I got excited after creating my Delicate Wings Tucked Gatefold Card last Friday, and I quickly created a couple more that morning (yes…before packing for my trip 🤣) with the Thoughtful Journey Memories & More Cards and coordinating Designer Paper.
One is vertically oriented and the other is horizontal.
These cards also use very little products and require no stamps and ink. You can find the full list of products at the bottom of my post.
I’ll walk you through the steps of recreating the vertical one first. Here is the view with the card closed. The front panel is from the Memories & More card pack and the back is from a sheet of the designer paper.
And here is the card open. As you probably saw on last week’s post, This type of fun fold card opens by bending back those tucked side panels
Vertical Tucked Gatefold Card
Start by preparing your pieces.
Measurements…
- Basic White Cardstock
- 5-1/2″ x 8″ scored parallel to the short side in from each end at 1-7/8″ and 3-3/4″
- Thoughtful Journey Designer Paper
- 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”
- Thoughtful Journey Memories & More Card
- 3″ x 4″
- Pretty Peacock Cardstock
- 3-1/8” x 4-1/8”
- Gold Foil
- 3-1/4” x 4-1/4”
Use a Bone Folder to fold your card base along the score lines in the directions shown in this photo below.
Layer and attach the 3″ x 4″ Memories & More card, the Pretty Peacock piece, and the Gold Foil piece.
Cut your paper parallel to the long side first at 2-3/8″ and then again at 1-7/8.” You will get three strips with a very narrow one in the middle.
Attach the narrow strip to the middle area of the card base.
Close the card and attach the other two strips to the sides leaving a little bit of white cardstock showing on the inner edges.
Flip the card over and trim any excess designer paper off.
After that add Dimensionals on the middle front designer paper strip, but make sure you don’t go too high or too low. Use the layered front piece as a guide.
Add this layered front piece so it is centered. Then add a couple dragonfly embellishments. Bend up the wings a bit on these front ones if you wish. Then add some flat ones on the inside outer panels of white to finish off the card. And that’s it!
The horizontal card is put together in a similar way.
The measurements are just a bit different. And instead of embellishing the inside outer white panels, I added a couple panels from another larger 4″ x 6″ Memories & More Card to the inside inner white panels.
Horizontal Tucked Gatefold Card
Start by preparing your pieces.
Measurements…
- Basic White Cardstock
- 4-1/4″ x 10-1/2″ scored parallel to the short side in from each end at 2-1/2″ and 5″
- 3-1/8” x 4-1/8”
- Thoughtful Journey Designer Paper
- 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”
- Thoughtful Journey Memories & More Card
- 3″ x 4″ (for front)
- Two pieces that are 2-1/4″ x 4″ (for inside background)
- Textured Metallic Foil (Tungsten )
- 3-1/4” x 4-1/4”
Directions…
- Use a Bone Folder to fold along the score lines of your card base.
- Layer and attach the 3″ x 4″ Memories & More card, the smaller Basic White piece, and the Tungsten Foil piece.
- Cut your designer paper parallel to the short side first at 3″ and then again at 2-1/2″ to get three strips as shown here.
- Attach the narrow strip to the middle area of the card base.
- Close the card and attach the other two strips to the sides leaving a little bit of white cardstock showing on the inner edges. Flip the card over and trim any excess designer paper off.
- After that add Dimensionals on the middle front designer paper strip, but make sure you don’t go too high or too low. Use the layered front piece as a guide. Add this layered front piece so it is centered.
- Then add five Fresh Freesia Tinsel Gem embellishments to this layered front piece and the two 2-1/4″ x 4″ pieces from the other Memories & More card to the inner white panels as shown.
- Close the card and add four Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gem embellishments to the designer paper under the trees.
These cards are seriously so easy to make. AND…the recipient can stand it up on display if they wish.
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