I woke up this AM with a card idea and went straight to work putting it together. No video today… and it’s just a quick post because I need to get to packing! (I leave for Mexico tomorrow!!) But I had to share this card with you that I made with the April 2024 Delicate Wings Paper Pumpkin kit.
It’s based on a fun fold card I made back in May 2023 (gosh about a year ago!) for my Layering Leaves Class-to-Go. I called it my Tucked Gatefold Wreath card. But this one I’m sharing today is a vertical version of it. (By the way, the tutorial for that class is a popular one which includes other cards/projects as well and it’s still available for purchase.)
I already shared four other alternate project ideas using this April 2024 Delicate Wings kit just a couple days. Check it out here. But I couldn’t resist and had to put this Tucked Gatefold Card together and share!
The only extra products I used are listed here. In fact, I didn’t even use the stamps or ink from the kit. So one could just use the refill kit, coordinating dies, and the Iridescent Foil Gems to make it! To purchase the refill kit and dies, be sure to have an active Paper Pumpkin subscription or click here to get a subscription going, and then visit the Paper Pumpkin products available just to subscribers for purchase. (Both Cut & Emboss Machines are listed here, but you only need one. The mini size will work with these dies.)
Delicate Wings Tucked Gatefold Card…
To begin, I scored my flat card base in on each side at 2-1/8″ and at 4″. Then I trimmed 1/4″ off each side.
I folded along the four score lines I had just added (as shown) but not along the middle one that already was there. I attached the 1/4″ strips to the middle 1/2″ wide area with glue. There was a small overlap when I added them, because I made sure they were just inside the outer middle creases. This helped to reinforce the center. I also attached the cut-out/printed butterfly layer to the champagne foil layer (lifting the wings a bit).
OH! I also used the Thanks & Beyond Dies to cut a small detailed butterfly from another quarter piece of champagne foil. And then cut it in half to get two wings for adding later. But in hindsight, I wonder if I could’ve cut that shape from the foil piece I had layered here (maybe in a conspicuous spot on the bottom portion that gets covered by the top layer).
Next I used the champagne foil layered piece as a guide and added Dimensionals to the center of the card base in a few spots.
I closed my card by bringing in the two sides (like a Gatefold Card) and attached the layered champagne foil/butterfly piece to it with just those three center Dimensionals making sure it was centered and aligned. Then I opened the card by bending back those tucked side panels, and I added the two wings I had die-cut earlier (with glue) and the four butterflies from the kit to the inside panels (using Glue Dots on the center backs of each so I could bend the wings up a bit). I finished the card by adding some gems to the front panel. Here is the finished front.
And here is the inside. Yay! So pretty, so fun, and so easy to make!
Okay. Time to pack!
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A PEEK AT MAY’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
The Best There Is: Make cards for Father’s Day and more to express your gratitude and admiration! Makes 9 cards (3 each of 3 designs) & includes coordinating envelopes. The kit also includes precut paper accent pieces & labels AND woodgrain textures & masculine earthy tones. Plus it coordinates with the Country Woods Designer Series Paper (item 163393). Coordinating colors: Wild Wheat, Pool Party, Misty Moonlight (Classic Stampin’ Spot), Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Basic Beige. Click here for a flyer showing peeks of the April-June kits. And don’t miss the special add-on that coordinates with all three months: the Thanks & Beyond Dies (#164397) — made available March 11th and only while supplies last!
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