Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop - Card / Project Kits - Looking Up Variation: Z- Fold card

Welcome to the monthly Stampin' Dreams Blog Hop.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer (The Crafty Thinker) from Australia.

Our theme this month is to highlight card or project kits.  I couldn't wait to get my hands on the Looking Up card kit when it came out (Annual Catalogue).  I love the designs and how easy they are to put together - perfect for a beginner but still enjoyable and rewarding for the avid cardmaker.  

The Looking Up card kit - find it on page 202 of the Annual Catalogue or in the Beginner Brochure

And, having made several in the standard way, I've created my own card using some of the elements - actually it's a CASE of a card I made several years ago!

The aircraft from the Looking Up card kit is attached to the acetate in this Z-Fold card

The Z-Fold card looks quite impressive but is, in fact, super-easy to make.  I've included dimensions and instructions for the fold at the end of the post.

This is how the Z-Fold card looks when closed

Having cut the three panels of Whisper White cardstock to size, I used some home-made masks to quickly sponge the cloudy sky and grass.  

I cut and folded the piece of Window Sheet Acetate and fixed it into position then glued the sponged panels into place.  I had to cut a slit into the large panel to accommodate the acetate but it doesn't really show.

Then I attached the trees to the card and the aircraft the acetate.

The best part is that this card still fits into the matching envelope that forms part of the kit!

The Z-Fold card fits perfectly into the envelope that forms part of the Looking Up card kit

Z-Fold card created with some sponging and elements from the Looking Up card kit

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Cut the Mint Macaron cardstock to 4.5" x 11"
• Score at 5.5" and 2.75" and fold
• Cut a piece of Window Sheet acetate to 1" x 11" and score at 5.5" and 2.75"  
• The longer length of acetate attaches to the front (smaller) section of card and the shorter piece attaches to the inside (larger) section of card. 
• The sponged panels measure 2 5/8" x 4 1/8" (two of these) and 51/4" x 4 1/8"

TIPS:  

• I chose to trim off a little piece of acetate at each end in order to ensure that it would be completely covered by the sponged panel
• Keep your masks for use in future projects

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this card.  You are currently visiting Stephanie Fischer - please see the list below and click on the next person on the list to hop through all of the projects - you don't want to miss any!

'Til next time!

Stephanie


Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

Looking Up Card Kit

$47.00

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Window Sheets

$8.75

Creative Crew August Challenge - Saying "Goodbye" to Summer - Catalogue

Catalogue Focus

Well, all good things must come to an end and I'm sad to say that this is my last month on the Creative Crew team.  It's been such an honour to be part of this team and also very enjoyable - I'm going to miss it but wish the new team all the best - I know they'll come up with lots of  beautiful inspiration for us all.
 
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Adios, Lazy Days of Summer!  Now is the time for all summery goodies to rock your stamping table!  No summertime stamps?  Let your project take us away on a splendid summer vacation in any way you wish!

Well, it might not be a vacation, but to me roses represent Summer!  And my favourite roses are a combination of yellow and pink. 

Z-fold card featuring Timeless Elegance DSP

You may have noticed that I really love the Timeless Elegance DSP!  It's so versatile and so easy to dress up - just add a little colour.  Here I watercoloured one of the rose images and cut it out with the Deco Labels framelits and edged it with black ink.  I layered this onto Crushed Curry, which I cut with the next size up of framelit.

I stamped with a Petite Petals stamp onto Crushed Curry and Basic Grey with Watermelon Wonder and punched them out with the matching Petite Petals punch.  Then I punched  little flowers from Crushed Curry, Watermelon Wonder and Basic Grey with the Itty Bitty Accents punch.  The centres of the flowers are a combination of Candy Dots and Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

The fold is a Z-fold from Naturals Ivory card stock (I missed it's retirement - sorry.  However, Very Vanilla would do the trick) which I layered with Basic Grey and Timeless Elegance DSP.

Timeless Elegance DSP

I used the smaller of the two framelits to cut another label in Very Vanilla.  I stamped the circular image from A Whole Lot of Lovely in the middle, edged it with black ink and added some Crushed Curry Candy Dots.  Then I stuck this to the inside part of the card so that, when the card is closed, it is hidden by the yellow label on the top of the card.

Then I liberally sprinkled my card with the little flowers to end up with a summer garden.

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Thanks for looking.

Z Fold card

Stephanie.

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