Double Z Fold Masculine Birthday Card

This fun fold is a different take on Z fold cards I have made in the past.  Instead of a 1" strip along the top or bottom of the card, there is an extra Z fold panel attached to the middle of the card - thus the term "double Z fold"

Below is a picture of the card in the closed position and a view from the top down to reveal the double Z.

When open it looks like this.

The card base is a 4 1/4 by 11" piece of Chocolate Chip card stock scored at  5 1/2 and the front half again at 2 3/4".  The card is folded in half and then the second scored section is folded back on itself to form the Z.

On the back section I added a 5 1/4 by 4" layer of Very Vanilla, with a 5 by 3 3/4" piece of DSP  (pipe pattern) adhered on top of that.

On the front piece was added a 4 by 2 1/2" layer of Very Vanilla card stock layered with some 3 3/4 by 2 1/4" of DSP (herringbone pattern.

The middle section was left blank and a sentiment was stamped on the back piece.

In the center is the "double Z" piece, which is comprised of an 8 by 3" panel of Very Vanilla card stock scored at 2 3/4" and 5" and then accordion folded.  On the front part of this panel I added a 2 1/2 by 2 3/4" piece of Chocolate Chip card stock and along the outside edges of this I adhered  halves of a Tag punchies (again in the Herringbone pattern).  I don't know if you can see it on the close up below.

 Using the Stamparatus I stamped one of the sentiments from the Truly Tailored stamp set and punched it out.  It was added to the center of the front piece using dimensionals.

Two buttons were  threaded with Linen thread and adhered with glue dots.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Truly Tailored
Ink:  Chocolate Chip
Papers:  Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, True Gentleman DSP
Accessories:  Stamparatus, Tailored Tag Punch, True Gentleman Buttons, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Merry Christmas - Double Z Fold Card

Wow! I'm on a roll!  Two Christmas cards now under my belt.
This card was made for a theme challenge with Canadian Die Cut Exchange group.   I have only made a double Z fold card once before, so I referred to some You Tube Videos, namely this one.  I found the video to be well paced and very informative.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Reason for the Season, Flurry of Wishes

 Inks: Black Memento 

Papers: Very Vanilla, This Chirstmas Specialty DSP, Basic Black, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper

Accessories:  Teeny circle punch, Snow Flurries punch, dimensionals, Something borrowed embellishment(retired)

Thoughts of You, Rain or Shine - The Friday Mashup #

We certainly need some rain!  Rainfall in March was really down this year!  Everything looks so dirty after the winter, and the Spring flowers need some encouragement to stick their heads above the soil. I've hardly had an opportunity to use my umbrella this spring.
And that's the topic for the challenge with The Friday Mashup this week - umbrellas - that is, create a Double Z fold card with an Umbrella Image. See the challenge here . I used the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers here to create the Double Z fold card.

Above is the image of the double Z card being held closed by a ribbon.  The base card is Pretty in Pink, and the 2 front panels have been decorated with first a layer of Whisper White, then a layer of Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP with umbrella on it.  On top of that is small layer of the reverse side of that DSP.

The inside of the card has a Whisper White layer, with a strip of the umbrella DSP from Sunshine and Sprinkles. You can see the double Z folds. The sentiment is from the Rain or Shine stamp set.

The card is held shut by a 1 1/4" Pink Pirouette/Rose Red two tone ribbon from the spring catalogue.

Up close you can see the Whisper White die cut made using the Large Delicate Doillies die and the Big Shot.
A 2" Pretty in Pink circle, die cut using the Circles die #2 die was attached to this doillie.

A 1 3/4" circle of Whisper White was punched and the umbrella handle was stamped on it using Early Espresso ink.

On a scrap piece of Whisper White, the umbrella image was stamped using Baja Breeze ink.  It was cut out with a pair of paper snips, and attached, using dimensionals to the circle above the handle.

 The sentiment was inked with a Basic Black marker and stamped underneath the umbrella.  This circle was now attached, using dimensionals, to the Pretty in Pink circle.

The ribbon was then attached to the card and tied in a bow.
The focal image unit was then  attached to the left Z fold panel with dimensionals - over top of the ribbon.

Because I love bling, some Dazzling detail was applied to the little flowers on the umbrella. The card is now finished.

Here's a list of supplies/materials used:

Stamps: Rain or Shine
Inks: Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Basic Black marker
Papers: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP
Accessories: Large Delicate Doillies die, Circles #2 die, 1 3/4" circle punch, 1 1/4" Pink Pirouette/Rose Red ribbon, Dazzling details, dimensionals.

Hope you enjoyed this card.  Thanks for stopping by.
Comments would be appreciated.