Banded Gatefold Thank You Card
For the card & front: Open the card and place it inside-down and horizontally. Score vertically 2½" from each end. Crease both scores in mountain folds to create the gatefold card. Cut two 2 3/8"x6 3/8" Sweet Life red mesh papers and glue one centered on each front panel.
Open the card and place the border die shown on a front panel, centering it on the long edge. Secure with removable tape, then follow the manufacturer’s directions to die cut the panel edge. Repeat on the second front panel.
Stamp the coordinating border on each front panel, then stamp the matching corner in each of the card’s front corners. Let the ink dry, then place a rhinestone on each stamped corner.
For the inside: Cut 4 7/8"x6 3/8" Sweet Life white dotted paper and 4 7/8"x4½" cardstock. Place the border die shown centered on one long cardstock edge and secure. Die cut the edge, then turn the die around and repeat on the second long edge. Glue to the center of the dotted paper, then glue the paper centered on the inside.
Punch out the Christmas Lace doily paper tole pieces and the 1½" wide extra art doily. Assemble pieces 1, 2, and 4 with foam tape between the layers, then glue it to the center of the cardstock. Foam tape piece #3 at the upper left as shown.
Die cut a 1¼"x1 1/8" label from cardstock and stamp “thank you” on it. Foam tape the label and the extra art doily at the lower right and place three rhinestones as shown.
For the belly band: Cut 11"x2 3/8" cardstock. Find the center of the strip, then place the border die shown in the photo centered on a long edge. Die cut the cardstock, then remove the die. Continue with a straight cut beyond the ends of the die cut portion to the ends of the band, making it 1 5/8" wide.
Center the band on the card front and wrap the ends to the back, making sure the band will slip easily on and off the card. Overlap the ends and glue at the back. Punch out the border paper tole die-cuts and assemble with foam tape between the layers. Glue to the band centered on the front, then wrap the border ends to the back and glue.
Open the card and place the border die shown on a front panel, centering it on the long edge. Secure with removable tape, then follow the manufacturer’s directions to die cut the panel edge. Repeat on the second front panel.
Stamp the coordinating border on each front panel, then stamp the matching corner in each of the card’s front corners. Let the ink dry, then place a rhinestone on each stamped corner.
For the inside: Cut 4 7/8"x6 3/8" Sweet Life white dotted paper and 4 7/8"x4½" cardstock. Place the border die shown centered on one long cardstock edge and secure. Die cut the edge, then turn the die around and repeat on the second long edge. Glue to the center of the dotted paper, then glue the paper centered on the inside.
Punch out the Christmas Lace doily paper tole pieces and the 1½" wide extra art doily. Assemble pieces 1, 2, and 4 with foam tape between the layers, then glue it to the center of the cardstock. Foam tape piece #3 at the upper left as shown.
Die cut a 1¼"x1 1/8" label from cardstock and stamp “thank you” on it. Foam tape the label and the extra art doily at the lower right and place three rhinestones as shown.
For the belly band: Cut 11"x2 3/8" cardstock. Find the center of the strip, then place the border die shown in the photo centered on a long edge. Die cut the cardstock, then remove the die. Continue with a straight cut beyond the ends of the die cut portion to the ends of the band, making it 1 5/8" wide.
Center the band on the card front and wrap the ends to the back, making sure the band will slip easily on and off the card. Overlap the ends and glue at the back. Punch out the border paper tole die-cuts and assemble with foam tape between the layers. Glue to the band centered on the front, then wrap the border ends to the back and glue.
