A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

Pop-up Petals Double Z Fold card

Today I am sharing a special double Z fold card made for a team-mate and friend’s special birthday using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and dies.

Colours used to make this card are:

 

To recreate the Pop-up Petals Birthday Double Z Fold Card, you will need:

Night of Navy card – 11” by 5½” – scored and folded on the long side at 2¾” and 5½”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 5¼”
Basic White – 5¼” by 2½” x 2
Country Woods dsp – 5⅛” by 2⅜”
Country Woods dsp – 5” by 2¼” x 2
Strawberry Slush card – 5⅛” by 5⅛”
Basic White card – 5” by 5”

Bubble Bath card – 9¼” by 4¼” – scored and folded on the long side at 2¾” and 5½”
Strawberry Slush card – 4⅛” by 3⅝”
Strawberry Slush card – 4⅛” by 2½” x 2
Basic White – 3⅞” by 3⅜”
Basic White – 3⅞” by 2⅜” x 2
Scrap Basic White and Silver Foil

 

The three panels of Country Woods dsp were adhered to the three Basic White panels, one measuring 5¼” by 5¼” and two measuring 5¼” by 2½”. These were then adhered to the three panels of the Night of Navy card base.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-0rdinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

The sentiment, from the Reason to Celebrate stamp set was stamped in the upper right corner of the 3⅞” by 3⅜” panel of Basic White card. The HAPPY was stamped in Strawberry Slush ink and the BIRTHDAY in Night of Navy ink.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

On scrap Basic White card, I stamped the tall vase in Night of Navy ink, the bowl in Strawberry Slush ink. The outline daisies and rose were stamped in Secret Sea ink. I die cut all the images using the Pop-up Petals Dies.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

The daisies were coloured using the infill stamps, petals in bubble Bath and flower centres in Cloud Cover. The rose was coloured with 2nd generation Strawberry Slush ink and the leaves with Cloud Cover ink. These were added to the Basic White panel on Dimensionals. The whole piece was glued to the slightly larger Strawberry Slush panel and then to the Bubble Bath card base.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

The outline of the daisies was stamped with Secret Sea ink onto one of the 3⅞” by 2⅜” panels of Basic White card. The petals were stamped in Strawberry Slush ink and the flower centres with Cloud Cover ink.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

The HAPPY was stamped in Night of Navy ink and the BIRTHDAY in Strawberry Slush ink. I add the 40th, die cut from Silver Foil using the retired Small Numbers Dies. The whole panel was glued to the 4⅛” by 2½” piece of Strawberry Slush card before being added to the Bubble Bath card base.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

The tall vase was stamped in the remaining 3⅞” by 2⅜” piece of Basic White card, the outline rose was added using Secret Sea ink. The flower was coloured with Bubble Bath ink and the leaves with Cloud Cover ink. The decorated panel was glued to the remaining piece of Strawberry Slush card measuring 4⅛” by 2½” before being added to the Bubble Bath card base.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

The two card bases were then adhered together.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

The tall vase was stamped in Strawberry Slush ink on the remaining Basic White panel. I stamped the same image on a Post It Note, cut it out and applied it over the stamped vase. The vase was then stamped in Cloud Cover ink, overlapping the first image. With the mask still in place I stamped the bowl in Night of Navy ink and removed the mask.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

The outline rose image was stamped in Secret Sea ink and colour added with Bubble Bath and Cloud Cover inks. A butterfly was added with Secret Sea ink. The decorated panel was glued to the remaining Strawberry Slush layer and the panel was then adhered to the back of the card ready for me to sign.

 

A special double Z fold card made using the Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies and the Country Woods designer series paper from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Pop-up Petals stamp set and co-ordinating dies used with the Country Woods designer series paper to make a special double Z fold card

A trio of Rainbow Dots completed the card.

Order goodies/Join My Team

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used:

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

Penguin Themed Congratulations Card

This penguin themed card was created to celebrate the fact that my husband has spent part of each year for the last 50 years working in Antarctica, a huge achievement. I used a lot of retired products to make this card including the Sweet & Precious stamp set, Mini Alphabet and Small Numbers Dies.

Colours used to create this card are:

 

To recreate the penguin card, you will need:

Misty Moonlight card base – 8 ¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5¼” by 3½”
Thoughtful Journey dsp – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White card – 3½” by 3”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Basic White and Silver Foil.

 

The panel of Thoughtful Journey dsp was adhered to the 5¼” by 3½” piece of Basic White card and the whole piece was then glued to the Misty Moonlight card front.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

From the 3½” by 3” panel of Basic White card I die cut a label using the Nested Essentials Dies.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

The penguin and chick image, from the retired Sweet & Precious stamp set was then stamped onto the die cut label using Secret Sea ink. Snowflakes, from the Woodland Scenery stamp set were then stamped, randomly above the penguins using Misty Moonlight ink. The decorated piece was then added to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

The word ‘congratulations’ from the Extraordinary Flora stamp set was stamped on scrap Basic White card before being trimmed out and tucked beneath the raised panel.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

From scrap Silver Foil I die cut the number 5 and 0 using the Little Numbers Dies (retired) and glued them to the card front. The word YEARS was die cut from scrap Basic White card using the Mini Alphabet Dies (retired). I adhered this in place with liquid glue.

 

A penguin themed congratulations card made using the Sweet & Precious stamp set and the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Sweet & Precious stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet and Little Numbers Dies to make a penguin themed congratulations card

A trio of loose snowflakes (retired) finished the card.

 Order goodies/Join My Team

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x