Sweet Birthday Z-Fold Card

My granddaughter will be turning one very soon, and I thought it would be fun to make her a card with little macaron cookies on it because she has a sweet tooth already! 

I started by making an A2 card base and then scoring the front flap in the middle at 2 1/8 inches and then folding the card back on the score line to create the Z-fold card base. Then the fun began! I die cut the pieces for ten little macarons using Altenew's Sweet Nasturtium Layering Die Set which includes a lovely flower, some pretty foliage, and this cute little macaron. 

After die cutting all the tiny pieces, I assembled the macarons following the guide on the packaging. Then I chose added some sparkly papers to the inside of the card and began arranging the macarons on the front panel. I added them with foam tape for some dimension and then trimmed off the ones that went over the sides. I then added the trimmed pieces to the panel to complete the decorating on the front.

For the inside of the card, the macarons would have been lost on the pink glitter paper I used for that section, so I added a piece of white linen cardstock and arranged 3 macarons towards the bottom of the panel. I then stamped "sweet birthday wishes" using a stamp from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Meadow Breeze for the "sweet" sentiment and the "birthday wishes" stamp from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Sweet Buttercups kit. I stamped the sentiment onto the same purple cardstock I had used for the card base. I adhered the sentiment using Art Glitter liquid glue and then adhered the macarons using a mix of liquid glue and Altenew's Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

There's a lot of fun sparkle on this card due to the specialty papers I used. All the papers used to create this card came from Your Paper Insider's Box 11. I was a Guest Designer for that box and have since become an affiliate for them. Box 12 is set to arrive soon, and I am looking forward to creating with the papers in that one, too. If you are interested in subscribing to their quarterly boxes of specialty papers, I would be so grateful if you used my affiliate link: https://yourpaperinsider.com/  And if you are interested in ordering something lovely from Altenew and would like to use my Altenew affiliate link, thank you very much! Here's the link: Carrie's Altenew affiliate page 

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 Challenges I'm entering: 

Creative Creases #106: I'm on the DT, so I'm entering just for fun and inspiration

Inspiration Station: The pink, purple, and white colors and the dessert theme inspired me (1/8; ends at the end of the month)

Ellibelle's Corner: Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday: ATG (3/3; ends 8/27/25)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with optional twist of 4-legged friends (3/6; ends at the end of the month)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (1/5 for the week; 1/10 for the challenge; ends 8/27/25)

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie...: Birthday (3/5; ends at the end of the month 

Allsorts challenge blog: Animals or ATG (4/5; ends 8/15/25)

A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

DL.ART : DL.ART August 2025 linky challenge: ATG (unlimited entries; ends at the end of the month)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of Summer Things (4/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with twist of Summer Fun (4/8; ends at the end of the month)

Dragonfly Dreams: Lots of Layers (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Paper Rocks Scissors: ATG with paper and/or scissors (I used scissors to trim the edges of my macarons that went off the sides of the panel) (4/5; ends at the end of the month)

The Diva's that cut ....paper!: Z-fold cards (3/4; ends at the end of the month)