Accordion-folded "Grateful" sign

Many of you have asked for directions on making the "Grateful" sign that can sit on a shelf, mantle or table as a Fall decoration.  So here it is!! Below you'll find the step by step directions as well as photos to help.

My example below is made with: Chocolate Chip card stock for the base, “Sweater Weather” DSP, card stock pieces in Soft Sky, Tangerine Tango, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, and Crushed Curry.  My letters are from very vanilla cardstock. Punches used: 1 ¼’ circle, 1 3/8” circle, Tab punch (retired), Boho Blossoms,  Itty Bitty Shapes Punch pack. Other embellishments: ribbon scraps in coordinating colors, rhinestone jewels, Candy Dots. 

You will need:

Colored Cardstock for Base (2 pieces measuring 4 ¼” x 11” and 1 piece measuring 4 ¼” x 6 ½”.)

Designer Series Paper, variety of prints (8 pieces total; each measuring 3”x4”)

Colored card stock  (8 pieces total; each measuring 2” x 2 ½” that coordinate with your DSP) plus scraps.

 White or Vanilla Cardstock (depending on what coordinates best with your DSP.)

*Letters spelling GRATEFUL – each should  measure between 1 ¾” tall and 2 ½” max.

Stamps, ink, punches, ribbon etc. for embellishments.

(My letters were made with a Big Shot alphabet die that is no longer available through Stampin’ Up. The current one offered on page 192 makes smaller letters, only 1 ¼” high. So I recommend that you find letters that are the right size whether those are stickers, or die cuts from another source.)

Supplies:

1. Score both of the long card stock pieces at 3 ¼”, 6 ½” and 9 ¾”:

2. Score the short piece at 3 ¼”:

1   3.  Fold accordion style along score lines that you made:

4. Place a generous amount of strong adhesive on the smallest section of your long card stock pieces:

5. Attach the first 2 pieces (long ones) to each other. Then attach the short piece to it to make one long accordion-folded strip:

The seams will be on the back of your project

1  6. Attach colored card stock pieces to coordinating DSP pieces:

1  7. Attach these to the base:

1  8. Attach letters:

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1 9. Decorate using punches, stamps, ink, ribbon & embellishments.