Stampin’ Up! Bright Sunny Skies Z-Fold For the SU Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop

Good morning everyone! Welcome to the first Fun Folds Blog Hop for Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators for 2024!  We’ve got a talented line-up and…I think you’re going to like what you see!  This is a once-a-month hop and…all our cards will be fun folds!!  How cool is that?!?

I recently saw a cool fun fold, from Canadian Demonstrator Rosemary Coleman, using the Bright Skies bundle and the FREE Sunny Days DSP (which is one of my fave DSPs of….ever!).  It intrigued me so…I made my own! Take a look-see:

Now – the layout hails from this week’s MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge (when the card is closed all the way – you can see the sketch.  Really!).

It all starts with a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Basic White cardstock, scored at 2 3/4″ and 5 1/2″ on the long side.  The 2 3/4″ fold is folded as a mountain and the second score line as a valley – creating a “z”.

The Z-fold mechanism starts with a 1 3/8″ x 11″ piece of Basic White cardstock and a 1 1/4″ x 11″ piece of the Sunny Days DSP.  I used the Pool Party stiped design.  This paper is one of the products that you can select for FREE with a $50 (before shipping & tax) during Sale-a-Bration and it is wonderful!

I adhered the DSP strip to the Basic White strip with Liquid Glue, aligning one long side of the DSP with one long side of the cardstock.  Tip: that leaves a little white border at the top.

I scored the strip at 5 1/2″ and again at 8 1/4″.  Then, using one of the border/edge dies from the Bright Skies die set, ran it thru the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine twice to cut a scalloped edge.

With that done, I folded the 5 1/2″ score line as a mountain and the 8 1/4″ score as a valley.

I used Liquid Glue to adhere a flower-dy panel of the Sunny Days DSP to the middle panel of the card base.

I used the medium and large cloud dies in the Bright Skies set to cut a few cloud shapes from the Shaded Spruce Sunny Days flower-y paper.  With my Paper Trimmer, I cut straight bottoms and some straight ends – and then used Liquid Glue to adhere them to the bottom of the front panel – and to the bottom of the large back panel.

I stamped the sentiment from Bright Skies in Poppy Parade on the front panel – just above the mound of flowers.

Then I used the stem/leaves image in the set to stamp some flower “bases” in Shaded Spruce on the large back panel.

I added some Crushed Curry and Poppy Parade flowers from the set.

At that point, I adhered the left end of the Z-mechanism to the top of the small front panel with Liquid Glue.  Then I adhered the short other end to the end of the large back panel with Liquid Glue.

I used cloud dies from Bright Skies to cut out some clouds from the Sunny Days DSP and then adhered them to the Z-mechanism near the top (since that’s where clouds SHOULD be!) with Liquid Glue.

I stamped the sun in Crushed Curry and cut it out with the coordinating die in the set.  I tucked it into the clouds with Liquid Glue.

For the back panel, I cut out two Basic White clouds and one from the sunny paper in the Sunny Days DSP – and used Liquid Glue to adhere them to the back panel.

I used two dies from Bright Skies to cut out a Shaded Spruce stem and a Crushed Curry flower.  I adhered the stem onto the front panel with Liquid Glue and popped the flower on with a Stampin’ Dimensional.

I added Rhinestone Basic Jewels to the center of all the Crushed Curry flowers, a few white Adhesive-backed Lightning & Stars embellishments to the large cloud on the front, and the card front was done!

On the back, I stamped the sentiment from Biggest Wish (yes.  Yes, I DID use this great set AGAIN!) in Poppy Parade ink on a Basic White panel.  I added some Bright Skies flowers across the bottom of the panel and a Crushed Curry sun in the corner!

I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Shaded Spruce mat and onto the back of the card base and the card was done!

My Basic White Medium Envelope got some Bright Skies flowers on the front…

…and a little more of the gorgeous Sunny Days DSP on the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  Okay – this Z-fold fun fold card is seriously…FUN!  I love the happy little “scene” I was able to put together thanks to the great Bright Skies stamp set – and the bundled DIES!  They cut out clouds RIGHT from the Sunny Days DSP – which has become one of my fave DSPS – SO many fun designs in ONE free pack of paper!!  Wow! And – obviously the Biggest Wish set is on my radar this week – as it deserves!  It’s a great set – SO versatile and handy for all your projects!

I hope you like!

If you’d like to recreate this card, all the products and card cuts you’ll need are down below!

I’ve also created a printable PDF with written instructions and a list of the products used to create this project.  You can download, print and/or save it by clicking this image:

Missed any tutorials?  You can check out my past projects right here!

Now that you’ve seen my card, take a minute to hop thru all our projects today – you can just click on the names below to go direct to all the blogs!

Karen Finkle

Beth McCullough

Rae Burnet

Debbie Mageed

Kathi Ondus

Tara Carpenter

Sue Jackson

Mary Deatherage – This is Me! 😎

Lisa Ann Bernard

Shirley Gentry

Have fun on the hop!

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Get the Stampin’ Up! Products Used in this Project:

Bright Skies Bundle (English) – 162794

Price: $48.50

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) – 155052

Price: $17.00

Sunny Days 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper – 162974

Price: $0.00

Basic White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 159276

Price: $10.50

Shaded Spruce 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 146981

Price: $10.00

Crushed Curry 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131199

Price: $10.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147088

Price: $9.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147087

Price: $9.00

Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad – 147050

Price: $9.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels – 144220

Price: $6.00

Adhesive-Backed Lightning & Stars – 162709

Price: $8.50

Basic White Medium Envelopes – 159236

Price: $8.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue – 110755

Price: $5.50

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.25

Paper Trimmer – 152392

Price: $26.00

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Supply List

Card Cuts Used in This Project:

Basic White Cardstock: 4 1/4″ x 11″ (card base – scored and folded at 2 3/4″ and 5 1/2″); 1 3/8″ x 11″ (z-fold mechanism – scored and folded at 5 1/2″ and 8 1/4″); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (back of card); Bright Skies die cut clouds (x2); Stamped and die cut Bright Skies sun

Shaded Spruce Cardstock: 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ (mat for back of card); Bright Skies Die cut stem

Crushed Curry Cardstock: Bright Skies die cut flower

Sunny Days DSP: 1 1/4″ x 11″ (z-fold mechanism – scored and folded at 5 1/2″ and 8 1/4″); 2 5/8″ x 4 1/8″ (center panel); Die cut clouds in sky (x4); Die cut clouds as flower mounds (x3); Die cut cloud on back panel; 2 1/4″ x 6″ (envelope flap)

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