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by Bibiana Cameron on in Blog Tonic

Gatefold Card with Nuvo Aqua Flow Pens and Glacier Paste

 

Hi everybody! It’s Maria (Cardbomb) here today I’m excited to share something with you that’s a little bit outside of what I normally make.

It’s a Gate Fold Card! Gate Fold cards have two front flaps that open forwards like two doors of a gate.

This card is the same size as a normal A2 sized card but it’s fun twist to have it open differently than a standard card. Guess what? I’ve got a video tutorial for you today-here it is…

Watch Video Tutorial

 

I started out by heat embossing this gorgeous floral stamp from the Botanical Blooms set two times in gold onto watercolor paper. I needed two because I wanted to place one on each side of the card front.

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Then, I used Nuvo Aqua Flow Pens in a variety of colors to watercolor both of my images. I did this by squeezing a little bit of ink from my pens onto my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat. Then I used a water brush to pick up the color and add it to my images.

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here’s a list of the Nuvo aqua flow colors that I used:
  • Leaves: Sliced Kiwi, Empress Teal, Tomato Juice, True Turquoise and Azure Blue
  • Bulbs & Cattails: Mango Mimosa, Tomato Juice, Rustic Oak, Caramel Pecan
  • Flowers: Hawaiian Orchid, Indigo Dawn and Aqua Splash

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I decided that I wanted the front of my card to be super sparkly so I painted the front panels with Glacier Paste in Quiksilver. This paste is so cool! It goes on really smooth and doesn’t have a texture like the Embellishment and Expanding Pastes do. It dries quickly with a silky, smooth, sparkly finish. I added some splatters of white acrylic paint for a little more detail on the background.

I heat embossed a banner with my sentiment inside and cut it out (I also cut out the floral images).

Using foam adhesive I adhered the floral images to each panel on my card front. The flowers interlock perfectly helping to keep the card closed.

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Last of all I used foam tape to add the banner to the left side of the front of my card. When you do this it’s really important to make sure that you only use adhesive on one side of the banner. If you adhere the banner to both sides of the card you will seal your card shut.

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The last helpful bit of information that I have for you is the size of the card base. It measures 5.5″ tall, 8.5″ wide and it is scored 2 1/8″ from either side to create the front flaps. If this sounds confusing please do watch the video as I share the blank card base there.

That is all for today you guys. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Maria

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