A ngled gatefold card created using the Fitting Florets Collection.
Project Recipe
I used Evening Evergreen cardstock for the base. It was cut to 5 ½ x 11” and scored at 3 3/8” and 7 5/8”.
Next it is time to create that Angled Gate Fold on our card base. This is done by measuring down 1” from the top on both sides and in 1” from the outside on each side and cutting along the intersecting lines (keep those little triangle pieces they are going to help us later).
Here it is all cut (keep this template for future cards it really makes the process much faster)
Now it is time to add our Designer Series Paper (the pink cardstock is just a template piece but once it is all cut, I will store it with the base template so I can recreate this card fast without a bunch of measuring), I chose to use the Fitting Florets 12 x 12” Designer Series Paper because I just love it (remember this paper is available for a limited time until January 4th while supplies last). Cut two pieces of the Designer Series Paper to 2 3/8 x 5 ¼” and decide which side you want on each side of the card so you know how to cut them. Using the triangle pieces, we saved from the card base (this keeps the reveal around the DSP perfect) line them up and trace them onto your Designer Series Paper, cut and you can adhere them.
Once this is done, we just have to decorate. For the inside of the card, I chose to add a piece of Basic White cardstock that measured 4 x 5 ¼”. I added a strip of another of the pieces of DSP that measured 1 x 4” (just to give my card a finished look when closed). For the outside I cut an oval using the Framed Florets Dies out of Basic White cardstock and stamped the sentiment “Wishes for a beautiful birthday” from the coordinating stamp set in the bundle called Framed Florets Stamp set using Night of Navy ink. I cut two of the larger of the left stems from one of the coordinating dies out of Night of Navy cardstock and one from Gold Foil. I did cut the gold foil stem in half too use it on both the top and bottom of my oval. I die cut one of the flowers from the Designer Series Paper (I love that this collection has two dies that will cut florals directly from the paper) and popped it up using Dimensionals where the leaf stems meet. I added a brush of Wink of Stella to my flower and three of the coordinating Gold Adhesive-Backed Swirls.