Another Z Fold and Friendship

Decided to make another simple Z Fold card.  This time I used the 2007 Penny Black Woodblock stamp called star dance.  Surprise, surprise--another wreath! 😉 

I stamped in Versafine Clair Green Oasis.  Then I drew over the bow and stars with Pentel gold Sparkle Pop pen.  You can see the beautiful sparkle in my IG post.  Here's a view where you can see the Z.  

The sentiment and scalloped circle frame are Pinkfresh.  I used SSS Fluted Forest Decor 3D folder for the dry embossed panels.  I'm entering DCD, SSS Wednesday and WBW.   

I'm also sharing my August exchange card for CCC a couple days early.  I love stencils, including SSS Layered Flowers.  

I tried to use the color option of Fuchsia, Tangerine & Violet.  As soon as I tried a small area with my orangy ink, I knew it wasn't what I liked.  So instead, I used CN9 Grape Soda, Fig, Tidepool and Oceanside.  Luckily, I had enough good area to use with my new Penny Black Curvature die.  Thought this little 2013 Penny Black sentiment was perfect.  I added some Stickles and tied on white crochet thread.  I'm entering JUGS and WAW.

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Square and Z Fold

I'm grateful Your Paper Insider sent me Box 12 to use and show you.  I'll post my first card later.  Today's card was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #700.  The first time I entered was November 2013, Challenge #111.  Here's that card:

This is really still my kind of card.  No surprise I used dry embossing for the background.  Those MFT rolled roses made from felt would be on my cards today if mailing costs weren't so high.  

Back to my current card.

I cut 4 squares of the beautiful White and Red Flowers: Yuzenshi paper and matted them with dark brown cardstock in my stash.  The little branches were die cut from the same brown paper.  To keep from covering up much of the background, I used a scrap of my vellum for the shadow of SSS Happy Autumn die.  The Gold Diamond Glitter paper in the box was perfect for the card front and letters.  You can see the sparkle and shine in my IG post.  And yes, I'm ready for Autumn's cooler weather!

Next is my first Z Fold card--yay!  I'm a slow cardmaker, so I don't usually make fun fold cards.  However, I watched a video recently and thought the simple version was something I could do.  Here's what I came up with using some favorite Altenew products.

I cut a white panel in 2 and lined the pieces back up in the Flower Bed embossing folder.  Sweet Bouquet was colored with the matching stencils using Rose Quartz, Puffy Heart, Cosmic Berry, Firefly, Forest Glades, Shadow Creek and Citrus Burst.  I splattered the bouquet with SSS Splatter Medium and added yellow Stickles to all the flower centers--focal point and background.  The sentiment from the stamp set fit perfectly inside.  I did add cardstock layers to the bouquet to make it sturdy enough to have only the left side attached.  You can see details and sparkle in my IG post.  This is another card for the Altenew August Challenge and I'm entering DCD where Altenew is the sponsor.

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