Project

Retro Stamped Flower Gate Fold Card Set

Designer: Maria Mcpherson

Create this set of floral cards with a swirly twist

What you need...

Patterned Paper: 3 Bugs in a Rug Chalk Garden range (Laugh; Fun; Write; Grow)
Card, Bazzil: Horizon (blue); black; lemon
Crystals, black
Buttons
Ribbon & ric rac
Adhesive: foam pads; silicone glue
Stamps (Dovecraft Designer)
Brads
Eyelets, silver
Alphabet Soup
Rub-ons & stickers, assorted alphabet
Template, Crafters’ Workshop Doodling: Dots all round

instructions

Enjoy Card - Cover the card face with lime green paper, which is the reverse side of Write, and add stripy Laugh paper to the bottom as shown. Cover the join with burgundy ric rac.

Cut out one of the flowers from Laugh paper and attach to the card. Trace over the edges of the petals in black ink to make them stand out. Stamp your greeting onto white card and mount it onto the reverse of the Fun paper. Attach it to the blank.
Lemon Card - Cut a 14.5cm square from lemon card and attach it to the front of a large white square blank. Doodle a dotty border frame as shown; this really doesn’t need to be neat! Do it freehand. Lightly mark in pencil a circle frame as shown – this is more tricky, so we used a doodling template for this. Attach black gems around the circle and join them up with black marker pen.

Cut out one of the large flowers from the write patterned paper and attach to the centre of the card face. Thread ribbon or cord through a coordinating button and attach to the flower centre using silicone glue. Stamp your greeting onto white card, mount onto black card and attach to the blank with foam pads.
Gate Fold - Make a large square gate fold blank from white card. Cover the inside centre with the lime paper. Stick blue paper to the front of the card. Cut a strip of white card with scalloped edges. You can use scissors, a trimmer or freehand for this. Punch out a hole in each of the scallops as shown.

Attach a strip of Laugh paper and doodle around the edges. Cut it in half and attach to the card, leaving a slight overlap in the centre on one side. Trim a flower from Write paper and attach it to the overlap. Remember to glue only one side so the card can be opened.
Three Flowers - Fold a long thin white blank. Cut a black rectangle, slightly smaller than your card face and another from blue card, slightly smaller again. Layer and glue these together but don’t attach them to the blank yet. Cut a strip from Laugh paper and attach to the blue card as shown.

Draw a frame around the border. Cut three flowers from Laugh paper and attach, adding spirals from Fun paper to the centres of each. Stamp your greeting onto white card and attach it with a co-ordinating brad. Fix this panel to the card face.
Take it Further - An 8" x 8" piece of the blue card (horizon) forms the base of this layout. Cut a 7" white card square and scallop two of the sides as shown. Add silver eyelets to the punched out holes.

Draw a freehand border in black pen around two sides of the blue card. Using Grow paper, cut two strips of black and white check and attach to the edges that don’t have the border.

Attach the white scalloped card. Stick on your chosen photograph, cut out flowers and spirals to decorate as shown. Add your words to complete the layout.