3″, 4″, 5″, 6″, 7″, 8″ and 9″.
  • White cardstock inside: 4″ x 4″, score at 2″ (fold in 1/2), cover right side with the 2×4 piece of DSP
A handmade floral greeting card with “FRIENDS are flowers in the garden of LIFE” on the front. The card is surrounded by vibrant pink, red, and yellow flower illustrations. A folded inner panel and the word “Hello” are partially visible. © Patty Bennett. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

For cutting, scoring and assembly tips, please watch the video at the bottom of this post.

Accordion Cards. Three handmade greeting cards with colorful floral designs and pink, purple, and green flowers. Two cards are open showing the message “Friends are flowers in the garden of life” on white panels. The cards are displayed on a light wooden surface. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

My card design was inspired by a beautiful card I received from my friend Anne many months ago.

Three handmade greeting cards with bold floral patterns are displayed. Two cards have pastel flower designs with friendship quotes; one says "FRIENDS are the Flowers in the Garden of LIFE." The third card is black with pink, blue, and purple flowers and "Hello" written inside. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

I was stacking them up as I made them… but my pile got too tall and fell over!!

A messy pile of colorful, floral-patterned cards is scattered on a gray table. Above the cards, bold text reads “my pile of cards fell over!!” The cards have various flower designs in pink, red, yellow, and green tones. To read more, visit Patty Stamps (pattystamps.com)

If you are looking for the Christmas Accordion card in the video… I’ve got that one ready for my blog post tomorrow.. please come back to visit!

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