Rainbow of Happiness is such a fantastic name for a new stamp set and bundle. Stampin' Up! has created a fun and happy rainbow stamp set for both young and old stampers. The coordinating paper, Sunshine and Rainbows 6x6 Designer Series Paper, includes fun patterns in bright colours. Most of the paper has rainbows on one side and a pattern on the other. This Z fold card is easy to make with the measurements in my card tutorial below. If you love Z fold cards, see my Sparkle of the Season Z fold card HERE. Keep reading to see how the paper perfectly co-ordinates with the Brilliant Rainbow dies by Stampin' Up!
Coordinating Sunshine and Rainbow paper
The Brilliant Rainbow dies match not only the stamp set but the free sale-a-bration paper as well. The Sunshine and Rainbow paper will be available in January and February with a qualifying order of $60. A perk of being a demonstrator is that I am able to order some wonderful products early. The dies come with cute little clouds, a fantastic border, shaker style rainbow cut outs and a wonderful medium sized rainbow. The medium rainbow is what I used for this card. It fits perfectly on the rainbows printed on one of the papers.
This is the easiest way to make a rainbow. Unfortunately, I was being particular about matching colours and wanted to replace the Granny Apple Green. Pool Party cardstock matched the paper in my Rainbow of Happiness card better. I used the same rainbow die to cut out a Pool Party rainbow piece, glued it down and had a perfectly matched rainbow to go on my Z fold card.
I'm looking forward to making many more cards with the Brilliant Rainbow dies and the Rainbow of Happiness stamp set. If you can't wait to buy it, and live in Canada, sign up to be a demonstrator and you will be able to order it as early as December 1st. I am happy to answer your questions! You would be joining a community of positive and supportive group of stampers that love to create, become a discount shopper with a minimum 20% off of your orders, attend events and most importantly, have fun!
Rainbow of Happiness Z fold card
Tools
Supplies
- Rainbow of Happiness bundle
- Sunshine and Rainbows 6x6 designer series paper
- Basic White 8 ½ x 11 cardstock
- Bermuda Bay 8 ½ x 11 cardstock and inkpad
- Melon Mambo 8 ½ x 11 cardstock
- Pool Party 8 ½ x 11 cardstock
Instructions
Cut paper to the following sizes:
- Designer Series Paper: 2 pieces:3 ¾” x 2 ¼“ and 3 ¾” x 2 ¾“
- Cut one strip of the rainbow piece of designer series paper. Then cut one rainbow out. Leave space around it to allow you to adhere it to the Basic White rectangle.
- Bermuda Bay: 4¼ “ x 11” scored at 5½“ and 2¾“ folded as shown below
- Basic White: 3 pieces: 4 x 5 ¼“; 3½ x 2½”; 2½ x 4”
- Melon Mambo: 3 ¾ x 2 ¾“
- Pool Party: small scrap for rainbow layer
Die Cut:
- Use the medium rainbow die and the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to cut out a rainbow in the centre of the 3½ x 2½ piece of Basic White. (a little high is ok)
- Die cut the Pool Party cardstock scrap with the medium rainbow die
Stamping:
- Stamp the sentiment with Bermuda Bay ink underneath the die cut rainbow on the Basic White cardstock.
Assembly:
- Lay the Bermuda Bay card base horizontally with the 2 scores to the left hand side.
- Adhere the largest piece of Basic White cardstock to the right side of the Bermuda Bay card front – the side with no scoring.
- Adhere the widest piece of patterned paper to the far right of the basic white, leaving a small, even border as shown.
- Layer the patterned paper onto the other Basic White rectangle. Similarly, there should an even border around the perimeter.
- Adhere the Basic White and patterned paper layer onto the far left of the Bermuda Bay card front. The score line/fold should be next to this and it should have an even border.
- Adhere the single rainbow from the patterned paper onto the die cut rainbow. Layer and adhere this to the Melon Mambo cardstock.
- Use the fine tip glue pen to adhere the Pool Party Rainbow strip to the medium rainbow to cover up the green strip. (make sure you choose the correct size rainbow layer)
- Using adhesive on only the left hand side of the Cherry Cobbler piece, adhere to the very front of the card when it is folded as shown.
- Add some sparkle with a Wink of Stella pen.
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