Tamara's Paper Trail: Z Fold Fun Fold Card - a quick and easy "wow"!

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Z Fold Fun Fold Card - a quick and easy "wow"! - MCM layout May 4, 2026

Happy Tuesday! ... and Happy New CATALOGUE Day - whoot! Yup, as happens three times a year, I'm exhausted, after having stayed up until midnight to place may paper/ribbon share order. *yawn - I am a total waste of makeup today! ... but so worth it. I LOOOOVE my paper/ribbon shares and needed to "secure the goods" before they sold out. Mission accomplished! BEFORE I stayed up, though, I had my standard MCM Live on Facebook. I taught you how to make the EASIES "WOW!" Fun Fold card ... a "Z-Fold". These are the projects I made ....

I've done Z-Folds before ... and shown you how, as well ... but I was inspired by a SWAP card I got from Angela O'connor and it was SO popular on my FB Page a few weeks back I decided to CASE hers and make it Live with you. Here is her card ...

Great, isn't it? She used the Lovely Blossoms DSP and the Banner Saying bundle for the sentiment and punched element. It's a great card! Here are closeups and details on the ones I made ...

These two show a "basic" version (left) and a "stepped up" version. The difference is the one on the left just uses cut layers for the focal point, whereas the one on the right uses the Everyday Arches dies. As always, I like to show a layout for beginner stampers or those who may not have "all the tools/toys" and then a fancier version, that usually includes die cuts. Both are lovely! The both use the NEW Moonlit Flora paper and Fern & Flora set/bundle.

These next two are the "stepped up" versions and both use the new Velvet Meadow Specialty Paper. It's SO soft and ... well, velvety! lol. The Berry Burst version also uses the new Dreamy Flower embellishments.

Close ups ...

They really are SO easy to make! Want to learn how? Here is the "recipe" of the pieces you need to prep ...

... and here is the Mystery Card Monday (MCM) Facebook Live replay, showing you how to cut the papers and put all the pieces together. Check it out!

I hope you give this one a try! I think it's a layout and Fun Fold that you'll come back to time and again.

That's it for this week. If you would like to join me LIVE for my MCM (Mystery Card Monday) sessions, you can catch me on my FaceBook Page here at 7:00 pm Mountain Time every Monday ... or on my YouTube Channel here at the same time (I stream live to both). Like and Follow my FB Page and/or Subscribe to my YouTube Channel. I'd love to have you - the live community is AMAZING and so much fun!

If you live in Canada and would like to purchase any of the items I used for my cards, just click any of the pictures below and you will be taken to my Stampin' Up! online store. (I apologize that not all products are shown! When I do a blog post before the product is available for sale I can't add it to the list shown below.) Thank you! I appreciate your support!

Stay amazing!

Tamara

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