Inked & Tiled Shaded Gatefold Card for the SU Fun Fold Blog Hop

Welcome to the Fun Folds Blog Hop with Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators!!

We have a great lineup of fun fold crafters so I hope you enjoy the inspiration this month. Today I created an interesting fun fold that JanB. called the Shaded Gatefold. I have seen a few cards with the fold on the left side, but doing both sides seemed even more fun! So, I have written out my tutorial as best I can to help you create it yourself. Best advice? Don’t be in a hurry to finish and you will love the results! This fun fold is such a great one to try since it stands up so nicely plus it gives you a few places to embellish. I started out using the Inked & Tiled stamp set because I just got it in my last order and couldn’t wait to ink it up. Then, I thought another new purchase, the Textured Floral bundle, would add some pretty panels as well, so I inked up one of the flowers for the top panels.

• Firstly, the card base is 11″ x 8-1/4″ and scored at 2-3/4″ on both 8″ sides and the top 11″ side.
• Measure and mark at 5-1/2″ on the top 11″ side, then score from that mark to the 5-1/2″ mark on both 8-1/4″ side, make sure that your score line goes through the intersecting score lines.
• After that, I made:
  • 2-1/2″ squares (4)
  • 2-1/2″ squares cut on the diagonal (2 – be careful to cut them correctly if your paper has a vertical or horizontal pattern)
  • Long panels on the sides: 5-1/4″ x 2-1/2″. I drew a pencil mark of the diagonal from the card base onto the DSP, then trimmed it so I knew it would be right. Then, I trimmed a smidge off of the bottom of each panel.
  • Top of the card: 3-1/2″ square, cut diagonally. The remaining piece was then cut again and made pretty good pieces for the triangles next to the larger one, after trimming off a smidge.

Now, the FUN Part!

• Once the card base was complete, all I had to do was pretty up four small panels with flowers. Easy, right?! Firstly, I used the same Inked & Tiled stamp with the two ink colors, Calypso Coral and Petal Pink for the two bottom panels.
• Then, I stamped the sweet flower from Textured Floral with the same colors, 3 each. They were glued and popped up on the top two panels.
• Finally, I added Polished Dots to the flowers.

Then, on the inside…

• Cardstock cut to 5-1/4″ square and white cardstock cut to 5-1/8″. After that, I stamped the pretty floral in Petal Pink, adding a couple of Polished dots. I will add a sentiment later when I’m ready to send it.

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I’m sharing my card with some/all of these challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create
• A Place To Start 
• Beautiful Blossoms
• Crafty Catz 
• Cut It Up
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday
• NBUS
• Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenges
• The Paper Funday
• A Perfect Time to Craft

BEFORE YOU GO!

I love hearing from you! Please leave a comment if you have any questions or comments about my project today.

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Now, head to the Lineup below to see even more fun fold inspiration!

Lineup

1. Rae Burnet
2. Beth McCullough
3. Karen Finkle
4. Debbie Mageed <<< You are HERE!
5. Lisa Ann Bernard
6. Tara Carpenter
7. Sue Jackson
8. Shirley Gentry

If you enjoyed my project today, please be sure to…

• Firstly, visit my Gallery and Fun Fold Gallery for lots of ideas, and…
• Enter the Creative Creases Challenge HERE with any fun fold card!
• Then, complete this contact information to receive a birthday card from me!
• Also, follow me on Pinterest
• Finally, you find out what’s new with SU HERE

Inked & Tiled Cling Stamp Set (English) [161158] $27.00	Textured Floral Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [161229] $24.00	Textured Floral Bundle [161232] $52.00	Inked Botanicals 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161157] $12.50	Calypso Coral 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122925] $10.00
Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [147101] $9.00	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $9.00	Textured Floral Dies [161231] $34.00	Polished Dots [158134] $7.50

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