Hello, firstly let me apologise for missing last month. Life really went mad but I am back with a Super Double Gate Fold, so welcome to Aprils Tech 4 Stampers blog hop! This month we are bringing you Fancy Folds. Fancy Folds or Fun Folds are a fabulous way to show alternative ways to use your products. They allow for interaction and an element of surprise.

I have created a Double Gate Fold card with a belly band. I am almost certain that this was during a recent team meeting and for our Mystery stamping, which would have been set by either Louise or Pip. We get given measurements on what pieces to cut behand, if they need to be cardstock or DSP (designer series paper), and whether they should be landscape or portrait. We then score, fold, stamp and create together and it is fabulous to see how different they all look.

Double Gate Fold Card with a Belly Band

Cut a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock, measuring 25cm x 15cm, and score at 2.5cm, 7.5cm, 17.5cm, and 22.5cm. Fold and burnish, mountain, valley, valley, mountain, to create a double gate fold.

Trim four pieces Petal Pink DSP, measuring 2.1cm x 14.6cm, and four pieces of Misty Moonlight DSP, measuring 4.6cm x 14.6cm. Adhere your DSP to the corresponding panels of your card base, front and back.

Stamp your hamster/gerbil onto a piece of Basic White cardstock, measuring 9.6cm x 14.6cm, with Smoky Slate ink. Add the three little hearts stamp to his tummy using Petal Pink ink. Adhere to the inside of your card base.

Create a belly band by cutting a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock measuring 25cm x 4cm. Score at 3cm, 13.2cm, and 23.4cm. Fold, burnish, and adhere to create a band.

Using Basic White cardstock die-cut a tag/label, I used the smaller tag from the Something Fancy Dies. Stamp your animal image using Smoky Slate ink onto Smoky Slate cardstock and die-cut or fussy cut out. Add to your tag with Stampin’ Dimensionals and adhere to your belly band.

Heat emboss your sentiment onto Petal Pink cardstock, using white embossing powder. Trim your sentiment to 5.5cm x 1cm and trim a piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock to 6cm x 1cm. Adhere your sentiment to your Misty Moonlight cardstock, offsetting them slightly, and add to your belly band.

Finish your card by adding a Petal Pink bow to your tag and several Petal Pink Foiled Gems.

I do hope you I have given you some inspiration and you will create your own gate fold card, or even a double gate fold! All products used are listed below and available to purchase from my online shop.

Please do continue to hop round for lots more springtime inspiration.

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Hearts & Hugs Bundle (English) [163667] £46.75	Something Fancy Dies [160424] £27.00	Petal Pink & Pretty Peacock Foiled Gems [162587] £7.50	Petal Pink & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Diagonal Trim Combo Pack [163417] £9.50	Country Lace 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163415] £11.75
Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] £14.00	Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] £10.75	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009] £10.75	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] £10.75	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] £8.50
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] £8.50	Versamark Pad [102283] £9.00	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] £20.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £4.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £5.75
Paper Snips [103579] £11.25	Paper Trimmer [152392] £27.00	Heat Tool – Uk Plug [129054] £30.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] £62.00	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] £26.00