I ran across this Side Accordion card from Claire O, a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator from England and I redid the measurements so it would fit into a standard American A2 envelope! Hope you like this fun fold! I used the Country Wood DSP and the Country Flowers bundle.

Measurements:
BASE: Basic White CS: 4 1/4″ x 11″
scored at 5 1/2″, 6 7/8″, 8 1/4″, and 9 5/8″
Front card piece: Basic White CS 3 1/4″ x 9 1/2″
scored in half at 4 3/4″
DSP: Back Panel piece: 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″
(4) side accordion panels 1 1/4″ x 4 1/8″
(2) front card pieces 3 1/8″ x 4 5/8″
scrap Basic White for sentiment and die cut flowers and teapot
scrap Basic Black for piece under sentiment strip
Scrap Basic White for the inside sentiment and note writing space – I die cut one of the larger dies from the Countryside Corners die set for this piece

Take the 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Basic White and score at 5 1/2″, 6 7/8″, 8 1/4″ and 9 5/8″.
Place the four smaller sections on the left-hand side of the card.
Cut (4) pieces from different patterns of the Country Wood DSP in 1 1/4″ x 4 1/8″ sections and adhere to the four smaller panels.

Cut a piece of DSP to 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ and adhere to the back panel of the 4 1/4″ x 11″ card base.

Die cut a scrap of Basic White with one of the larger Countryside Corners dies.

Stamp in Misty Moonlight the inside sentiment from the Country Flowers stamp set on the lower right-hand side of the die.

Adhere to the center of the back panel.

Cut the front panel piece at 3 1/4″ x 9 1/2″ and score on the long side in half at 4 3/4″.
Cut 2 pieces of Country Wood DSP at 3 1/8″ x 4 5/8″ and adhere to the outside panels of the front card piece.
Adhere the front card in the center of the first and fourth panels with Tear n Tape.

Stamp and color with Stampin’ Blends the teapot and the flowers from the Country Flowers bundle.
Adhere the teapot to the right hand side of the front card piece.

Die cut the flowers and pop up with Stampin’ Dimensionals above the teapot.
Stamp the best froend ever sentiment onto a scrap of Basic White CS and cut out with diagonal edges on both ends.
Take a piece of scrap black and cut with the same diagonal cuts a little longer than the sentiment strip and =adhere underneath the word strip. Pop up the strip below the teapot on the card.

I decided to place a little of the upcoming Navy Natural Tones Linen thread curled around the sentiment piece and added milky dots as embellishments!

This fun fold card stands up and displays – I love how this turned out!

Try it soon and go create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie