Charming Floral Border - Gate Fold ┃Inspiration Card

Happy Friday, Friends! On today’s blog, I’d like to share with you this delicate “Gate Fold” inspiration card with a magnetize closure, made using the latest Charming Floral Border Hot Foil Plate, Charming Floral Border Die and Charming Floral Border Layering Stencil Set from the November-2021 Release by Pinkfresh Studio. This set also has a coordinating Charming Floral Border Stamp Set which I did not use today but wanted to mention in case you’re not yet into hot foil stamping. Along with these fabulous sets, I’ve also used Abstract Triangles Hot Foil Plate to create the geometric hot foil stamped panel, and last but not least, PFS- Inks to ink up the floral clusters and the card sentiment. So, without further ado let’s jump right into the step-by-step for how I made it ↓

Therefore, as per usual to when comes to hot foil stamping, I started off by setting up my Glimmer Hot Foil System Platform and Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine over my Crafter's Essential Cutting and Alignment Mat. And, once I had that step completed, I went ahead to turn on the glimmer hot foil platform, and while my platform was heating up, I went ahead to line up over a large piece of white cardstock the Charming Floral Border Hot Foil Plate. Thus, as soon as I had the glimmer plate line up over the white cardstock piece, I went ahead to cut out a piece larger enough from Glimmer Hot Foil Roll: Aura.

Next, once the glimmer hot foil platform was ready to foil, I went ahead to get the hot foil stamping done by running the platform through my Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine. In the same way as I did for the hot foil stamping, I went ahead to repeat the same steps to get a second floral cluster hot foil stamped. Then, to keep with the hot foil stamping, I went ahead to get the Abstract Triangles Hot Foil Plate hot foil stamped over a large piece of white cardstock using the same color hot foil roll to keep a cohesive look.

Then, to create the gate fold card base, I went ahead to line up over my Scoring Board a large piece of heavy weight white cardstock that measured H 5-1/2” x W 11-1/2” inches. Next, I traced some scoring lines at 1-3/4”, 2-1/8”, 6-3/8” and 6-3/4” inches point marks. Soon after that I had got all scoring lines marked, I’ve gone ahead to fold them over and get them burnishing down using my Teflon bone folder. Quickly right after getting the scoring lines folded, I went ahead to line up edge to edge the Charming Floral Border Die over one flap of the card base, then, I took it to my die cut machine to create the partial cut, so to do that, I line up the cutting plate over the die, but leaving out the first 1/4” of the inch and then, I ran them through the die cut machine.

Moving on, in the same way as I did to create the partial die-cutting, I went ahead to repeat the same steps for the second flap for the card opening. Therefore, after getting the partial die-cutting completed, I went ahead to fussy cut the hanging pieces that were left out from the partial die-cutting using my scissors and once, I’ve got that done, I’ve gone to put the card base off to the side. Meanwhile, I went ahead to trim down the geometric hot foil stamped card panel to H 5-1/2” x W 3-34” inches. Next, I went ahead to adhere down the backing of the hot foil stamped card panel to a H 5-1/2” x W 4.0” inches top folding white card base, a top folding white card base which right afterwards, I’ve got its backing adhered down with double-sided adhesive to the inside of the partially die-cutting card base (as shown in the image below.)

Here’s how the card base look fully open, so once I’ve got the card base completed I went ahead to put it off to the side to start the inking using the Charming Floral Border Layering Stencil Set.

Therefore, the layering inking was easy to create, as this stencil set only includes 4 stencils, stencils which I’ve got inked up over the hot foil stamped floral which I created previously using a few ink blending brushes along with the following color combination ink: Soft Lilac Ink and Candy Violet Ink for the charming flowers + Mint Ink and Meadow Ink for the charming leaves. Having that said, after finishing the ink layering using the stencil for the charming floral clusters, I went ahead to use the coordinating die to die cut them out from the cardstock.

Lastly, to create the magnetize closure, I went ahead to use mini magnets from my stash, magnets which are designed specially for paper crafts. Thus, I went ahead to glue down using Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue each magnet over each flap opening of the card, to be exact in the direction between the largest and smaller flower from the cluster. Next, I went ahead to mount over using craft foam adhesive each die-cutting floral cluster to each side of the card opening just to add a little bit of dimension, but leaving the magnets free without adding any adhesive, as I didn’t want them to shift around once I’ve got them onto place.

I forgot to mention that each stencil includes a word which means that you can create 4 card sentiments just like the one I used for this card. That said, I used a combination of Marigold Ink and Clementine Ink to ink up the Thanks word over a white piece of cardstock for a gradient look, as you can see in the image above. A thanks sentiment which I’ve got trimmed off to a large strip shape using my Comfort Paper Trimmer.

Last but certainly not least, I went ahead add the other 2 magnets , so to do that, I went ahead place the magnets over the other 2 which I’ve got already into place underneath the floral clusters. Next, for a better precision, I went ahead to add liquid glue to the top side of them and then, I went ahead to line up the backing of the card sentiment over them to mark where I was going to glue them down. Once, I’ve got that done, I went ahead to get them glue down, then to cover them up, I went ahead to get add pieces of craft foam to raise a little bit of dimension but leaving the magnets free of adhesive just like I did when I’ve got mounted the floral clusters to the side openings. Finally, to finish off the card and it magnetized closure, I went ahead to get a second white strip of cardstock adhered to the backing of the card sentiment.

Finally, to finish it off I went ahead to get fully close the card with its magnetized and removable card sentiment. Also, I took a step further to ink up another charming floral cluster, so I could add it as embellishment to the envelope flap for a matching look. And, with that being said friends, I hope that you’ve enjoyed reading the step-by-step for how I’ve made this delicate “Gate Fold” inspiration card with a magnetize closure using products by Pinkfresh Studio.
As always, I appreciate the time that takes you to read my blog posts. Below, you’ll find the supply list for the products used on today’s blog post. And… If, you get inspired by today’s project be sure to tag me on Instagram ➝@cardsandcraftsbyyaz, I’d love to see what you’re creating.

Thank you and happy crafting.
Stay Awesome & Beautiful
— Today & Always —

Love,
Yasmin

Your imagination is Your limit.

All photography provided by Yasmin Diaz

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–Albert Einstein

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