Saturday, December 3, 2016

Fall Gatefold

I saw a tutorial for a double fold gate card not too long ago and had to try it out. That worked out quite nice. So I thought I'd make another one.
I started out by thinking myself insanely clever by not looking up the directions and making it from wonderful steel-trap memory.  Yeah, that didn't go so well... but I did come up with an interesting card base that I'm sure you'll see at some point.
I scratched that one, pulled out the directions and made this one. Once you have the directions, the hardest part of this card is finding double sided cardstock that will work nicely for this style. You know, it has to be thick enough to make a decent cardbase and the patterns different enough to tell apart but not jarring.

The Fine Print: Double sided CS from my stash, card topper by unknown, greeting by Stampendous, squirrel and nuts by Taylored Expressions, leaf stickers from my stash. 

10 comments:

Mrs A. said...

Well these go perfect together but must adit when I do this shape i make twice as much work for myself and use blank card an one sided paper. Now your idea is a worthwhile life saver. Hugs Mrs A.

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Clever work Judy, yes I need directions too, funny that!
Thanks for sharing,
Shaz in Oz.x

{Calligraphy Cards - Shaz in Oz}

Fikreta said...

very nice card!
have a nice day
hugs

Janeen said...

oh my goodness, just looking at the folds gets me all queasy. What a great elegant creation. You ROCK on them folds!!

Carol L said...

YOu rocked that double gate fold card with this creation! I love the dsp you chose, and all those leaves with the squirrel look great together! Awesome sentiment circle too!

KT Fit Kitty said...

Very cool card and quite a showpiece! I have not tried this fold yet! Another one for my long list to try!

cotnob said...

A fabulous card Judy, such a fabulous design - your papers are perfect.
Pauline
x

Greta said...

Oh my--this is a stunner, Judy! Gorgeous paper perfect for that design!

Sarn said...

Love the look of this shaped card and the pretty papers and stamping you used.

Hugs, Sarn xxx

Karen Dunbrook said...

so pretty....I have never made one but I like the look...thanks for inspiring.
hugs,
K