Day 29 - Z is for Z-fold

It's time for the 12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place.

You can read the rules HERE or head over to Beccy's Challenges and enter HERE.

Day 29 - Z

Beccy's inspiration is a stunning Z-fold card HERE,

the bold black background really makes the vintage sign image pop!

My Z is for Z-fold,

a festive poinsettia Z-fold card.

I opened the beautiful poinsettia Z-fold cut file (details and links below, available from two stores) in Silhouette Studio, sorted all the pieces by colour then cut the pieces with my Silhouette Cameo.  Things went a bit wonky when cutting the card base, technology can be a have a mind of its own sometimes.  Instead of a neat rectangle card base, I ended up with a parallelogram and it did not look good, so I went old school, quickly dragged out a new sheet of (my rare and getting rarer by the day) red textured cardstock, my stainless steel ruler, self healing cutting mat, craft knife and scoreboard.  I soon had a lovely card base with neat folds, ready for assembly.  I assembled the poinsettia flower first, giving the glue plenty of time to dry before going on the card front.  The poinsettia petals were inked with Fired Brick Distress Ink, the leaves inked with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.  I used a paint brush handle to curl the petals and leaves then adhered them together to form the layered poinsettia flower.  The large matting layers were adhered inside the card, the accent strip adhered to the side fold and the smaller matting layers to the front of the card.  Lucky last came the poinsettia, I adhered it in place with liquid adhesive and gave it plenty time to dry before standing the card up.  

Note: this design comes with a "JOY" sentiment but I decided to

leave the main panel bare, letting the poinsettia be the focus.

Lucky last came a little photo-shoot and time to enjoy the fancy folds and festive flower.

Each petal and leaf has been thoroughly inked to give contrast between

the layers but it's hard to capture what I can see in front of me in the photos.

   

   

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INGREDIENTS

The Z-fold cut file can be purchased from either

My Scrap Chick or Silhouette Design Store

Christmas Joy Poinsettia Z-fold Card - cut file – My Scrap Chick

OR

Poinsettia Joy Z-fold Card – Silhouette Design Store – Design ID #389266

textured cardstock

glitter cardstock

Distress Ink - Fired Brick and Mowed Lawn - to ink edges of poinsettia layers

ink blending brushes - to ink edges of poinsettia layers

Helmar Professional Acid Free Glue - to adhere poinsettia layers 
Helmar 450 Quick Dry liquid adhesive – to glue matting panels

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I have entered my card in the

12th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge at Beccy's Place Challenges