Staircase Z-Fold Christmas Card

Happy Crafty Saturday! I set a personal goal to TRY each of the "Fancy Fold Cards" on our recent blog hops. Today I made my first Z-Fold card using this tutorial on Amanda's blog. I fell in love with her card - so pretty in red and white and I loved her window, but I had to get creative since I don't have a window die cut yet (on my wishlist!) For the garland, I cut out one of the border strips from the " Deck the Halls " digi paper pack HERE . And for the window scene, I used the " Sweet Deer " HERE and the trees are from " Gingerbread Scene " HERE . For both sentiments, I just typed them out in dark red. :) I went over select petals of the poinsettia with a red sparkly gellyroll pen, select holly leaves with a green sparkly gellyroll pen and the flower centers with a gold sparkly pen. The last photo shows an up-close view of the sparkle. :) *Note to self: Pay attention to Amanda's note about the staircase tri