Graphic 45 Farmhouse Double Gatefold Card: Use Your Scraps!
Hello, Friends! Today’s Graphic 45 Farmhouse Double Gatefold Card is a great way to use up your scraps. Earlier this month I created a Farmhouse Folio Kit for The Button Farm Club. The lovely extra bits and bobs from that project kept calling my name. So I finally found a minute to put them to good use on this country fresh creation.
This card base measures 4 1/2″ x 7″ when closed, but opens to more than 12″ wide. Here’s how to create the card base.
- First, cut a 13″ x 7″ panel of 18pt grocery bag cardstock. (Link below)
- Next, score along the long side as follows, 2 1/8″, 2 1/8″, 4 1/2″, 2 1/8″
- Now accordion fold so that the 2 1/8″ flaps meet in the middle.
- Then cut 1 7/8″ x 6 7/8″ panels from your scraps to cover the small panels front and back.
- Create a 4″ x 5 1/4″ panel and adhere half of it to the center of the card. Decorate this with cut apart images, die cuts and small border strips from your scraps.
- Embellish with Tim Holtz Tiny Clips, a brass bulldog clip, Little Birdie Flowers, a big ole’ wood button, ribbon and twine.
Graphic 45 Farmhouse Double Gatefold Card: The Grand Opening
Opening this style of card is really fun, because the panels fold out to reveal all the goodies inside.
You can see that I adhered the large “Blessed” cut apart on the left to the back side of the front panel.
Decorate a couple of ATC tags to tuck into the pocket along with a large ephemera tag.
Graphic 45 Farmhouse Double Gatefold Card: The Back Gate
Add a pocket on the back side of this card. Then fill with another ephemera card and a little chocolate treat.
This card is so cute, you can set it out as part of your kitchen decor. It’s also a great way to present a gift card.
I hope I shared some tips and tricks you can use in your next crafty adventure! If so, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.
Thanks for stopping by!
Cheerio,
kathy
SUPPLY LIST
- Graphic 45 Farmhouse Collection
- 12×12 paper pad
- Die Cuts
- Ephemera Cards
- ATC Tags
- Chipboard
- Large Tag, ATC Tag and Flower Dies (out of stock)
- Embellishments
- giant wood button (a gift from a friend)
- Tim Holtz Tiny Clips
- Bronze Bulldog Clip
- Bitty Buttons
- Little Birdie Heleen Amor Mio Flowers
- Ribbon
- 18 pt grocery bag paper