Z-fold cards are so fun and adorable, and this Double Z-fold card is even better and more fun as you can decorate across the second z-fold and\or on the card layers. This design takes that normal Double Z-Fold and flips it upside down as the second, smaller z-fold is usually toward the bottom. This makes it perfect for making cards with decorations that hang down.
You will need the following supplies to make this card:
- Night of Navy card stock
- White card stock
- Mediterranean Blooms designer series paper
- Two different blue pieces, one with a larger print and one with a smaller print
- Citrus Blooms stamp set
- Scissors to cut out images
- Paper trimmer
- Night of Navy ink pad
- Your preferred adhesive
For the card base cut an 8 ½” x 11” piece of Night of Navy card stock to 8 ½” x 5 ½”. Take one piece and fold it in half to measure 4 ¼” x 5 ½”. Then take the top panel and fold it back again so the front panel measures 2 1/8” x 4 ¼” which forms your first Z-fold. Take the larger print blue designer series paper and cut two strips to 2” x 5 ¼” and adhere these to the two small flaps of your Z-fold card. Cut a piece of white card stock to 4” x 5 ¼” and adhere that to the back panel of your card.
Then take other half of Night of Navy card stock and cut a piece to 1 ¾” x 8 ½”. Now take the smaller blue print designer series paper and cut a strip to measure 1 ½” x 8 ¼”. Adhere the smaller print designer series paper to the center of the Night of Navy card stock. Now fold this strip in half to measure 1 ¾” x 4 ¼” with the floral side out. Take the bottom portion and fold the blue print designer series paper to each other to form your other Z-fold going the opposite direction measuring 1 ¾” x 2 1/8”.
Adhere the two Z-folds together by putting adhesive on the outer half of the under side of the long portion of the strip , make sure you don’t get the adhesive to far or your Z-fold will stick together. Then put glue on the bottom of the strip half fold and adhere that to the bottom part of your card. You now have your Double Z-fold.
Now it is time to do the decorations for the card. Take the lemon designer series paper and use your scissors to cut out the large double lemons grouping and then single lemon. Adhere the single lemon to the back portion of the card hanging off the smaller strip Z-fold. Take the large grouping and put adhesive on one half that will stick to the front of the card and then also a bit at the top to stick to the strip, but make sure there isn’t any adhesive that is going to hang out the back that will stick your card together.
The last thing to do is to add your greeting. I used the “wishing you the brightest birthday” stamp, stamped it in Night of Navy ink and stamped it on the white background on the back of the card in the space next to the lemons to make sure it wouldn’t show when the card was closed.
I also made this card in yellow with the oranges out of the same Mediterranean Blooms designer series paper pack which you can see at Citrus Blooms Upside-Down Double Z-Fold Card – Welcome or you can visit my blog at www.daisychaingfun.com to see that post and many other ideas as well.
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