Double z-fold card with Let’s Go Shopping

Double z-fold card with Let’s Go Shopping bundle. The images of the various types of shops in the Les Shoppes 12″x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) DSP are really quirky. In lieu of stamping, you can fussy cut the images of the shops to use on your card fronts.

The idea of a shopping boulevard crept into my head when I looked at the Let’s Go Shopping stamp set and especially the pretty Les Shoppes DSP. I thought the best way to create a boulevard was a fancy fold like the double z-fold. It’s one of my favourite folds and I’ve used it many times before. It’s adaptable for so many different kinds of stamps, punches or dies like this one with umbrellas and wellies.

Creating the double z-fold

A double fold is a standard card in landscape orientation. So you cut an A4 sheet in half lengthways so it is long and narrow. Fold it in half, and the front half in half again.

Then you cut a 1″ (2.5 cm strip) – in fact you could cut it a little wider if you wish, but bear in mind you want to see what’s behind the strip, so you don’t want to obscure it by cutting it too wide. Fold it in exactly the same way, but when you adhere it to the card base, you flip it over so that it is adhered in the opposite direction to create that double “z” effect.

Cutting guide

1. Card Base : Misty Moonlight 4 ⅛” x 11 ¾” (10.5 cm x *29.8 cm). Fold it in half, and the front half in half again to create the “z” fold.
2. Select the Les Shoppes 12″x 12″ DSP paper with the images of the shops and fussy cut at least 3 buildings.
3. Middle panel (not visible from front full on) : Basic White 2 ⅝” x 3 ¾” (7 cm x 10 cm)
4. Cut a mat layer in Smoky Slate for embossing with at 3 ¾” x 5 ½” (9.5 cm x 14 cm)
5. Double z-fold mechanism 1″ x A4 length (2.5 cm x A4 length).

*A4 length in metric is 29.8 cm.

Additional card stock

• Scraps of Crumb Cake to die cut 2 benches
• Basic White card stock to die cut 3 lamp posts, stamp and die cut 2 flower pots
• Shaded Spruce – die cut 2 vines

Watch the video for assembly instructions.

Video Tutorial

Supply list

Listed below is the supply list. Just click on the picture to take you directly to the item in my online store.

Product List

Let's Go Shopping Bundle (English) [161333]	Les Shoppes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161322]	Exposed Brick 3 D Embossing Folder [161600]
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228]	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086]	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291]
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685]	Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock [147006]	Adhesive Sheets [152334]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113]	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118]
Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882]	Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154881]
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883]