Victoria and Albert Museum Style Accordion Fold Card For Valentine's Day

Victoria and Albert Museum Style Accordion Fold Card For Valentine's Day

The card has a slip case that ties with a ribbon to hold the accordion folds down. 

The card is a half inch thick.

The Victoria and Albert Museum has an extensive collection of peep show cards. The cards are accordion folded and attached to a slipcase.  Here is a link to their collection. https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/paper-peepshows  My version has a ribbon tied slipcase that is not attached to the accordion card.

I used the same scenery from my two previous blog posts as I wanted to experiment with this interesting presentation style.  The scenery is a sea captain giving his sweetheart some flowers before he leaves for foreign shores. They are standing on one of two bridges in town with two swans swimming under the bridge.  His schooner can be seen in the background waiting for him to sail the seas. 

Here is a view of the accordion fold.

Front of accordion fold card

Back of accordion fold card

I  used Neenah brand 65 lb Champagne Pearl metallic cardstock from Office Depot, a sheet of American Craft  paper from a paper pad named Lucky Us from Tuesday Morning. I recommend using a new blade and overcut to cut out this design as the intricate pieces might not cut out correctly.   I do not recommend a brand new mat because the reeds by the swan will stick to the mat (I had to glue them on after cutting). 

Here is the PDF.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wvt7lutp8cD-Ff4GbXNatA4aeaRuXiE4/view?usp=sharing

Here is the .Studio file.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ac7ntOEaXb3l3XVnySevLBmLE80kAwVw/view?usp=sharing

Here is the SVG.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eJrUr8bHo5AIj7P7DjmQQQ3Ud_4dBYN9/view?usp=sharing

Glue the circle of pretty paper to the back of the rectangular piece of pretty paper.

Glue the accordion folds to either side of the pretty paper back as shown above.

Apply glue as shown and to the back of the schooner slice. Adhere the schooner slice to the circle piece.

Bend the tabs backward on the lighthouse slice. Apply glue to the tab and adhere as shown.

Repeat for the town and swan slices.

Glue the pretty paper to the center of the couple slice.

Glue the mat to the center of the pretty paper.

Bend the tab backward. Apply glue to the back of the tab and adhere to the last accordion fold.

Glue the scalloped mat to the back of the card.  Glue and align the love word to the center of the card.

Completed back of card.

Bend the sides of the scalloped piece to make a U shape. Glue the tab to the front of the rectangular piece of paper. Repeat for the other scalloped piece.

Cut an 18 inch piece of ribbon.  Place the accordion card on top of the slipcase. Thread the ribbon though the center holes of the slipcase and tie a bow.

Happy Valentine's Day!