Mystery Monday Stamping 8/28/23 Z Fold Card

Last night on Mystery Monday Stamping with TX Stampin' Sharon, we made a Z-fold card with the clues. If you'd like the measurements and instructions to make a card similar to mine, here's a link to the video: Mystery Stamping, August 28, 2023 - YouTube. Warning: there were several incorrect measurements given for the card design that were corrected over the course of the video, so my suggestion would be to watch the video before cutting your cardstock. 

Lately I've been trying to use up scraps of papers I've saved over the past few years (I gave some away to a family with 5 crafty daughters, but somehow I still have oodles of it!), so I decided to use the scraps from a recent card I made here Carrie's Custom Cards: Sending Hugs And Blessings Birthday Card (carriescustomcards.blogspot.com) on this card. I wanted to use SU!'s Painted Poppies stamp and die bundle, so I gathered my stamps, dies, and papers and cut everything according to Clue #1 in preparation for Mystery Stamping. Then last night I crafted along with the video to create this card. Thankfully I had some extra scraps since a few pieces had to be cut again due to the clues being slightly off in a few places. 

I colored my poppies and my foiled die cut butterfly with Ohuhu alcohol ink markers and stamped the sentiment panel with some fun stamps included in the Painted Poppies set to create a background. Then I stamped the sentiment from SU!'s Potted Geraniums onto the panel. In hindsight, I wish I had stamped that on a small piece of teal card stock and popped it up on foam tape so it stood out more, but I'll keep that in mind for next time. 

I stamped another background stamp from the Painted Poppies set in teal as a background for the purple poppy I stamped and die cut and adhered with foam tape. The decorative circle die cut is from that same bundle, too. 

I die cut a small purple border from the Painted Poppies die set and adhered it to the lower right side of the card for decoration. Then, as a final touch, I adhered the foiled butterfly and a few purple sequins to the front panel. 

View from above:

Side view:

Another view:

Close of of the sentiment panel:

Close up of the die cut circle with the teal background stamp and the poppy I stamped and die cut. I added Diamond Glaze to the inner part of the flower, but you can't really see the shine in the photos:

Challenges I'm entering: 

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #64 (secretstamper.com): ATG with a fun fold (unlimited entries; ends 9/1/23)

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (1/6; ends 9/12/23)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (1/2; ends 9/5/23)

Passion for Markers (promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com): Feminine (ends 9/5/23)

A Place To Start (hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com): ATG with twist of leaves and/or trees (ends at the end of the month)

Inspiration Station (inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com) : The pretty purple flowers and butterflies inspired the front of my card (ends at the end of the month)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting (doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com): Thing 1: ATG; Thing 3: C: insect--I included a butterfly Thing 2: Entered in Creative Creases, Beautiful Blossoms, and Inspiration Station (1/4; ends 9/4/23)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Sparkle and Shine (I included sequins and a foiled butterfly as well as Diamond Glaze on the poppy inside the card) (1/5; ends 9/4/23)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge ...: ATG (1/3; ends 9/2/23)

Stamping Sensations: Moodboard or ATG (3/3; ends 8/30/23)

Allsorts challenge blog: Butterflies (1/3; ends 9/2/23)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (3/4; ends 9/8/23)

Through The Purple Haze Challenges: Tic Tac Toe: Middle row: patterned paper, stamp, something shiny (sequins and foiled butterfly) (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge Blog (ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com): ATG/Lavender and Lace (3/3; ends at 9/4/2)

The Paper Shelter: Summertime (1/2; ends 8/29/23)

simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/: Bright and Cheerful (ends 8/30/23)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (3/5 for the week; ends 8/30/23)

 Butterfly Challenge (butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com): Tic Tac Toe: Middle row vertically: die cuts, flowers, spots (the background for the sentiment panel has tiny spots splattered on it using a couple stamps. I hope that counts, but please delete my card if you are looking for more traditional spots like on a design paper) (1/3; ends 9/5/23) Top 3 Pick 9/6/23

The Diva's that cut ....paper! (die-cut-divas.blogspot.com): Pop Up Cards (3/4; ends at the end of the month) Die Cut Divas' Favorite 9/3/23

Triple B (dd-tripleb.blogspot.com): ATG with birds, blooms and/or butterflies (2/3; ends at the end of the month)

Papercraft Challenges: Challenge #97 - Special Card Shapes (papercraft-challenges.blogspot.com): Shaped cards (unlimited entries; ends 9/15/23)