A Card for You & a Card to Give Away (A 2-for-1 Project)

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme/s is/are Autumn/More Than One Fold. I hope you join us in this month's challenge.

For today's card, I created a gatefold card with a surprise element when you open the card. 

The focal point of the card was stitched. I used The Stamp Market Embroidery Hoop die to cut the stitching circle. The pattern for the pumpkin is from Lawn Fawn. I added leaves cut from felt and some flower sequins for embellishment. The leaves were cut using a die from My Favorite Things. I used a hot glue to adhere the felt and leaves.  A bit messy but this is the only way to secure these embellishments in place. 

I matted this stitched hoop die cut with a larger circle patterned paper die cut. The patterned papers I am using is from Echo Park.

To make this into a gatefold card, I trimmed a kraft cardstock at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I scored the long side at 2 1/8" on both sides. 

I trimmed a patterned paper at 4" x 5 1/4". I cut this in half on the short side to come up with 2 panels of 2" x 5 1/4". I adhered these panels to the front of the gatefold side of the card. 

I adhered the stitched circle to one side of the gatefold, applying glue to half of the circle only. I adhered a sentiment embellishment from an Echo Park ephemera pack on the bottom of the gatefold opening, applying glue to the half back of this piece just like how I did it on the circle die cut. 

I adhered a kraft circle die cut to the back of the stitched circle, and a kraft rectangle on the back of the sentiment ephemera to make these two elements sturdy when opening the gatefold card.

As you can see on the photo above, the the surprise element of the card is another card. I created a top folding card that fits inside the gatefold card. The recipient of the gatefold card will have an option to send this top folding card to someone. This top folding card measures 4" x 5 1/4" to fit inside the gatefold card. 

I used the same patterned paper pad I used on the gatefold card. I die cut the pumpkin using a die from Honey Bee. I added texture to this pumpkin using The Greetery Aida Cloth Texture plate. I blended orange ink on this pumpkin to create some depth. I doubled the die cuts to create the pumpkin with some scrap cardstock for a bit of dimension. I did not want to add a lot of bulk to this card since it will be inserted inside the gatefold card. 

I created a patterned paper panel using scraps from the patterned paper pad. I adhered the strips to a scrap typing paper. I die cut this using a nesting rectangle die from Hero Arts. I used a rectangle die smaller than the note card. I added texture to this panel with a piercing plate from Ellen Hutson. I stitched the patterned paper seams using a diagonal stitch. I adhered this panel to the top folding kraft cardstock.

I adhered a sentiment from the ephemera pack to the pumpkin. I adhered the pumpkin to the panel. 

I hope you like today's project. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this project at

Scrapbook & Cards FB Challenge

Challenge #42~Fall Moodboard