If I had a flower... flowers on flowers Z fold card - 365 Day challenge

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Hi Craft addicts!

Today's latest handmade card is a different shape, this time a Z fold 5 inch square card.

  • I first of all took one of the unscored pieces of card from Red Button - this measured 250x125mm and I used my Hunkydory Scoreboard to score it first of all down the middle and then down the middle of the left hand side.
  • I then folded the left hand side back on itself to create the Z fold shape.
  • I then rounded the corners of all the relevant bits of the card as I think it gives a softer edge to it.
  • I cut out two panels of green card (from Crafter's Companion), the first to fit the front part of the card and the second to fit the inside part of the card.
  • I decided to use the green flower paper from Toni Darroch's It's All about You Vibrant tones 8" paper pad and cut out two more panels this time slightly smaller than the plain green card and stuck them together using PVA glue and then attached them to the front and inside of the Z fold card.
  • I used the rose flower stamp from Rare Earth, stamped it on to some white stamping card using Gina K Obsidian Black ink and coloured it in using Spectrum Noir's Exquisite Pastels Classique alcohol markers (the two green shades).
  • I then cut around it leaving a narrow white border and stuck it to some of the green card I have used for the panels and again cut around it leaving another border.
  • I then attached it to the front of the card using foam pads.
  • I also stamped out the sentiment from the same stamp set onto white card and then stuck it to the same green card and used foam pads to place it on the inside of the card, making sure that the card can fold flat.
  • Finally, I used Black and Green Nuvo drops to add a bit more detail to the top right hand corners of the two parts of the card. 



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