Gate Fold Cards (for CC2C)

Greetings! Rosanne Mulhern and I have a new CASEing Coast to Coast post for you today! If you are a regular follower of our blogs, you know that once a month we bring our projects together and share a theme. This month our theme is Gate Fold Cards.

Rosanne has made this pretty Christmas card using Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP and some gingerbread snowflakes. You can read all about it on her website by clicking HERE. I’m going to CASE (copy and selectively edit) her card, using a different color scheme, which you will see below.

Rosanne and I were on the same “wave length” when we independently chose snowflakes to be the centerpieces of our cards. It’s funny how that works out so often! Instead of the Gingerbread snowflake, I pulled out So Many Snowflakes Dies and paired them with Whimsy & Wonder DSP.

The combination of Blushing Bride, Silver Foil, and Basic White is so pretty! The foil almost looks iridescent and it’s a bit hypnotic! I’m a fan 🙂

The Construction Process

To make the basic gate fold card, I started with a piece of Thick Basic White, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, and scored it at 2-1/8″. Folding that end in toward the middle gave me the mid-point. Instead of scoring from the other side, I simply hand-folded it in to meet the other half in the middle. I find there’s less chance of missing the spot and fighting a gap!

To decorate the gate fold, I cut two pieces of Silver Foil at 2″x 5-1/4″ and glued them to the front flaps. Then I cut two pieces of Whimsy & Wonder DSP at 1-7/8″x 5-1/8″ and glued them over the foil. (TIP: If you want to save foil that is covered up anyway, cut away most of the middle and glue down the frame left behind.)

Iridescence & Shine!

Inside, I glued a Wonderful Snowflake embellishment in the center, then added my sentiment. Realizing I didn’t have enough sparkle and shine (lol!) I stamped the sentiment from Snowflake Wishes with Versamark and heat embossed it with Silver Emboss Powder.

To make the snowflake centerpiece, I cut a piece of Blushing Bride to approximately 3″x 4-1/4″ and rounded the corners. Next I cut the center out with the So Many Snowflakes Die and popped out the center. Then I glued that to a piece of Silver Foil and carefully trimmed around the outside edge to match the pink cardstock. To that, I added a Wonderful Snowflake with a Dimensional and glued a Silver Foil snowflake to the middle of it. Shine on! I glued the centerpiece to the left side only of the gate fold card.

More Silver Foil snowflakes adorn the white envelope to give the recipient a sneak peek of what’s inside!

I hope you’ve enjoyed our gate folds today! Thanks for stopping by. We would love to hear what you think, so please leave us a comment below! See you next time ~

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Product List

Snowflake Wishes Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158267] $26.00	So Many Snowflakes Dies [153560] $36.00	Whimsy & Wonder 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [156329] $15.00
Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.25	Blushing Bride 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [131198] $8.75	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.00
Wonderful Snowflakes [156340] $6.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $18.00
Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00	Detailed Trio Punch [146320] $20.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00