Accordian Envelope Album/Card

This accordian envelope creation can be a card or an album....It depends on how many envelopes you put in the middle. You need to make the accordian piece longer if you are going to add more pages. One inch longer for each page. For a card you could put a different gift card in each pocket. For a teen "date night" card, maybe a movie gift card, gas card, restuarant card. Or just fill two of the pockets with a picture or message, and tuck your card in the last pocket.

 For an album, you can decorate each envelope on the outside and both sides of the tabbed folder insert too.

The envelopes used are the "legal size" envelopes. The are 9.5 x 4.125 inches. You seal them and then cut them in half. Don't have an envelope? Just make your own pocket out of paper. The resulting size needs to be 4.75 x 4.125. You can just fold computer printer paper(cut it 9 x 4.75) fold at 4.125, then use extra to glue into a pocket shape. I kind of like the variety of having other colors of pockets, besides white.

The accordian piece should be scored across the shorter side (3 inches) every .5 inches and folded.

Here is how to assemble so that the accordian works correctly. I used a line of quick dry tacky glue but you could use the adhesive tape strips too.

I used the arrow to make a closure for the book. I wrapped the straps around and glued to the outside, leaving enough to tuck into the arrow closure. Really this went together quickly. Using double sided paper you just have to make two cuts from 12x12 paper. You will see first 12 inches of images. THen move over 12 inches to see second page of images(if you aren't using a 12x24 mat). I cut each from a different two sided paper. Then you can flip over the accents to get some in the alternate colors.

 It was the quickest way to get embellishments.

download svg and scut2 files

Enjoy!