Angled Gate Fold Card

I love the new Fitting Florets Collection and I have been wanting to try one of the Angled Gate Fold cards that I am seeing all over Pinterest and Youtube for a long time but just couldn’t get it right.  So after watching Rachel Tessman, a fellow demonstrators video who showed a different way to create the card I decided to give it a whirl and I am loving how it turned out.  One bit of advice I would give is do what I did and use some old cardstock to make yourself a template first.  This card is not hard but with a template it will now be super fast to replicate (plus if you mess up it is not with something you are going to be upset to lose. 

Here is the card I made…

The card base is Evening Evergreen and it is cut to 5 ½ x 11” and scored at 3 3/8” and 7 5/8”.  See below

Next it is time to create that Angled Gate Fold on our card base.  This is done by measuring down 1” from the top on both sides and in 1” from the outside on each side and cutting along the intersecting lines (keep those little triangle pieces they are going to help us later).  See below

Here it is all cut (keep this template for future cards it really makes the process much faster) …

Now it is time to add our Designer Series Paper (the pink cardstock is just a template piece but once it is all cut, I will store it with the base template so I can recreate this card fast without a bunch of measuring), I chose to use the Fitting Florets 12 x 12” Designer Series Paper because I just love it (remember this paper is available for a limited time until January 4^th while supplies last).  Now, cut two pieces of the Designer Series Paper to 3 1/8" x 5 ¼” and decide which side you want on each side of the card so you know how to cut them.  Using the triangle pieces, we saved from the card base (this keeps the reveal around the DSP perfect, thank you so much Rachel for the tip as that was one of the things that didn’t make sense to me before I watched your video but now everything lines up perfectly) line them up and trace them onto your Designer Series Paper, cut and you can adhere them.  See below

  

Once this is done, we just have to decorate.  For the inside of the card, I chose to add a piece of Basic White cardstock that measured 4 x 5 ¼”.  I added a strip of another of the pieces of DSP that measured 1 x 4” (just to give my card a finished look when closed).  For the outside I cut an oval using the Framed Florets Dies out of Basic White cardstock and stamped the sentiment “Wishes for a beautiful birthday” from the coordinating stamp set in the bundle called Framed Florets Stamp set using Night of Navy ink.  I cut two of the larger of the left stems from one of the coordinating dies out of Night of Navy cardstock and one from Gold Foil.  I did cut the gold foil stem in half too use it on both the top and bottom of my oval.  I die cut one of the flowers from the Designer Series Paper (I love that this collection has two dies that will cut florals directly from the paper) and popped it up using Dimensionals where the leaf stems meet.  I added a brush of Wink of Stella to my flower and three of the coordinating Gold Adhesive-Backed Swirls. 

I love this card and am glad I finally saw a good video on how to make one because it was way easier than I was making it, LOL.  I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below.

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Framed Florets Bundle (English) [162407]	Fitting Florets 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161814]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867]
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110]	Gold Adhesive Backed Swirls [161822]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Framed With Care

Today’s card features the all new Framed Florets Bundle and Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper which was released today.  This beautiful bundle will be available from now through the January – June Catalog, however, the designer series paper, the Framed & Festive stamp set which coordinates with the bundle and the Gold Adhesive-Backed Swirls will only be available through January 4^th (while supplies last) so be sure if you love them to order them before they are gone.  This paper is beautiful and I really don’t think it will be around long.   

Here is what I designed to show you this set, while I choose to use a different stamp set for my sentiment (because unfortunately I seem to need sympathy cards more these days) there are some gorgeous sentiments in the stamp set. 

The card base is Basic White cardstock cut to 5 ½ x 8 1/2” and scored at 4 ¼”.  I then added a layer of the Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper that measures 4 x 5 ¼”.  I used the largest frame die and cut it from both Gold Foil and Basic White cardstock (you will have an extra gold oval and an extra white frame, save these for future projects).  I also used the next size down frame and cut it out of Polished Pink (note: I used the leftover oval from this to die cut the pretty foliage piece and put it on the inside of the card).  I stamped the white oval with the sentiment “With Deepest Sympathy” from the Peaceful Moments stamp set using Polished Pink Ink.  I kept my sentiment centered and low so I could embellish the top.  I centered the gold frame, the white sentiment oval and the Polished Pink frame onto the center of the card front.  I stamped the flowers from the set onto a scrap of Basic White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored them with the blends listed below and then added Wink of Stella to them.  Using Dimensionals I added them to my frames.  For my final embellishment I added three Rhinestone Basic Jewels that I colored with the Dark Polished Pink Stampin’ Blend marker (you can make these rhinestones any color you want using the blends).

Here is a look at the bundle:

Here are some of the other products from this collection that will only be available until January 4th (while supplies last):

The Framed & Festive Stamp Set - Item #160888 / $23.00

The Fitting Florets 12 x 12" Designer Series Paper - Item #161814 / $12.00

The Gold Adhesive-Backed Swirls - Item #161822 / $8.50

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below.

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Framed Florets Bundle (English) [162407]	Fitting Florets 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [161814]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Polished Pink 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155710]
Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154902]	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154885]	Polished Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [155520]
Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830]	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Blackberry Beauty

Yesterday I shared a double one sheet wonder template and showed you how you could create 11 beautiful cards using just 2 pieces of 6 x 12” Designer Series Paper.  That post showcased the Edens Garden Papers which are on clearance.  So today I wanted to create some cards using the Blackeberry Beauty 12 x 12” Specialty Designer Series Paper which is also on sale in the clearance rack.  This paper originally sold for $15 but is now available for just $6 while supplies last.  Here is what the papers look like (I love anything with foil but it is hard to see in pictures):

So, for today’s share I created two cards using this paper.  This format is great for creating cards where you simply want to showcase the Designer Series Paper and don’t want to do a bunch of stamping. 

The card base is Blackberry Bliss cardstock cut to 4 ¼ x 11” and scored at 5 ½” (that means two card bases from one sheet of paper and guess what you can score at 5 ½” before you cut so you only have to do the scoring once.  I then added a piece of the Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper that measured 4 x 5 ¼” to the card bases. 

I then cut two pieces of Blackberry Bliss cardstock to 3 ¼ x 4 ½” and another of the pieces of the Designer Series Paper (I chose the beautiful florals with gold foil) to 3 x 4 ¼” (the DSP I chose has flowers on both ends so I simply cut it at 3 x 12” and then cut that down to two pieces that were 4 ¼” long being sure to showcase the pretty foil flowers as much as possible.  Once I had those layers created, I added some Gold Shimmer Ribbon to each of them and then attached them to the front of my cards. 

For my sentiments I chose two from the Happiness Abounds Stamp set and stamped them onto scraps of my Blackberry Bliss cardstock using VersaMark ink and then embossed them using Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and my Heat Tool.  I fussy cut out the sentiment “You are wonderful in everyway” and I used my Rectangular Postage Stamp punch to punch out the sentiment that says “Wishing you all the happiness you can imagine”.  I added both sentiments to the cards using Dimensionals. 

I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below.

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Blackberry Beauty 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [156458]	Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133675]	Happiness Abounds Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [159238]	Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon [152156]	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch [152709]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Ever Eden 6 x 12” Double One Sheet Wonder

 I have not done a post for a few days because I wanted to show case this project and it took me a bit to get it all pulled together.  This beautiful Ever Eden 12 x 12” Designer Series Paper is currently on sale in the clearance for just $6.00 a pack (down from $15) and I decided to show how you could take a simple Double One Sheet Wonder sketch and create 11 cards with just ½ of two of the sheets of DSP measuring 6 x 12”. 

I have done this project before (see my May 29, 2020 blog post) and it is a great way to create some fast, fun and cute cards.  I was determined to show you how to get the most out of this beautiful Designer Series Paper (DSP).  The paper I used come in 12 x 12” sheets (I love this paper and at this price using it this way is a no brainer) so I was able to create a total of 11 cards from two ½ sheets of coordinating paper.  I will say it works best if you like both sides of your paper and the coordinate well (thankfully that is a strong spot at Stampin’ Up! since they design their papers to be super good at coordinating).  Now just think about this, the paper pack has 12 sheets of 12 x 12” DSP so that is a total of 24 (6 x 12”) pieces.  Now cut those up using the template below and you will be able to add some stamp, inks, cardstock and create a total of 132 cards from one pack of DSP, that’s right 132 cards from one pack of paper.  The thing I want you to remember is I am just using stamps, dies, ink and paper I have on hand, you do not need all of these supplies to create these cards, use what you have and love!

Let’s start by cutting our paper, here is the template I created to help you figure out the cutting…

The first thing you should do is cut the pieces at 4 ½”, then again at 4” and that will make your three main pieces.  For cards 1 -4 you will take your 4 ½” x 6” piece and cut it into 12 pieces (remember you are doing this cutting on both pieces of the DSP you selected (to save time I usually cut mine together) that measure 1 ½ x 3”.  Select the three pieces you want to display on each of the four cards.  Select a background piece (I used Soft Succulent for these) and cut it to 5 x 3 ¼” and mount your DSP on that.  You can then mount those onto a standard card base that measures 5 ½ x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”.  Add sentiments, embellishments, ribbon, anything you want to create your cards. 

For the second group of cards you will take your 4 x 6” piece of DSP and cut off 4 x 3 ¾” from the bottom (save this for cards 9 & 10).  Cut the remaining 4 x 5 ¼” piece into 8 pieces that measure 1 x 5 ¼” (remember that is 4 from each of the papers).   Cut your card bases to 5 ½ x 8 ½ and score at 1 ¼ and 4 ¼” (fold the 1 ¼” piece back onto the card front to create this card).  Add you DSP strips, sentiments, embellishments, do your stamping anything you want to create these cards.  Hint:  If you adhere that 1 ¼” piece to the front of the card it will lay much flatter. 

For your next cutting take your final pieces that measure 3 ½ x 6” and cut across to create 4 pieces that measure 3 ½ x 2 ¼” and you will have one final cut to make to create 4 pieces that measure 1 ¾ x 1 ½” (set these aside for card 11).  For cards 9 & 10 you will be using the four pieces that measure 3 ½ x 2 ¼” and the two pieces that measure 4 x ¾”.  I mounted two of the pieces that are 3 ½ x 2 ¼” onto a layer that measured 3 ¾ x 5” and then mounted that onto a standard card base that measures 5 ½ x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼”.  (I used Soft Succulent for the mat and Evening Evergreen for the base).  I then added the strips that measured ¾ x 4” (one I mounted on another piece of cardstock and one I stamped directly onto).  Add Sentiments, embellishments, ribbons anything you want.

 

For my final card I used the 4 little pieces that measured 1 ½ x 1 ¾”.  I used a corner rounder and rounded two of the corners on each card (you could leave them square or round all 4 corners it is all up to you).  I mounted them onto a mat (I used Soft Suede cardstock that I had die cut with my stitched greenery die (leaves little stitched leaves in the paper) and I mounted it onto a standard card base that measures 5 ½ x 8 ½” scored at 4 ¼” (here I used Evening Evergreen).  Add your sentiment, embellishments, anything you want.

 

I hope you enjoy these cards and find this double one sheet wonder to be a great starting point for many more cards.  I love using these sketches and really enjoyed using them to create these cards.  I will list the supplies I used below and you can find the supplies for this card and many more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog.  Just remember for these cards you can use any stamps, punches, dies, etc. you have on hand it is really just about using this template to make some fast, fun and cute cards!

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Ever Eden 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159996]	Soft Succulent 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155776]	Evening Evergreen 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [155574]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Sending Smiles Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [158701]
Shaded Summer Cling Stamp Set [155783]	Lovely You Cling Stamp Set (English) [152525]	Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595]	Forever Fern Cling Stamp Set (English) [152559]	Apple Harvest Cling Stamp Set (English) [159944]
Splendid Thoughts Bundle (English) [159677]	Amazing Thanks Dies (English) [157816]	Stitched Greenery Die [155451]	Layering Circles Dies [151770]	Eden Dies [157831]
Cottage Flowers Dies [159047]	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]