Frosted Flowers Gatefold Pop-Out Card
Instructions:
1. For the card front: To create the gatefold card, open the card, then bring both outer edges in to meet at the center and crease. Cut 5¾"x6½" Frosted Flowers blue border cardstock with flowers along the bottom, then cut it in half in the center. Glue the cardstock panels to the card’s front panels so they meet at the center. Place silver pearl border Dazzles™ near the upper and lower the edges of the panels as shown, trimming the excess.
2. For the inside: Cut 4½"x6¼" Frosted Flowers light green corner design with the flowers in the lower right corner. Cut it into two 2¼" wide panels, then glue them centered on the two middle sections of the card. Cut two 2¼"x6¼" solid light green cardstocks and glue them centered on the outer sections. Place silver pearl thin line Dazzles™ near the upper and lower edges of all the cardstock panels as shown, trimming the excess.
3. Cut 6"x1¼" solid light green cardstock and score it ½" in from each end. Fold the ends under and place sticky tape on the outer surfaces of the tabs. Center the strip in the card, then adhere the ends to the inside, spanning across the two middle panels.
4. Cut out the Frosted Flowers large green cutout, then cut 2¼" off the end with the two corner designs. (Set the other piece aside for the bellyband.) Place silver pearl thin line Dazzles™ near the upper and lower edges, trimming the excess. Place silver pearl “joy” and smaller Dazzles™ on the cutout as shown.
5. Mat the decorated piece on silver cardstock with ⅛" borders, then on light green cardstock with 1/16" borders. Place two 1" strips of foam tape on the center of the light green cardstock strip, then adhere the matted cutout on it.
6. Use the pens to color the chipboard berry sprig leaves in shades of Dull Green and “frosty” and “winter” in shades of Ice Blue as shown. Paint them and the three chipboard roses with the sparkle pen and let dry. Glue the chipboard pieces to the inside as shown.
7. For the bellyband: Cut 11"x1¼" light green cardstock. Place the closed card on the center of the strip and wrap the strip ends to the front, lightly creasing the side folds. Overlap the ends and secure them with sticky tape. Cut two 4⅞"x1⅛" Frosted Flowers blue design cardstock and glue one to the bellyband front and one to the back.
8. Place silver pearl thin line Dazzles™ on the remaining cutout piece from step 4 as shown, trimming the excess. Mat the piece on silver cardstock with ⅛" borders, then on light green cardstock with 1/16" borders. Glue it centered on the bellyband front.
9. Place silver pearl “season’s greetings” and small star Dazzles™ on the cutout as shown. Color the 3½" chipboard berry sprig as for the inside, then glue it along the bottom of the cutout. To make the inside section pop out, open the card and gently squeeze it so the card’s center fold creases slightly, causing the pop-out to extend forward.