Today's "method" is taking a standard card base (these started as basic 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" cards) and turning it into a gate-fold card. Here's a scanned image of another one I did this way.
- To start, find the vertical center of the card front and score it. Do the same for the back. Fold and crease on these score lines. (I like to use a bone folder to make a good crease.)
- Now you have a card that meets in the middle, but it has an extra fold in the center back. What do you do about that? Simple - cut a piece of cardstock the same size or a little smaller than the card and glue it in place. This makes a nice place to write your sentiment as well as hiding the crease & making the card more sturdy. Here's a picture of the inside panel with the dark purple cardstock in place:
Now that your basic card is made, you can embellish as you like. I often like to take a matted focal and glue it to ONE side (only) of the gate-fold card as I did with the two examples here.
2 comments:
Wow! anything purple always catches my eye! nice job with the gate-fold and your layout design!
I love gate fold cards, quick, pretty and that WOW factor! We don't have to tell how easy it is!
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