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Throwback Thursday's Z- Fold Card Tutorial

Hi everyone, Sandy here for a fun post. We are going to be changing things up a little here at the club. Every Thursday is going to be "Throwback Thursday". 

This is were we take a card, project, tutorial that we have done previously and share it with you.  Then we do the same project again showing the "now" style we have. This is a fun way to see how far you can come as a crafter.

This is one of my first tutorial posts from back in 2012. It is a z-fold card...

Start with with 8.5x11 cards and cut in half, making two pieces measuring 4.25x5.5 as seen here

Fold in half and this is an A2 card (perfect for invite envelopes that you can find at Walmart)

Fold the top flap of card over in half (see below).  This will give you your z-fold, notice the bottom of the card, it kinda looks like a z.

Now the fun begins...  Start with pattern paper or card stock in another color to layer onto card.  The measurements for this card is 5.25x2 for out side flap and 5.25x4 for inside of card.

 Adhere to card and when you open it up, it will look like this...

To embellish, I cut out 3 1.5 inch pumpkins and ran them through my embossing machine with three different plates to give me swirls, dots and plaid designs.  After that, I used Staz On Saddle Brown ink to give it a distress looked and finally added pop up squares to give it some dimension.

I adhered the pumpkins to the top flap up off set them so that they are right in the middle.

Finally, added some drawn leaves to the front of the card.

Here is the inside final product, unfortunately the camera just doesn't do the color justice but you get the idea. 





Thanks for stopping by.

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  1. What a cute card!! I really like your leaves and pumpkins. The different embossing pattern on each one adds such a great touch!

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