Becky's Stampin' Studio: Z-Fold, Easel Combo Card

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Z-Fold, Easel Combo Card

I saw this unique fold using the A Child is Born stamp set and knew that I had to figure it out! It's a combination of a Z-Fold, Easel, and Joy Fold. The original was designed by Cheri Stojkovich. I made mine using her dimensions, but next time I'll tweak the base a little, as hers finished 5 1/4" long, and I would prefer it to be a full 5 1/2". I think everything would fit beterr together and leave more room for the "easel" prop. I love the Elegant Pines Snowflakes DSP from the Online Store! The images from the stamp set are, sadly, fussy cut, but well worth it. And, to get the nice skin color, the images are stamped onto Basic Beige, and then colored with Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen. It makes for a really nice card!

Measurements:

Secret Sea (N): 1/2 sheet cut LENGTHWISE
Pretty Peacock: 3 5/8" x 9"
Basic Beige: 3 3/8" x 4 1/4", 1/4 sheet (stamped images)
Elegant Pines Snowflakes DSP (N)(OE): 3 3/8" x 4 1/4", 2 1/2" x 4" (Secret Sea Pines)

To Make this Card:

Create a Z-Fold base from the Secret Sea piece. Fold in half, and then fold the front back on itself, creating the Z-Fold, OR score at 2 3/4" - 5 1/2".
Adhere the shorter piece of DSP to the front flap. Set the base side.
Fold the Pretty Peacock piece in half and then adhere the other piece of DSP to the front of this piece. Keep in mind this has a VERTICAL orientation!
Next, stamp the "holy family" and "creche' in Early Espresso ink onto the Basic Beige piece.
Color with Watercolor Pencils and blend a bit with a Blender Pen.
Fussy cut both pieces with paper snips.
Take the Basic Beige layer and stamp the inside with pieces of the stamp set as shown.Then place inside folded Pretty Peacock card.
Now take the Pretty Peacock "card" and center and adhere inside of Secret Sea card base. (see photo above).
Next adhere larger image to front of Pretty Peacock card.
Add "creche" to front flap with Dimensionals, so that the inside, Peacock layer catches on the "creche", to latch it.