It has been a while since I have thought of using this Bright & Beautiful 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper! But when I got the idea of this Bright & Beautiful Gate Fold Birthday Card I was so happy to get this paper back out and pick which papers I wanted to use on this card! We get so caught up in the newest products that we sometimes forget what we already have!
This birthday card is easy and can be for many other occasions with just a change of greeting and maybe colors or papers. To make this gatefold card, start with a card base of 11″ x 4″. Cut a sheet of cardstock lengthwise instead of horizontally the way we usually do it. I used Blueberry Bushel for this card.
Score the card at 2 3/4″ from each end. Or you can score at 2 3/4″ and then 8 1/4″. Crease and fold the score lines, making sure the flaps meet evenly in the center.
To decorate, cut two panels of designer paper for the front that are 2 1/2″ x 4″. Adhere to each of the two front panels. Or you can stamp on the panels.
On the inside, you could just put a Basic White layer of cardstock to stamp or write a greeting or message, but I decided to use another pattern in the same designer paper that has yellow stripes. I also stamped the circle greeting and cupcake in the Circle Sayings Bundle. I colored in the cupcake with Stampin’ Blends and stamped “Celebrate” in Blueberry Bushel ink and then punched it out with the circle punch. On the cupcake, I added some Adhesive-Backed Glitter Sequins in Old Olive. I also added some punched stars to the inside after I finally found my little retired star punch!
On the front of the card, I die-cut a Blueberry Bushel rectangle with the Radiating Stitches Die. For the center, I just measured and cut out a rectangle to fit inside out of Basic White cardstock with my Paper Trimmer. The birthday greeting is from the Biggest Wish Stamp Set and is stamped in Berry Burst ink.
To go along with the star paper, I dug out some retired dies, So Many Stars to diecut some interesting stars to use on this card. There is also a star die in the Merriest Trees Dies that I used. Use whatever you have!
When you adhere this greeting piece to the front of the gatefold card, find the midpoint and make sure you only apply adhesive to the side that attaches to the left side of the card. It, of course, does not get glued down all the way across so make sure you don’t have any glue in the wrong place that is going to make something else sticky!
This is the kind of easy card that you can change up in different ways and make something that looks completely new!
