This month I have a quick and easy card to show you. It is called a Z fold card.
My cards and other crafts.
This month I have a quick and easy card to show you. It is called a Z fold card.
The Gina K. Designs September 2024 Monthly Mix Challenge is to make your own metallic cardstock. We can use things like embossing powder, foil, metallic paint or metallic ink.
I chose to use foil on my card.
I started with a piece of cardstock and blended Applemint, Turquiose Sea, and Bubblegum Pink ink on it. I used the background die in the Floral Banner Die Set to cut out the shape.
Using a Deco Foil Toner sheet, I made a piece of foiled cardstock with Silver Sequins foil. I then cut out the detailed design with the Floral Banner Die and glued it on to the back layer with Connect Glue.
On another piece of cardstock, I used the Harvest Flourish Stencil with Soft Stone ink to create a faint background. I stamped the sentiment, from the Birthday Blessings stamp set, with Obsisian Amalgam ink, added the floral banner and attached the panel to a piece of Bubblegum Pink cardstock before adding it to a white card base.
This month, the Penguin Palace challenge is Die-Cutting.
Turn each piece over, and add Scor-Tape along the top 1/2” flap and along the left edge above the 5 1/2” score line.
Remove the liner from the Scor-Tape on the left side of one piece and attach it to the right flap on the other piece. Repeat to attach the other sides together. Remove the liner from the Scor-Tape on the top flap and fold to the inside.
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Turn the box over and fold in the flaps. Temporarily tape the flaps once you have the heart shape you want. Trace the heart shape twice on one sheet of 8 1/2” by 11” cardstock, cut them out and attach Scor-Tape to the wrong side of each.
Make sure one of them will fit inside your box – you will need to make this one a bit smaller.
Step 6
Remove the temporary tape and tape the cut out hearts to the bottom of the box, both outside and inside.
Step 7
Cut one of the 8 1/2” x 11” pieces of cardstock in half to make two pieces measuring 4 1/4” x 11”. Place one in your Scor-Pal and score at 4 1/2”, 5”, 5 1/2”, 6”, 6 1/2”, 7”, 7 1/2”, 8”, 8 1/2” and 10 1/2”. Turn it 90° to the right and score at 1/2” and 1 1/2”.
For the second piece, score at 2”, 2 1/2”, 3”, 3 1/2”, 4”, 4 1/2”, 5”, 5 1/2”, 6” and 10 1/2”. Turn it 90° to the right and score at 1/2” and 1 1/2”.
Crease all score lines and firmly crease the 1/2” and 1 1/2” lines and the 10 1/2” lines.
Trim the top left square where the two 1/2” score lines meet, and add Scor-Tape to the same areas as the box bottom.
Step 8
Assemble the top the same way as the bottom of the box.
Step 9
Trace two hearts on the remaining piece of 8 1/2” x 11” and attach as before.
Step 10
Decorate as desired.
This month, the Gina K Designs challenge is to have some Gel pen accents on your card.
I used the images from the Fresh Flowers stamp set and dies for the main image, and inked them up with Dusty Rose, Wild Dandelion, Blue Denim, Jelly Bean Green and Fresh Asparagus ink.
For the background, I used the Thick Brush stencil with the ink that remained on my green blending brush, to make it very light.
The sentiment is from the Birthday Blessings stamp set and stamped with Blue Denim ink.
Then I used a White Sakura Gelly Roll pen to make the white dots on the pot and flower.
This was placed on a Blue Denim layer and then on a white card base.
My Penguin Palace order arrived today, so I had to play with my new goodies, and decided to make a card for this month's challenge. I am getting in just under the wire as it closes in a few hours!
This month, the challenge is a Color Palette Inspiration.
The sentiment, stamped with Soft Stone ink, comes from the Birthday Wishes stamp set, and cut out with the coordinating die.
For the background layer, I inked the edge of the cardstock with the Soft Stone ink pad so it would match. Then I attached everything to a white card base and added some bling to finish it off.
This month, I have a card called Pockets and More Pockets. It uses a single piece of cardstock and is folded to make two pockets on the front and one on the inside of the card.
Decorations and embellishments (I used Gina K. Designs Layered Carnation, Layered Daisies and Pop Art Flowers stamp sets and dies for the flowers and leaves, and My Favorite Things Vanity License Plate stamp set for the numbers. Gina K. Designs inks were used - Light, Medium and Dark Carnation, Light, Medium and Dark Orchid, Wild Lilac, Plum Punch and Wild Dandelion, Green Grass, Jelly Bean Green and Fresh Asparagus)
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Here is the inside of the card.