Friday 20 May 2022

Sheltering You with Love Awash with Beauty Interlocking Gate Fold Greeting Card. Fun Fold Friday

 Good Morning Everyone

It's Friday, and that means we have another Fun Fold Friday to share with you. Donna, Karen and Myself will showcase some fun folds for you today, so take a nosey at my card, then further down I will provide links so you can check out there creations too.

Today My card is an Interlocking Gate Fold. I absolutely love this fold - it's really simple and you can create some amazing effects and the recipient will definitely think ti's a very fancy card!!












Measurements

Merry Merlot Card Stock

1pc - 8 1/4" x 5 7/8"

3pc - 3 7/8" x 1 5/8"

Basic White Card Stock

1pc - 5 5/8" x 3 7/8"

3pc - 1 1/2" x 3 3/4"

Awash with Beauty DSP

2pc - 1 7/8" x 5 5/8"

fussy cut flower images

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With your Merry Merlot card stock score on the long side at 2 1/16" on one side, then turn it over and score at 2 1/16", so that you have two thinner strip down either side of the length. Fold these both toward the centre of the card stock and these will close together to create the card front. Pop the basic white card stock into the inside back panel of the card.

Take the three pieces of Basic White and using the fussy cut images arrange them to fill two of the strips fully, then add a small accent after you have added the sentiment to the remaining piece. I too a piece of 6x6" DSP which I had and fussy cut some of the flowers that were against the cut edges then arranged then onto the card and trimmed down so they were flush. This meant I could use up some pieces of the DSP which I would otherwise struggle to use. See Below....




Layer up the these three piece onto the mats of Merry Merlot and then arrange then on the card front, trying to evenly space then out so that it all looks central and have the sentiment in the middle.

Now, you have to concentrate and be careful where you apply your adhesive - if you go too far you will stick the card shut!

Start with the top piece and add adhesive to the back of it, but only on the half that will cover the left hand 'door' - the rest should be free to just sit over the opposite 'door'. Repeat this exact process for the bottom panel. Then with the centre panel add adhesive only to the half that will sit over the right hand 'door'.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today - like I said it's really simple and I can see that this could easily be adapted to any occasion and any style by just switching up the DSP. The Design also allows you to use up some scraps of otherwise unused pieces of DSP.

Please click the links below to see what Fun Folds Donna & Karen have chosen to showcase today

Taffy Crafting

Crafty Karen Designs


Here's a list of supplies I used in today's project, click on the images to head over to my online store Product List







If you are on Facebook, why not pop over and check out our community group Craft & Banter. If you have a passion for paper craft, are brilliant at baking or a super talented seamstress then we would love to see you there. We share all types of crafting, run challenges and giveaways & generally have a right good natter.

See you soon 

Vickie 

Xxx





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