Z-Fold Card with Dimensional Flower

I made another Z-fold card with pretty flowers that my friend, Jane, gave me. Jane is one of the most generous people! She sent me a whole bunch of these SU flowers, in a variety of colors. They were all fussy cut and many were fastened together with dimensional foam. This one is stamped in Stampin' Up!'s  Real Red ink. The leaves sprig was made with SU's Sweetest Stem, a gift from another generous friend, Lynette!

Here is a side view.

...And a view from the front

When open, the card rests on a raised embossed layer. 

There is space behind this for a sentiment.

More info on the card dimensions here. My inspiration is Hetty's card on her Craft Chaos blog.

Happy Birthday stamp from Stampendous

Floral Fantasy embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

Z-Fold Card

This Z-fold card was inspired by Hetty's card on her Craft Chaos website.

It stays upright so nicely. It reminds me of the easel card design

I used Hetty's dimensions for the paper pieces, except for the front-mine is wider.

Working from the bottom up the paper dimensions are:

Base-

4.25 x 5.5" for the brown base

4 x 10.5" for the long green layer that is folded in half crosswise, 

then folded up at the 1/4 mark.

I made a crease to find the "fold spot", then used my score board.

Front layer-

3.75 x 5" for the brown base

3.5 x 4.75" for the green paper.

Vary this according to your card design.

I added a separate piece for the inside, cutting it at a width so that the top part would be the "resting place" of the top.

Here it is closed. You can use your creativity to make your own variations! 

Thanks Hetty for your inspiration!

Stamps used:

Wendy Vecci Studio 490-

Homemade Art SCS031

and

A Form of Art LSC048

Inks used:

Distress wild honey, rusty hinge, spiced marmalade

Stampin' Up! Close to Cocoa

Distress markers: 

spiced marmalade, black soot.

Pin-Inspired Printed Paper Card

So happy to use up some printed paper scraps. 

My inspiration: "just helen" blog found via Pinterest.

The card base is kraft, the bow is raffia and the stamp is from a set of 4 called Message Circles--

which is becoming one of my favorite sets lately.

EMS group July 2014 Sketch

Here is my July Sketch card for the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Yahoo Group.

Stamped Mike's large Cloisonne Cat in Onyx Black Versafine instant dry pigment ink, coloring in the spaces with colored pencils, and fussy cutting the edge. Adhered to a "paper banner" that was dry embossed with Swiss Dots then edged in salty ocean distress ink. Under that is a layer of black paper.

The next layer is dry embossed in a star design. I use this embossing folder stamping technique

 with distress inks-salty ocean and festive berries instead of acrylic paint.

I found a neutral pearl ex powder and sprinkled it on top of the wet paper after removing it from embossing folder. Then I realized that pearl ex powder wouldn't stick to the water based ink. Dried the paper with a heat tool then brushed gloss gel medium on top. 

Since the star embossing folder was wet I decided to run a second sheet of paper through it, adding more ink and spritzing first. 

I brushed Perfect Paper Adhesive-matte on top of this.  The label of Perfect Paper Adhesive said it could be used as a dry pigment medium.  The "medium" makes the pearl ex powders stick. Otherwise, it just falls off the paper.  Both mediums worked well.

A Holmade Gift-Note Cards and Case

Made this quick and easy note card set from a paper folder and some white card stock.

I like to give these as hostess gifts when visiting friends. I am entering this stamping project in the Summer Challenge at the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Yahoo Group.

I love the summery look of Mike's Mini Cloisonne Creatures. 

Added a script stamp for a faux texture look background.  

Distress inks used:

scattered straw, dried marigold, broken china and rusty hinge.

A few more details on how I made this is here.