my first gatefold card

I have been seeing a lot of gatefold cards lately and decided to try it out. It looked simple enough to me but once I scored and closed my card I found that there was a little bit of a gap... oops! Guess I should have measured a little better. I decided to leave it and just layered my image over the middle to cover up my oops. This is an outside/inside view of what I came up with:

What I used:

• 5"w x 12" sturdy cardstock (blue base)
• 2" 3/4w x 4" 3/4 patterned cardstock (layered panels on front of card)
• 5" 1/2w x 4" 1/2 yellow cardstock (top layer inside)
• 5" 3/4w x  4" 3/4 patterned cardstock (inside layer, under yellow)
• left over scraps (for cricut cut outs and layers)
• Celebrate It 360 Blue Ribbon
• Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge (pg 50, oblong with shift layer)
• Cricut Suburbia Cartridge (pg 46, "Mary" with shift layer)

easel cards

Pinterest - aside from being full interesting finds, has not only brought me inspiration for card designs but recently I have been finding all kinds of different card styles. I recently tried my hand at what is called an easel card.

As it turns out, easel cards are quite easy to make. I have seen this style used for shape cards, off-set and front-facing (like what I have done below). I forgot to take step-by-step pictures but if you look around you can find instructions. Maybe next time I will do a tutorial.

What I used:

• mixed card-stock
• Clear gem embellishments (center of flowers behind butterfly)
• Cricut Elegant Edges cartridge (raised ledge to hold card open)
• Cricut Picturesque cartridge (butterfly)
• Cricut Create-a-Critter cartridge (cupcake and cherry)
• Cuttlebug 5x7 Polka Dots Embossing Folder (behind cupcake)
• Scrappy Moms Hooray for Birthdays "Happy Birthday to you!"