Double Z-fold cards are one of my favorites to make and can be so fun to decorate. 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 things like the oranges to hang down.
You will need the following supplies to make this card:
- Daffodil Delight card stock
- Old Olive card stock
- White card stock
- Mediterranean Blooms designer series paper
- A piece of the tiny yellow flower print
- A piece of the large oranges piece
- Citrus Blooms stamp set
- Citrus Blooms die set or a pair of scissors to cut out images
- Old Olive ink pad
- Paper trimmer
- Your preferred adhesive
For the card base but an 8 ½” x 11” piece of Daffodil Delight 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 tiny yellow floral 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 your Old Olive card stock and cut a piece to 1 ¾” x 8 ½”. Now take the tiny yellow flower designer series paper and cut a strip to measure 1 ½” x 8 ¼”. Adhere the tiny yellow flower designer series paper to the center of the Old Olive 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 florals 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 old olive , 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 Old Olive 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 large orange designer series paper and either use the two large orange dies or scissors to cut out the largest oranges grouping and then single orange. Then also the small flower dies or scissors to cut out a few extra blossoms. Adhere the single orange 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 that is going to hang out the back that will stick your card together. Now take the cut out blossoms and adhere them around on the front with pop-dots to make them stand off the card a bit.
The last thing to do is to add your greeting. I used the “you’re the best kind of person” stamp, stamped it in Old Olvie ink and stamped it on the card in the lower right corner below the single orange, but you need to stamp it with the card closed to make sure you get it into the right spot so it doesn’t get partially covered when your card is closed. The other option is to stamp it to the inside so it doesn’t show until you open the card, but again you need to make sure you stamp it in a spot to be sure it doesn’t show when the card is closed.
I also made this card in the blue papers in the same Mediterranean Blooms designer series paper pack and then used lemons instead of the oranges. Visit my blog at www.daisychaingfun.com to see that post and many other ideas as well.
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