It's not too late to make some beautiful Christmas cards. Although this card sound complicated to make, it really isn't and I loved how it turned out. I love making Christmas cards and I hope you'll enjoy making it as well. I added the white on the insides so that there is room to write your message. I could have also added the white to the back for my personal message.
FROM OUR HOME TO YOURS ANGLED GATE FOLD CARD
Cased from Rachel Tessman
HOW TO ASSEMBLE:
- After scoring your base cardstock, measure down 1” from both sides and place a mark. From that 1” mark, place the cardstock in your paper trimmer and cut to the top score line on both sides.
- Now mark 1” in from the bottom left and 1” in from the bottom right. Using your paper trimmer, cut from that mark up to the outside corner on each side.
- Adhere the 4” x 5 1/4” piece of DSP to the inside of your card
- Brandish the folds of your card with your bone folder. Set aside.
- Run the larger piece of white cardstock through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the two oval dies. (You can discard the outer frames or save for another card.)
- Stamp the sentiments on the ovals die cuts. (The sentiment that you want on the front of your card gets stamped on the smaller of the two ovals and the inside sentiment on the larger of the two ovals.)
- Run the additional ice of evergreen cardstock through the Cut & Emboss Machine with the smaller oval die. Use the “frame” to mat your inside sentiment. Adhere this centered on the inside of your card.
- This is where your card may look different than mine. If you want the two flaps to be the same DSP, place the two pieces DSP with the same side to the inside together. If you want them opposite as I have in mine, place both pieces of DSP facing the same direction.
- Taking one of those pieces of DSP, holding it vertically:
- Measure 1” down from the left side and put a small mark on the paper.
- From bottom left corner measure in 1” and make a mark.
- Now place your two piece of DSP together in the direction you want (see #6) and with your trimmer cut from the left 1” mark to the top right corner.
- Still holding the two pieces together, cut up from the 1” mark on the bottom, up to your 1” cut on top left. If you want it truly “perfect”, bring the cut in @ 1/16” and not quite to the corner.
- Adhere your two pieces of DSP to the front flaps of your card.
- Cut the two pieces o white cardstock in the same way as you just did the DSP. Adhere these to the inside flaps of your card so that you can write a personal note on your card before mailing. (You can leave the inside of the flaps alone if you don’t want to be able to write. Or you may choose to adhere a 5 1/4” x 4” piece of white cardstock to the back of your card for your personal message.)
- Optional: Adhere a strip of coordinating DSP to the envelope flap and trim to fit.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
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