Stair-Step Accordion Birthday Card
For the card: Cut 12"x6½" white cardstock and place horizontally. Score 4", 7", and 10" from the right end. Accordion-fold the cardstock, starting with a valley fold at the 4" score. Place the card with the aligned folds on the left and the narrow panel on top.
For the front panel: Cut 1 7/8"x6 3/8" Hopscotch red dotted paper and glue centered on the front. Cut ¾"x6 3/8" Hopscotch striped paper and glue along the left edge of the red paper. Punch out the orange label, remove the nibs, and stamp the 1 1/8" frame in the center with Warm Red, then “hi” inside the frame with Jet Black.
Glue the left half of the die cut to the front, 1" from the top. Die cut two 1¼" flowers from red cardstock, three ¾" flowers from yellow cardstock, and three leaves from green cardstock. Glue the flowers and leaves to the front as shown.
Die cut the large butterfly from gold ripple paper and vellum. Glue the body of the vellum butterfly to the body of the gold butterfly. Glue it to the front and place rhinestones as shown.
For the center panel: Cut 2 7/8"x6 3/8" Hopscotch yellow plaid paper and glue centered on the panel. Cut ¾"x6 3/8" Hopscotch striped paper and glue along the left edge of the yellow paper. Punch out the blue label, remove the nibs, and stamp “to my favorite friend” on it with Jet Black. Glue to the panel center.
Die cut two large red cardstock flowers, two small yellow cardstock flowers, and four green cardstock leaves. Die cut a small butterfly from gold ripple paper and from vellum. Glue the vellum butterfly’s body to the gold butterfly’s body, then glue all the die cuts as shown.
For the last panel: Cut 3 7/8"x6 3/8" Hopscotch teal circles paper and glue centered on the panel. Cut ¾"x6 3/8" Hopscotch striped paper and glue along the left edge of the teal paper. Punch out the red label and stamp “happy birthday” on it with Jet Black ink, stacking the words on the label. Glue the label to the panel, 1 5/8" from the top.
Die cut two large red cardstock flowers, one small yellow cardstock flower, and two green cardstock leaves. Die cut a large butterfly from gold ripple paper and from vellum. Glue the butterflies together as before, then glue all the die cuts and place rhinestones as shown.
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Cardstocks: white, red, green, yellow
Craft glue
For the front panel: Cut 1 7/8"x6 3/8" Hopscotch red dotted paper and glue centered on the front. Cut ¾"x6 3/8" Hopscotch striped paper and glue along the left edge of the red paper. Punch out the orange label, remove the nibs, and stamp the 1 1/8" frame in the center with Warm Red, then “hi” inside the frame with Jet Black.
Glue the left half of the die cut to the front, 1" from the top. Die cut two 1¼" flowers from red cardstock, three ¾" flowers from yellow cardstock, and three leaves from green cardstock. Glue the flowers and leaves to the front as shown.
Die cut the large butterfly from gold ripple paper and vellum. Glue the body of the vellum butterfly to the body of the gold butterfly. Glue it to the front and place rhinestones as shown.
For the center panel: Cut 2 7/8"x6 3/8" Hopscotch yellow plaid paper and glue centered on the panel. Cut ¾"x6 3/8" Hopscotch striped paper and glue along the left edge of the yellow paper. Punch out the blue label, remove the nibs, and stamp “to my favorite friend” on it with Jet Black. Glue to the panel center.
Die cut two large red cardstock flowers, two small yellow cardstock flowers, and four green cardstock leaves. Die cut a small butterfly from gold ripple paper and from vellum. Glue the vellum butterfly’s body to the gold butterfly’s body, then glue all the die cuts as shown.
For the last panel: Cut 3 7/8"x6 3/8" Hopscotch teal circles paper and glue centered on the panel. Cut ¾"x6 3/8" Hopscotch striped paper and glue along the left edge of the teal paper. Punch out the red label and stamp “happy birthday” on it with Jet Black ink, stacking the words on the label. Glue the label to the panel, 1 5/8" from the top.
Die cut two large red cardstock flowers, one small yellow cardstock flower, and two green cardstock leaves. Die cut a large butterfly from gold ripple paper and from vellum. Glue the butterflies together as before, then glue all the die cuts and place rhinestones as shown.
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Cardstocks: white, red, green, yellow
Craft glue