Today I have z-fold birthday card to share with you.I chose a tree from the CHF Spring Trees set, as well as a sentiment from Mona Lisa's Birthday Centers set. I love Kim's whimsical images, and Lisa's centers sets are incredibly useful! I stamped the tree in Memento London Fog ink and colored it with Copic markers in the following colors: BV000, BV02, G21, E55, E57, and 0.
For papers, I chose the new Basic Grey Wisteria Collection; Ellen has the 6" x 6" Wisteria pads in stock, though I used 12" papers for this post since I had them on hand already. Directions: Cut cardstock to 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and score at 2-1/8" and 4-1/4"; z-fold. Next, using the largest Long Scalloping Rectangle Nestability, trim one edge of the Memory Box Wisteria cardstock. (Slip cardstock under only one long edge of the die. I usually roll it only partially through my Wizard and then use the reverse button to back it out to keep from marring the cardstock where it lies on top of the die. Alternatively, you can use any edge punch.) Trim the wisteria cardstock panel so that it fits your front panel. (It should be about 5-3/8" x 2-1/4".)
Layer your Basic Gray Wisteria paper on top of the wisteria cardstock. For the inside panel, cut a 4-1/8"" x 5-3/8" piece of wisteria cardstock, layered with a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of the Wisteria patterned paper. Stamp inside sentiment on the top center of this panel; it will be hidden behind the focal image. After top-stitching (or piercing) the edges, layer both the front panel and the inside panel onto your card.
Color your focal image with the Copic markers listed above. Paper-piece the grass with the Wisteria patterned papers. Trim, mat, and stitch your focal image. Add rhinestones to the centers of the tree blossoms, and attach matted focal image to the card front, putting adhesive only on the left half (which is the right half when you have it backward. . . ;-D)
Finally, tie a length of silk ribbon through a button and attach the button with a mini glue dot. (I used a button that I had on hand, but Wisteria has coordinating buttons here.) The z-fold should look like the picture below when it is standing. As long as you don't write too low or too far to the right on the card, the inside sentiments should be hidden when the card is closed.
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