Good Morning! Welcome to the May Inkin’ Krew Team Blog Hop! The theme for this month’s hop is “Fun Fold” and I used the pretty Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia bundle and the Flowering Zinnias designer series paper to make an accordion Birthday Card with a belly band. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.
I adhered panels of Flowering Zinnias designer series paper to the front folds of the Melon Mambo accordion card base with liquid glue. This card base is 4″ wide (rather than 4-1/4″) and fits better in the standard envelope with the belly band.
For my belly band panel, I cut a circle from Old Olive using the Spotlight On Nature dies. I cut three sets of zinnia petals (two small and one large) from Real Red and centers from Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight using the Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia dies. I assembled the zinnia, adhering it with liquid glue and adhered three leaves to the back – two Mossy Meadow and one Lemon Lime Twist.
I stamped the sentiment from the Unbounded Love stamp set in Old Olive on Basic White and cut it out with the small rectangle die. I used the large rectangle die to cut a mat from Melon Mambo and adhered it to the back of the sentiment. I adhered the label to the die cut circle and adhered the zinnia on top with glue dots. I adhered a panel of Flowering Zinnias DSP to a Melon Mambo strip to make the belly band. I loosely wrapped it around the card so it would slide and secured the ends with Tear-N-Tape. I used glue dots to adhere the decorated circle to the belly band.
I cut the two zinnia bud dies from the Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia dies from Real Red and the small stem and leaves from Old Olive. I adhered them with glue dots and adhered them to a die cut circle using the Spotlight on Nature dies. I adhered the decorated die cut circle to the first middle panel with liquid glue.
I stamped the sentiment from the Unbounded Love stamp set in Melon Mambo ink on Basic White and cut it out with the Spotlight on Nature die. I cut small flowers from scraps using the die from the Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia dies and adhered them with liquid glue. I adhered the panel to the second middle panel with liquid glue.
For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Unbounded Love stamp set in Melon Mambo ink on the left side of a Basic White panel and adhered the last strip of Flowering Zinnias DSP to the right side. I adhered the layered panel to the back panel of the card.
Belly band cards are so fun and special, especially for a birthday. The beautiful die cut flowers from the Stampin’ Up! Simply Zinnia bundle are awesome for decorating a belly band. And it’s wonderful to see all the beautiful papers from the Flowering Zinnias designer series paper on a card!
On With The Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to Karen Ksenzakovic’s project or click the Previous Blog button to move back to see the project that Karen Finkle created.
If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:
- Mary Deatherage
- Tara Carpenter
- Ann Louise Fodgaard
- Karen Finkle
- Akiko Sudano <– you are here
- Karen Ksenzakovic
- Shirley Gentry
- Carol Buckalew
- Terry Lynn Bright
- Nel Thames
- Amy Koenders
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Cardstock Cuts for this project:
- Melon Mambo – 5-1/2″ x 11″ card base, scored at 1-1/2″ (valley), 4-1/4″ (mountain), and 7″ (valley), 1-1/4″ x 10″ (belly band), 1-3/4″ x 2-1/2″ (label)
- Mossy Meadow – 2″ x 4″ (die cut leaves)
- Real Red – 2-1/4″ x ” (die cut zinnia), 1″ x 1-1/2″ (die cut small bud)
- Daffodil Delight – 1″ x 1″ (flower center)
- Pumpkin Pie – 1″ x 1″ (flower center)
- Lemon Lime Twist – 1″ x 2″ (die cut leaf)
- Old Olive – 3″ x 3″ (belly band circle)
- Basic White – 3-3/4″ x 5-1/4″ (inside panel), 1-1/2″ x 2-1/4″ (label), 2-1/2″ x 5″ (die cut circles)
- Flowering Zinnias DSP DSP – 1″ x 10″ (belly Band), three 1-1/4″ x 5-1/4″ panels two 2-3/4″ x 5-1/4″ panels
Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:
