Can you believe that I found another type of gatefold card? There are SO many and they’re SO fun! This fun fold isn’t too difficult, especially since I used the Stitched Rectangles Dies to make my interlocking pieces. What’s really fun about this fun fold is that you can use any kind of shape(s) to make your interlocking pieces!
The base of my card is the usual for a gatefold card. 5 ½” x 8 ½”. Score in from each short side at 2 1/8” and make sure the sides meet in the middle of the card base when you fold both sides in towards the center.
The frame of my card is made from Stampin’ Up!’s gorgeous Beauty of the Earth Designer Series Paper. (Yes, this is one of the patterns that is on sale this month!). To give my frame a little extra support I adhered a piece of the designer paper to a piece of Basic White cardstock before die cutting. To make the frame I chose two different sized rectangles. I first die cut the inside of the frame with the rectangle that is the 5th largest (outside measures about 2 3/8” x 3 ¾”). Then I centered the 3rd largest frame (outside measure about 3 1/8” x 4 ½”) around the opening I had created. When you go to adhere the frame to the card remember that you only want to adhere the left side of the frame to the left flap on the front of the card.
The solid Basic White piece that interlocks with the frame was also die cut from the 3rd largest rectangle of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The stitched design I added to this piece of Basic White cardstock is a border piece from the Stitched Leaves Dies. I die cut the leaf using the same die set. It is die-cut from another piece of designer paper from the Beauty of the Earth package. I love gorgeous paper!
When I adhered the right side of the Basic White piece of cardstock to the right flap of the card base I had the card closed so that I could make sure that it fit perfectly inside of the die-cut frame. Then I added the die-cut leaf and decorated with a piece of linen thread. Done! Oh…in the last picture did you notice that I added a little strip of designer paper to the piece of cardstock on the inside of the card? Don’t forget to decorate the inside!
Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!