I’ve been seeing these “Z-Fold” cards all over and since it’s been awhile since I’ve made one, I thought I would give it a try again with this Z Fold Thank You Card using the beautiful Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper. It’s just a simple card, really, but the extra little fold just adds a little something! And we cardmakers are always looking for a way to add another little something!
Start with a regular card base, scored in the middle at 4 1/4″, then also score 1 1/4″ from one edge. Fold the card in half as always and then fold back the “z-fold”. Add whatever designer paper you like on the front, on the folded over portion and/or on the edge of the inside of the card. Or put it on all three places! Whatever you like! Just play until you see the combination of paper patterns that you like. Or make two of them the same as I did on this card.
Add a greeting to the front. I stamped a Thank You from the One Big Meaning Stamp Set in NIght of Navy ink, which coordinates with this paper. (Look on the back label of the paper to see which colors coordinate with it.) Then I used the Layering Squares Framelits Dies to frame it. I used Night of Navy and a layer of Watermelon Wonder cardstock. Just make sure you don’t glue down the greeting to the front of the card (like I did at first!) because you want that fold to be able to open and not be adhered down.
This is what the card looks like open so you can see how it should be folded.
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