Cards, Papercrafting

Moonlit Flora Amazing Friend Moth Double Z-Fold Card

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I love this Moonlit Flora designer series paper from Stampin’ Up and I have wanted to do something to highlight the green moth so this is the design I came up with to do that.  A double Z-fold card with the Moonlit Flora designer series paper and the Fern & Flora stamp set and dies. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Secret Sea card stock (2025-2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Moonlit Flora designer series paper (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Fern & Flora stamp set and dies (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Dewdrops Embellishments (2026-2028 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Secret Sea ink (2025 – 2027 In Color Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

For you card base cut a piece of Secret Sea card stock  7 ½” x 10 ¼”  and score at 4 ¼” and 7 ¼”, then cut 2” off the bottom to make a 5 ½” x 10 ¼” card base.  From white card stock cut the following:

  • One 1 7/8” x 4 1/8”
  • Two 1 7/8” x 2 7/8”
  • Two 2 7/8” x 5 3/8”
  • One 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”
  • One 1 ½” x 2 ½”

Take the Moonlit Flora designer series paper and find the firms piece with the white moths and large green moth and the one with the Secret Sea diamond shapes.  Cut out the large moth.  Cut the white moth paper into three sections with the first two measuring 2 ¾” x 5 ¼” and the last section to 4” x 5 ¼”.  From the Secret Sea blue diamond paper cut one piece to 1 ¾” x 4” and two to 1 ¾” x 2 ¾”.  Fussy cut out the large green moth.

Take your scored card base with the large section of the right and fold the two sections to the right and then the last section to the left.  Adhere each white piece to each section and then your fern pieces to the front of each white piece in order so they flow.  Do the same with the long strip except it goes the opposite direction with the large section as the top first piece and the short section to the back of the card.  Adhere the long section of the strip to the front short section of your card about 1” up from the bottom making sure to only put adhesive where needed.  Then adhere the short section to the back of your card base. 

With some white card stock stamp the “you’re an amazing friend” greeting in Secret Sea ink and then stamp the label stamp around it.  Then use the label die to cut it out.  Adhere to the front left side of the blue diamond paper on the strip using pop dots.  Then adhere the large moth you cut out with pop dots overlaying on your label.  Ad a few of the Secret Sea embellishments from the Dewdrops Embellishments around your moth and label area. 

Adhere the last smallest white piece to the middle section of the strip. 

I really wanted to use the large green moth and this card layout makes it the star, love the way it turned out. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Lovely Blossoms Floral Double Z-Fold Card

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I am infatuated with this card made with the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper and the Lovely Arrangements stamps and dies.  This is one of those card where I came up with what I wanted to do in my head and it actually turned out just like I pictured it, which doesn’t usually happen. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Cloud Cover card stock (2025-2027 Incolor Stampin’ Up)
  • Old Olive card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Lovely Blossoms designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Lovely Arrangements stamp set and dies (Stampin’ Up)
  • Cloud Cover ink (2025-2027 Incolor Stampin’ Up)
  • Secret Sea Stampin’ Write Marker (2025-2027 Incolor Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Scoring Board or scoring blade from trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Cloud Cover card stock cut a card base to 7” x 8 ½” and score at 2 1/8” and 4 ¼” and fold into your “Z” shape.  Cut 1 ½” off the top to make your card base measure 5 ½” x 8 ½” and then you have a matching strip for you double “Z”.  With your white card stock cut a piece to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and two pieces to 2” x 5 3/8”

Take the Lovely Blossoms designer series paper pack and pull out a piece of the Cloud Cover striped paper and a piece of the Cloud Clover with white flowers.  From the striped paper cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”.  Take the floral piece and cut two pieces to 1 7/8” x 5 ¼”.  Adhere each of these pieces to the white pieces.  Adhere the stripes paper on the white to the back of your card base.  Take one for floral pieces on white and adhere to the front half fold and the other to the inside center section.  Then take the 1 ½” long “Z” fold and adhere the long end to the front of your card and the short end to the back of your card to form your Double “Z” fold. 

Grab a piece of white card stock along with your Cloud Cover ink, Secret Sea Stampin’ Write marker and your Lovely Arrangements stamps and dies.  With the full flower stamp, tap your stamp onto your Cloud Cover ink and then take the marker and color the center and stamp on your white card stock.  Clean your stamp and repeat 3 more times.  Then do the same 4 times with the half flower.  Use your dies to cut these all out.  Then with some Old Olive card stock and the single and double leaf dies, cut two of each. 

Also stamp the “Thank You” and then the “So very much” underneath it, both in Cloud Cover Ink and use a label die to cut it out. 

To start building your flowers across your strip, adhere your label hanging above the strip, then adhere two full flowers and one half and a double leaf and two single leaves. 

Then adhere one full and one half to each of the small sections and divide your double leave into two singles and use one on each part.  The thing you may want to pay a little attention to, which I didn’t, is the flowers showing when the card it closed, but I don’t think it is a big deal, just mentioning if it will bother you. 

For the inside I used a label I had laying around as it was the perfect size, but I would say you can just cut a piece to 1 7/8” x 3” and adhere to the upper left side.  Then I adhere the last half flower to the bottom which looks like it is in the background of all the flowers on the strip and decorates your label.  This card turned out exactly as I picture I my head when I planned it, which is not usually the case. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Botanical Textures Double Z-Fold Card

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Another double z-fold card as they are one of my favorite folds and this on is in black and white tones which are also my favorite colors. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • White card stock
  • Basic Black card stock
  • Botanical Textures designer series paper
  • Memorable Blooms stamp set and dies
  • Two layered label dies
  • Basic Black ink
  • Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

With your White card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and score at 2 1/8” and 4 ¼”.  With Basic Black card stock cut a piece to 4” x 7 ½” and score at 3” and 5 1/4”.  Cut another piece of White card stock to 1 3/8” x 2 7/8”.  With the Botanical Textures designer series paper pack find the black texture piece and the opposite white textured piece.  With the black textured piece cut one piece to 4” x 5 ¼” and two pieces to 1 7/8” x 5 ¼”.  With the white textured piece cut one piece to 2 ¾” x 3 ¾” and two pieces to 2” x 3 ¾”. 

Adhere the black textured designer series paper to the white card base and the white textured designer series paper to the black card stock.  One the large portion of the black card stock piece, put adhesive to about one inch of the back of the big portion and center and adhere to the small section of the White card base with the black textured paper.  Fold the black piece toward the front and put adhesive on the back and while still folded fold the White card base onto the black to adhere together. 

Take the small White cards stock piece you cut to 1 3/8” x 2 7/8” with your Basic Black ink stamp the “Thanks so much” greeting toward the top.  Adhere this in the center of the white textured inside panel.  Stamp the “I appreciate your thoughtfulness” greeting on a spare piece of White card stock and cut out with your smaller label die, then cut out the larger label die with the Black card stock.  Adhere the white label to the center of the black label and adhere the black label to the front center of the white textured front panel. 

Cut two leaves from the Memorable Blooms leaf die and one black one.  Adhere one of the white leaves to the left side of the card and layer the black one off-set over the white one.  Cut the second white leaves to a shorter length and adhere long ways below the label. 

Give this diverse black and white double z-fold thank you card to let someone know you appreciate their thoughtfulness and them. 

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.

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