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Gate Fold Card Enduring Beauty

This card is very easy to make but the interesting fold always packs a punch for being slightly different.


The important part is to adhere the right gate piece ( right flap ), with the 2 cm tab aligned on the right edge of the cardbase before adding the internal white mat to cover the tab. Be sure to have the score line evenly lined up with the right card edge.


I like to make myself a template of card designs that I think I'll reuse, as I find a visual with measurements is easiest to cut and prepare - especially if I am going to do multiples.
Front- closed
Inside open
view from back - open

I like to put a little stopper to hold the "gate" closed. In this case it is a little punched tag shape but it could be a tag, a heart, a flower, anything that matches. Place a dimensional on the left side only of the stopper so that the right side of the tag is free to hold the gate closed by tucking the edge under.

You can decorate both flaps with either DSP or embossed panels or stamped panels, the possibilities are endless.

For this version I have applied ink with a blending brush over a mask to the left side panel. I have embossed the vanilla background with an embossing folder. The central feature is the beautiful flowers.. These are created using the Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks using blending brushes and Poppy Parade and Soft Sea Foam ink. The outline image is stamped using Pebbled Path ink and the Enduring Beauty Stampset , and then the entire shape is cut with the Enduring Beauty dies.



I hope you give this card a go, it's a very versatile layout and quite simple.


I hope you have a creative week and remember, 
"don't just post online,
 post something pretty!"
cheers, Liz

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