This is a z-fold card, but with a pop-up twist, so there is a middle layer that pops up when you start to open the card. I love the colors, I saw someone else use them for a card so I decided to use the colors to make this style card.
To create this card, you just need a few things:
- Pretty in Pink card stock (Stampin’ Up)
- White card stock
- Mixed Floral designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
- Jet Black Staz-On ink
- Stampin’ Blends (Stampin’ Up)
- Pretty in Pink Light
- Pretty in Pink Dark
- Mint Macaroon Dark
- Lemon Lolly Light
- Lemon Lolly Dark
- Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
- Paper trimmer
- Adhesive of choice
With the Pretty in Pink card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” then score at 2 1/8 and 4 ¼” and fold the card in half and the fold the front quarter forward to form your z-fold. Cut another piece with the Pretty in Pink to 2 ¾” x 4 ¼”. With your white card stock cut a piece to 2” x 4 1/8”, one to 4 3/8” x 4 5/8” and a third piece to 2 5/8” x 4 1/8” and lastly one to 2 ½” x 3” scored at ½”, 1 ¼” and 2”. With the black floral designer series paper from the Mixed Floral designer series paper pack. Cut a piece to 4 x 5 ¼” and a second to 1 7/8” x 4”.
Take the coneflower stamp from the Mixed Florals set and the Jet Black Staz-On ink and stamp on to a spare piece of white card stock. Color the leaves with the Mint Macaroon dark Stampin’ Blends, the dainty flowers and large flower centers with the Lemon Lolly light and dark Stampin’ Blends and the large flowers with the light and dark Pretty in Pink Stampin Blends. With the white piece measuring 2 5/8” x 4 1/8” and stamps from the Mixed Labels stamp set stamp the dainty flower stamp once or twice in the lower left corner and the “I’m so glad we’re friends” greeting in the upper left corner.
Now let’s assemble the card. Adhere the white piece of card stock measuring 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” to the back of the card, and the black floral piece measuring 4” x 5 ¼” to the white card stock piece.
With the 2 ½” x 3” scored piece, fold into a square. Put adhesive on the top of the right side of ½” part. Fold in half with the glue half down, line up with the middle fold so it will lay flat with card closed. The put adhesive on the upper ½” section and fold card onto it again making sure it all lays flat. Take the Pretty in Pink piece and adhere your stamped white piece to it. Put adhesive on the top of your box piece and adhere this greeting piece to it centered.
Take the last white piece and adhere the black floral piece to that and adhere to the front of the card. Glue your large colored flowers to the front with it partially hanging of toward the center and making sure your greeting is covered.
That gives you the pop-up z-fold card in these lovely pops of pink with the black background.
If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com. Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.
