Create a Wedding Card with a Z-Fold Gift Card Holder

Posted on June 8, 2026 by Imagine

By Helen Gullett –

Hello crafty friends! Today, we are going to make a wedding card with a Z-fold gift card holder inside. This is a fun card to make for other occasions, too. So, let’s get crafting!

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 30 Minutes

Direction:

Step 1

I would suggest cutting all the pieces you will need for this card ahead. You can find all the measurements for all the pieces in the picture above.

On today’s card I use the “Vertical Pocket” size.

And for the mats, you can use either any color cardstocks or patter papers.

Step 2
For the card base, it is an A2 card size (5.5 inch x 4.25 inch) with side fold that you can make with a panel of 8.5 inch x 5.5 inch heavy weight white cardstock and score and fold at 4.25 inch.

Cut the 2 cardstock or papers into 5.25 inch x 4 inch for the background mats.

Add one mat to the front card and one mat to the inside card with On Point Glue. Set aside to dry.

Step 3
For the Z-fold base, cut a piece of cardstock into 4.25 inch x 9 inch, score it at 3 inch and 6 inch, and then fold it like the letter “Z” and use a bone folder to press the scored lines.

Cut 3 piece cardstock or pattern papers into 2.75 inch x 4 inch for the background mats. Add each of the background mats to each section of the Z-fold card base with the On Point Glue.

Add the Z-fold base to the inside card (center) with the On Point Glue.

Step 4
To make the gift card pocket, first cut a piece of matching cardstock (or pattern paper) into 2.75 inch x 3.5 inch, and then score 2 sides (lengthwise) at 0.25 inch and at the bottom at 0.25 inch.

Snipe off the 2 bottom corners (x) with scissors.

Add some of the Tear It! Tape on all three flaps.

Step 5
Use the 1 inch circle punch to punch the top of the gift card pocket; insert the gift card pocket half way through and punch the half-circle shape on the top of the gift card pocket.

Remove the liners from the double-sided tape and add the gift card pocket to the middle of the Z-fold card.

Step 6
Stamp the cake image on a piece of cold-press watercolor cardstock with the Versafine Onyx Black ink pad.

Clean the ink off the stamp with Staz-On All-Purpose Stamp Cleaner.

Step 7
The Memento fine tip markers work well with small intricate images and the inks can blend well.

First, color the roses on the cake using 2 shades of the Memento Markers.

Use the Rose Bud Memento Marker to color the bottom part of the petals, and then color the rest of the petals with the Angle Pink Memento Marker.

Step 8
Use the fine tips of the Bamboo Leaves Memento Marker to color the bottom part of the leaves.

And then, use the New Sprout Memento Marker to finish color the whole leaves.

Step 9
Color the rest of the tiny flowers on the cake using the fine tip of the Summer Sky Memento Marker.

Step 10
Scribble some of the ink from the London Fog Memento Marker and then pick it up with a wet water brush to color the cake stand. Build up the color and shadow with adding more color to it.

Dry the watercolored image with a craft heat gun.

Step 11
Scribble some of the ink from the Dessert Sand Memento Marker and then pick it up with a wet water brush to color the cakes. Build up the colors and shadow by adding more color to it.

Dry the watercolored image with a craft heat gun.

Step 12
Fussy cut the colored wedding cake image with the micro-tip scissors.

Cut a piece of white copy paper with the doily die cut.

Add both pieces to the front of the card with On Point Glue.

Step 13
Stamp the sentiment on a piece of white cardstock with the Versafine Onyx Black ink pad.

Trim it into a banner sentiment with paper trimmer and micro-trip scissors.

Add to the front of the card (on the cake) with On Point Glue.

Step 14
Cut out the word “Mr & Mrs” out of black cardstock with the word die twice and stack them together with On Point Glue. If you want a more thicker chipboard look, you can cut the word sentiment 3-4 times and stack them together.

Add them to the front of the gift card pocket with On Point Glue.

Step 15
Cut another 2 piece white cardstock into 3.75 inch x 2.5 inch for the background mats, and and each of the background mat to the Z-fold base (right and left) with the On Point Glue.

Stamp the sentiment on one of the white mats (the right side of the gift card pocket) with Versafine Onyx Black ink pad.

This Z-fold gift card holder can be pulled out to the right side when they open the card.

You can insert the gift card inside the pocket and you can write your message on the empty side.

Even though this card has some layers, it still can fit nicely inside a regular envelope to mail it out.

I hope you like this wedding card with a gift card holder idea and maybe you can give this tutorial a try by making it for birthdays, graduations, or other occasions.

Thanks so much for stopping by our blog today. Have a wonderful day!

Craft Supplies

Imagine Crafts:

Memento Markers (Angle Pink, Rose Bud, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves, Summer Sky, Dessert Sand, and London Fog)
VersaFine (Onyx Black)
On Point Glue
Tear It! Double-Sided Tape
Imagine Craft Mat
Staz-On All Purpose Stamp Cleaner

Others:

Long Lasting Love Stamp Set (Divinity Designs)
Mr And Mrs Die Set (Divinity Designs)
Delicate Doily Die Set (Creative Worship Stamps)
Black and White pattern papers pack
Grey cardstock
Black cardstock
White cardstock
Cold-press watercolor paper
White copy/print paper
1 inch circle punch
Water brush
Stamping blocks
Paper trimmer
Micro-tip scissors
Diecutting machine

Make an Adorable Winter Wedding Card

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Imagine

By Anna Escalada York

Before making this card, I had no idea all of the different winter wedding color palates there are!
I needed to make a winter wedding card, and decided to use some products in a new way (at least for me). Before I share how I made this card, I wanted to share a winter wedding color palate that inspired me:

Skill: Intermediate
Time: 2 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
I stamped a large wedding scene stamp on a die cut piece of watercolor paper with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Step 2:
Press a Champagne Delicata ink pad onto a piece of acetate packaging and then mix with water. Press the acetate onto the stamped wedding image. (This is very hard to see in the image, but there is a faint sheen on the wedding dress and in other parts of the panel.) Allow to dry.

Step 3:
Watercolor smoosh the panel with a second layer of the Champagne Delicata ink. Then scribble Potter’s Clay Memento Dual Marker onto the acetate and spray with water. Then press the acetate onto the panel. Allow these layers of color to dry on the panel.

Step 4:
Press the Toffee Crunch Memento ink pad onto the same acetate, spray with more water and then watercolor smoosh the panel again.

Step 5:
Color in parts of the panel with Potter’s Clay Memento Dual Marker.

Step 6:
Add a small amount of Celestial Copper Delicata Inker onto the same acetate packaging and use a small paintbrush to mix with water to thin out the reinker. Then use the paintbrush to paint the trim of the bride’s dress, some of the presents, and some other images with the coppery mix.

Step 7:
Spray Walnut colored Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution onto die cut glitter cardstock to make it darker. (Please note that the panel took a long time to dry. The next time I do this, I plan on adding embossing powder to help it dry more quickly.

Step 8:
Color the tree leaves, the pennant ribbon and a couple of the hats with Rich Cocoa Memento Dual Marker.

Step 9:
Stamp the sentiment from the same stamp set with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Trim the sentiment into a thin strip with the edges at an angle.

Step 10:
Press the edges of the sentiment strip into a Toffee Crunch Memento ink pad to color the borders.

Step 11:
Press a Champagne Delicata ink pad onto the acetate packaging and then spray with water. Watercolor smoosh the sentiment strip and allow to dry.

Step 12:
Assemble the card. Glue 2 strips of scrap cardstock behind the sentiment and glue the sentiment on the lower right corner of the stamped panel. Then glued the stamped panel onto the sprayed glitter cardstock panel. Glue the whole thing onto an A2-sized white card base.

Glue gems on the bottom left and upper right corners of the card.

Art Supplies

Imagine
• Delicata Ink – Campagne
• Delicata Ink Reinker – Celestial Copper
• Memento Dual Marker – Potter’s Clay, Rich Cocoa and Toffee Crunch
• VersaFine Clair ink – Nocturne
• Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution – Walnut Ink

Other
• Colorado Craft Company – stamp set – Happily Ever After by Anita Jeram
• Pink and Main – die set – Notched Corners
• Trinity Stamp Company – embellishments – Champagne Twinkle Stardust Rhinestone mix
• A2-sized white card base
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Watercolor paper
• Glitter cardstock
• Die cutting machine
• Paper trimmer Scissors
• Glue

Let’s Stretch Our Crafty Supplies!

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Imagine

By Anna Escalada York

– In today’s post, I will share a way to stretch your crafty supplies like using a die to stamp and to
use ink to change the color of some patterned paper.

Skill Level: Intermediate
Time: 1.5 hours

Directions:

Step 1:
Use a die as a stamp by pressing a Turquoise VersaColor ink pad into the raised edges of a
background butterfly die. Then press a piece of previously die cut piece of watercolor paper into
the die and lift the panel. You will have the outlines of the butterflies stamped on your panel.

Step 2:
Run the Turquoise VersaColor ink pad across some blue paper to enhance the blue color of the
paper.

Step 3:
Rub the Canary VersaColor ink pad across some yellow patterned paper to enhance the color of
the patterned paper.

Steps 4 and 5:
Die cut the yellow and blue patterned paper with the butterfly die.
Glue some of the die cut butterfly pieces onto the stamped watercolor panel, making sure that
the butterflies don’t line up totally with the stamped butterflies.

Step 6 and 7:
Die cut another piece of blue patterned paper using another background die.
Run the Turquoise VersaColor ink pad and the Golden Glitz Delicata ink pad over the blue
patterned paper to add some more colorful interest onto the panel.

Step 8:
Using a congrats die cut to die cut three layers– a scrap piece of cardstock as well as the yellow
and blue patterned paper.

Step 9:
Spray the blue patterned paper with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray and let dry.

Step 10:
Glue all three layers of the die cut sentiment together, with the blue layer on the top, and the
yellow layer in the middle. Don’t line up the blue layer exactly on top of the yellow layer so that
you can see both. Set aside.

Step 11:
Ink blend around the edges of the stamped layer with more of the Canary VersaColor ink with
an ink dauber.
Not pictured: Spray the panel with more of the Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Mix some more of
the Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray with more Turquoise VersaColor ink and spatter it across the panel.

Step 12:
Press some of the remaining yellow and blue patterned paper die cut butterflies into the Golden
Glitz Delicata ink pad. Glue those butterflies into the stamped panel.

Step 13:
Glue the stamped panel onto the die cut background panel at an angle. Then Glue the
sentiment parallel to the base of the die cut background panel.

Step 14:
Glue blue, white and gold sequins onto the card panel. Glue the whole panel onto an A2-sized
white card base.

Art Supplies
Imagine
• Delicata Ink – Golden Glitz
• Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray – Sparkle
• VersaColor Ink – Canary
• VersaColor Ink – Turquoise
• Sponge Daubers

Other
• DCWV – Patterned Paper – Electric Jungle patterned paper
• Hero Arts-Die-Butterfly Confetti fancy die
• Honey Bee Stamps – Die – Congrats Honey Cuts die set
• Honey Bee Stamps – Sequins – Aztec Empire mix (retired)
• Kat Scrappiness – Die – Peacock Backdrop die
• Yellow and blue cardstock in my stash
• Scissors
• Glue

Congratulations Card Using VersaFine Clair Ink With 3D Embossing Folders

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Imagine

By Katy Ingram

Hello Friends! Katy here and today I am sharing a super quick technique using VersaFine Clair.

In todays video tutorial I am sharing how I use VersaFine Clair in the color Chianti and some cream card stock with a 3D Embossing folder to create a quick, but elegant card. In the video I also share cleaning up the embossing folder so you have minimal to no staining. All this in just over 3 minutes! Check it out below.

Katy

Skill: Beginner

Time: 5 minutes

Art Supplies

Imagine Products

VersaFine Clair – Chianti

Sheer Shimmer Spray – Sparkle

Tear It! Tape

Other Products Used

Cream Card Stock (Embossed Panel)

Gina K Designs Card Stock Soft Stone (Layering Panel)

Simon Says Stamp Card Stock Slate (Card Base)

Curious Translucent Pearl Vellum (Circle)

Tim Holtz Metallics-3 (Congrats Die Cut)

Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder Beautiful Blooms

Spellbinders Congrats (Word Die) Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments Die Set

Gold-Embossed Ombre Effect Congrats Card

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Imagine

By LVHandcrafted

Hello friends! This is Linh (or LV Handcrafted on all the socials). This is a fun way to create your own heat embossed ombre effect. I used Delicata ink, which is a pigment ink and remains sticky for period of time to swipe across a white cardstock panel. I made a very solid swatch of ink. Before the ink dried, I covered one end (the bottom) with Mboss powder in gold. I aimed for about 25% of the way up with solid coverage. Then I tipped the panel so the letter “C” is at the bottom and the letter “S” is at the top. Then spooned more Mboss powder from one and and further tipped the panel so it runs down the panel to create that graduated, ombre effect.

When I make panels like this, I really want the panel and the effect to shine, so I like to keep the rest of the card really simple. These word dies are wonderful because they are so big, they nearly take up the entire card. And with a panel this beautiful, I save everything and made a second card using the negative effect of the word die.

NOTE: In the video, you will actually see me create a smaller panel that I decided against using. I used a Sakura glue pen to draw a design over the Delicata-inked panel and then poured Mboss powder over it. The glue pen lets you draw or write anything you want and have that lovely embossed effect.

Skill: Intermediate

Time: 15 minutes