Z Fold Snowflakes

I received a Christmas card from my friend Diane Doumitt in Florida that was a beautiful ZFold card. It inspired me to check out this simple technique! The ZFold itself is simple, but all of the miscellaneous details that go into each panel take some time when you do it as a batch of cards!

For the card base, take a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of cardstock - I used NIGHT OF NAVY. Score at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2". For the NIGHT OF NAVY pop out bottom strip, cut a 1 1/2" x 11" strip and score at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2".

The white panels for the main card are two in size 2 5/8" x 4 1/8", TOP NOTE bigZ die. For the pope out strip one size 1 1/4" x 5 1/8", and two size 2 5/8" x 1 1/4". For assembly, only adhere the left half of the long size of the strip to the left side of the background, and adhere only the right side of the scored strip to the side of the card with the TOP NOTE background.

I stamped WHISPER WHITE CS with BLUSHING BRIDE ink using the DIAGONAL STRIPE background stamp and then cut out with the oval from STITCHED SHAPES framelits. I stamped the tree from PEACEFUL PINES stamp set in SILVER metallic ENCORE ink and cut out with PERFECT PINES framelits. All background snowflakes were stamped in SMOKY SLATE using images from CHRISTMAS PINES, SNOWFLAKE SOIREE, AND FLURRY OF WISHES. Both sentiments are from the FLURRY OF WISHES stamp set and were stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

The bow and pine branches were cut with PRETTY PINES thinlits using SILVER GLIMMER paper. The pinescones were cut out of BLUSHING BRIDE CS.

Only adhere the bottom part of the oval tree popout to the popout strip!

CAS Snowflake Soiree

SUPPLIES:

• stamps: Snowflake Soiree, Come to Bethlehem (sentiment)
• ink: Real Red, Versamark Clear
• cardstock: Smoky Slate
• accessories: Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, heat gun, clear embossing powder

Super easy CAS card for a Christmas workshop. TFL!

Embossed Flakes

A simple card but striking. I embossed the black card stock with the framed tuplips EF first. Then stamped the snowflakes from snowflake soiree set with craft white, and heat embossed with baby blue pastel embossing powder from stampin-n stuff and white ultra detail embossing powder by stampendous. Cardstock is from paper studio.

Lacy Snowflake

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - snowflake soiree, tiny tags
• cardstock - whisper white, bashful blue
• ink - marina mist, not quite navy, bordering blue
• accessories - lacy brocade EF, white bakers twine, tiny tag punch, decorative brad, snow flurry BIGZ die, ticket punch, lacy circle and circle dies (not SU, nestabilities), satin ribbon (not SU)

Inked lacy brocade EF with bordering blue before embossing white cardstock. Stamped snoflake on whisper white and cut with circle die. Added snowflakes cut with snow flurry BIGZ die, then embossed with square lattice EF, and decorative brad.

Snowflakes

 

 

This is the first time I've tried out this snowflake soiree set. The snowflakes in this set from the Holiday Catalog are beautiful!!! I stamped with stazon black onto watercolor paper, and colored in the snowflakes with blender pens using elegant eggplant and not quite navy. I used the finishing touches edgelits to mat the image.