Today I have a simple GATEFOLD CARD with BELLYBAND to share with you, using products from the Season of Elegance Suite Collection.
I use a cardbase that measures 5 3/4″ x 4 1/8″ which is slightly smaller than a half A4 sheet of cardstock.
TIP: To achieve these two very even and aligned folded panels, I use my Simply ScoresScoring Tool with the coordinaing Metric Scoring Plate. I score each side, along the 5 3/4″ side at the 5.25mm mark.
After scoring and folding the Gatefold card base, I adhered panels from the Seasons of ELegance 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper to the front and inside card flaps.
A pane of Thick Basic White card was glued inside the card and a strip of the same paper was adhered to the insert. The back of the envelope also had some of the DSP added.
For the bellyband I used a 9 1/2″ x 1 1/2″ piece of Pretty Peacock cardstock and scored it at 2 1/4″ and 6 1/2″.
I cut a tree using the smallest of the full trees from the Peaceful Evergreens Dies..
TIP: Cut a piece of Pretty Peacock and a piece of the Designer Series Paper and glue them together. After die cutting the tree, it will be firmer and stand better when the band is removed.
After the tree is adhered to the band, I added the Christmas greeting.
TIP: Add Adhesive Sheet to the back of the Gold Foil – it will make it easier to adhere the greeting to the band.
TIP: Keep the panel from where the greeting was cut away. Position this on the band, where you want to place the greeting, and secure it with some Post-it tape.
TIP: Peel away rhe adhesive sheet backing from the greeting and position it inside the negative space. This will help ensure that the greeting maintains its original shape and length.
To finish the card I added some gold pearls from the Blooming Pearls
To finish the bellyband I used gold embossing powder to heat emboss ‘merry’ onto a small strip of Pretty Peacock card. After trimming it I added some Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals to the back of the strip and popped it on.
Romorrow I will have another Christmas card to share with you.
Until then, happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.
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