U is for Unicorn Z fold Birthday A6 card

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U is for Unicorn Z fold Birthday A6 card

Hi Craft addicts!

Well today's card is a slightly more creative one I think in that it meant working out how to do the Z fold part of it!


How I made this card:-

  • I am still using up these A6 white Deckle Edge cards and so first of all scored the front of one of them using a scoreboard and folded it back on itself. I then repeated the process with the other card and then trimmed about an inch from the bottom of it.
  • I then folded the front panel so that part of the inside wasn't showing and coloured the top 2/3rds of both the inner and outer card using Orange and Yellow Prism inks blending them in until I was happy with the shading.
  • Using the strip that I had previously cut from the spare card, I then turned it over so that the longer edge was on the left hand side and the shorter one on the right. I then coloured them with a Blue dye based ink pad (Prism or Rare Earth) leaving one quarter of it white.
  • I glued the strip on to the main card using Cosmic Shimmer or Gina K PVA glue having closed the card first so that I didn't glue the bits that needed to move!
  • I had previously coloured a piece of white stamping card in various shades of blue, trying to have the darkest part at the top, and added the Unicorn die-cut (from Crafter's Companion) Animal Silhouette on top of it using a PVA glue.
  • I also stamped the U floral image out on to some stamping card using Gina K Black Amalgam ink and coloured it in using a variety of alcohol markers - the colours obviously are entirely up to you!
  • I then cut around it, edging it with a black alcohol marker and glued it to the middle of the front panel of the card.
  • I put glue on the bottom half of the unicorn and, making sure there was no glue spreading out, attached it to the card next to the letter.
  • Finally, I stamped the Birthday sentiment inside the card (I think it is from a Pretty Quick collection) again using the Gina K Amalgam ink and used one of the Green shades of quick drying ink from Crafter's Companion to add the leaves (next to the sentiment and on the inside of the card.

Products used for this project:-
  • A6 White Deckle Edge cards with envelope 
  • U Floral Letter Alphabet Stamp from Crafter's Companion
  • Unicorn silhouette Die from Crafter's Companion
  • Sentiment Stamp collection (Birthday) by Pretty Quick
  • White Card
  • Blue dye based inks to create the background for the Unicorn
  • Green quick drying ink for the leaves
  • Alcohol markers such as Spectrum Noir, Prism or Nuvo for the flowers and letter
  • Black card for the Unicorn
  • Gina K Amalgam ink pad
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue or Pinflair Glue it glue
  • Collall All Purpose glue
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