Stitched Rectangles Simple Z Fold Card Tutorial

Quickly back to Tutorials for the three Needlepoint Nook and Needle & Thread projects I posted in yesterday's Step It Up blog hop post as promised... starting with the simplest in decoration and structure... which I happen to really love and will definitely be making more of... even though I am not a butterflies gal!!

The Simple Z Fold card... sized specifically for use with the wonderful Stitched Rectangles dies.... which means... in order to get equal spacing on all 4 sides... it is cut down slightly from both the standard A6 card (from A4 card) and the standard A2 card (from US Letter sized card)...

I think Stampin' Up! were very clever shaping their rectangles this way as it means they can be used all over the world - with equal spacing - without a lot of grief!! And bear in mind that they still can be used on the standard cards with variants in spacing... as that is cool too...

But before I start with the Tutorial ... just a quick note about the greetings...

On the front... the WISHES greeting is from the new Sale A Bration co-ordinating More Than Words set... lower half in Night of Navy with all the word overstamped in Balmy Blue... with GET WELL SOON from the Needle & Thread stamp set...

And inside... all from More Than Words... just seemed to work as a great sentiment to my mind...

Recipe & Tutorial for Stitched Rectangles Z Fold Card
Please note that the US (inches) version is just converted literally from this Rest of the World (metric)
Recipe
Card Night of Navy 14 x 21cm (5 1/2" x 8 1/4")
Card Balmy Blue 6 x 9.5cm (2 3/8" x 3 3/4")
(D) Card Thick Whisper White* 3" x 11cm [x2] (3" x 4 1/4"[x2])
Paper Left/Front 4.7 x 13.5cm (1 13/16" x 5 1/4")
Paper Right/Back 10 x 13.5cm (3 7/8" x 5 1/4")
Stamps - Needle & Thread; More Than Words
Papers - Needlepoint Nook
Punch - Butterfly Duet
Inks - Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Sahara Sand
where (D) is for die-cutting
* Edited To Add... I cut these pieces of Whisper White relatively large for die cutting my 2 Stitched Rectangles... as that way I got a nice frame for using on other projects( seethe one on the right)! You could get away with a smaller piece of Whisper White eg 2 1/2 x 3 7/8"and still have a nice frame ( see the one on the left!)... hope the next photo makes it all clear!

NOTE- My White Stitched Rectangles are the 5.6 x 9.1cm sized ones (2 3/16" x 3 9/16")

Tutorial
1. Score Night of Navy panel LANDSCAPE at 5.25 & 10.5cm (2 1/16" & 4 1/8")
2. Bone Fold Mountain/Valley
3. Adhere papers
4. Die cut 2 Stitched Rectangles
5. Ink up & Stamp rectangles & butterflies as required
6. Punch 2 Night of Navy butterflies
7. Adhere front Rectangle to Balmy Blue Mat
8. Adhere back Rectangle to card
9. Adhere punched butterfly to right hand side

10. Fold over card front section

11. Thinking about where you need the glue!! Or rather don't!
TIP- See my Tombow lines to the right to the front section ... and on the back RHS of the Balmy Blue mat!!

12. Adhere Front Rectangle (neatly over the back one!)

13. Adhere front punched butterfly (neatly over the back one!)

And Voila...

And see you on Tuesday for the next instalment...

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