Z-fold Birthday Card

Happy weekend everyone! I'm here with the card I made for last night's Craft Roulette Episode 259 - my 50th!

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Solar White;

Paper Studio A2 card; scraps

Dies - Poppystamps Brilliant Birthday Balloons

& Happy Birthday Streamer Script;

My Favorite Things Blueprints 26 (out of stock

but available HERE at Frantic Stamper);

AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Stencil - Taylored Expressions Sprinkles Rotating Stencil

Other - Copic Markers; foam tape;

various Hero Arts inks

I forgot to mention on my previous Craft Roulette post that the show was celebrating 5 years on March 14th - wow & congrats! Just think of television shows that don't last that long!! Anyway, I've been playing for nearly a year but missed a couple of weeks after I first started. That means card 52 hasn't arrived yet, oh well.

Host Mary Gunn FUNN had Alison Heikkila (‪@AlisonHeikkila) as her guest. Alison focuses on paper crafting with techniques over specific products. She loves mixed media, but also has a silversmithing and sculpting degree. How cool is that?! 

Here's what the wheel spun for us:

• Project - Card with 2 Folds: I made a Z-fold.
• Colors - Jelly Beans: I used the Classics - Red, Orange, Yellow, White, Pink, Purple, Green, Blue & Black
• Element - Math: Sprinkles are minus signs for subtraction!
• Random - Marker(s): I colored my sentiment with Copic Markers.

I must say, the element threw me at first. I thought I had an embossing folder with math stuff - no luck finding it. Then I thought of using the plus sign or an X for multiplication. Couldn't find that set either (turned up later by my Vagabond!). Next I thought of a Tim Holtz stencil with plus signs - didn't own that one but I found a TE sprinkle set. Minus signs, right? And my birthday card was launched.

Created a Z-fold card by scoring half of an A2 card at 2 1/8", then folding back over. I reversed a colored card with white insides. Next I stenciled a white panel using the sprinkles, rotating it for 4 different colors, then repositioned it randomly to get a 5th color in. Die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle & adhered to the card.

I wanted to use a couple new Poppystamps die sets I bought recently. First, I die cut a balloon and string & added to the front Z panel so it extended over the sprinkles panel. Then I die cut the sentiment and outline from white cardstock and colored the words into a rainbow pattern using Copic Markers (R46/YR04/ Y15/G05/B04/B63/V17). Tip - I left them in the negative so I could see better where I wanted to color; I did no blending. Assembled and added to the balloon with foam tape. Die cut a little bow from the MFT set and added it - done! Here's a view of the card standing up:

Since my Poppystamps dies got first play here, I'll add my card to Darnell's March NBUS Challenge #72. My card also works at the current Seize the Birthday Challenge #301 using their "topping" since I have a balloon (something that flies!).

Finally, I realized I didn't photograph the birthday cards that arrived just after my birthday back in February. So here they are & thanks again to everyone who sent a card!

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you have a crafty day!!