Holiday Team Stamp It Blog Hop

Hello my stamping friend and welcome to Team Stamp It Holiday blog hop.
I love to make Christmas cards, love fancy folds but always short on time. I am sure you can relate.  Good news - fancy folds can be very easy to make and perfect for mass production:

This fold is called Gate Fold. There are many cards designed with this fold and various stamp sets/dies. I decided to make my card very simple, but elegant. I absolutely love new designer paper and wanted to use it on this card:

I used Fresh Fig card stock/ink for this card and gold design of the designer paper and gold foil for the oval.

And Smoky Slate CS and ink/Basic Grey ink and champagne foil with snowflake patter of the DSP.

How Tos:

• Card Base is 8 x 4 1/4". Score at 1 1/4 and 2 1/5 on both ends of 8" side.
• Designer Paper - 4 pieces 1 x 4". You can make 9 cards from one sheet of DSP!
• Center panel - whisper white 2 3/4 x 4"
• Long piece to hold the gate - 1 x 5 1/2" (same color as you card base). I also added 3/4 x 5 1/2 " whisper white piece to make the band 'stronger'

This is very easy and quick to put together. There is one trick to it. Decorate you card first (stamp, adhere all pieces). Do the same with the long piece and add you sentiment in the center. Then add 2 rows of tear tape to the back of  both sides of the long piece.

Fold one end of the card, and leave another flat. This will make the card measure 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. Now just adhere the band where you would like. It is so easy!

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Product List

Snowflake Sentiments Clear-Mount Stamp Set [144820] $22.00	Champagne Foil Sheets [144748] $4.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $4.00	Year Of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper [144640] $13.00	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131202] $8.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.00	Fresh Fig 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [144242] $8.00	Fresh Fig Classic Stampin' Pad [144082] $6.50	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $6.50	Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $7.00
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies [145372] $30.00	Layering Ovals Framelits Dies [141706] $35.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $5.00	Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $5.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $7.00