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Friday, March 21, 2025

Cutaway Gate Fold


I was playing around and came up with this card structure that I call "Cutaway Gate Fold".  It's pretty easy to make.  You just start with a piece of card stock that is 4 1/4” by 11”. Then you cut on the solid line and score on the dotted lines as per the diagram below (click on it to better see the dimensions):  

Step 1: Starting with piece A, fold as valley folds along both dotted lines and press folds flat (folded parts shown as lighter blue in diagram below). If you are going to add decorative paper to the flaps, do this before moving on to the next step.  


Step 2: Then take piece B, turn it sideways, center it on the card blank, and glue just the left side to the left flap as shown below.  Decorate as you wish. 

To make the card I showed above:

Card Structure: I made the basic card structure from Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  Then, I cut two pieces from my patterned paper (Favored Flowers from Stampin' Up! - unfortunately no longer available). These pieces measured 1 1/4" x 4 1/8" - so when I glued them to the front flaps there was a bit of the card showing around them.  

Focal: Next, I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 2 1/2" x 4" and glued it to the 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece that I had cut from the original strip of Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  Then, I fussy cut some flowers from the patterned paper and glued them to this matted piece.  I carefully glued this panel to JUST the left-hand flap so that when closed the focal was centered on the card.

Greeting:  I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 4" x 5 1/4" and glued it to the inside of the card.  I closed up the card and carefully stamped "HELLO" centered in the top area of what showed through to the front (stamp from Stampin' Up! Forever Fern - no longer available).

The finished card is a standard A2 sized card.

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