Double Gate Fold Card Instructions

Now you want to fold the ends of your card into the centre so they meet like a gate.
Double gate fold card instructions. Fold the shorter panels in ensuring they are straight. Burnish with the bone folder. Hard to see in the picture guess i. Because this card has a tendency to spring back open you ll want to create a slip on band to hold it closed.
Score at 2 4 8 and 10. For this template i used a piece of the neutrals background dsp. Rotate the paper 90 degrees. Using your simply scored tool score down the long side at 2 4 8 and 10.
Use the score tool to score the 5 1 2 x 8 1 2 piece of cardstock at 2 1 8 and 6 3 8 on the long side. With a pencil mark at 2 3 4 on each short end. Subscribe so you don t miss my future videos. Double gate fold today we will be making this amazing fun fold card called the double gate fold.
Unfold the paper and manually re fold it so that you have the double gate fold. There s lot of different belly band ideas to use for your cards. Close card and center circle adhere to left side only with snail or glue. Wrap it around the card from front to back and tape together in the back.
Whatever cards you make just ensure that you have good quality cardstock like this as well as a nice crisp fold. Then you re going to make. You may need to mark the top of. With a paper trimmer make a diagonal cut from the.
How to make a gate fold card a greeting card that opens in the middle. Method 2 for a double gate fold step 1. Cut a 1 12 strip of coordinating paper. There are a couple of ways to do this you can either score a vertical line at 1 4 of the way across the cardstock and again at 3 4 of the way across or you can mark the centre of your cardstock and simply fold the two ends into the middle so they meet.
I made mostly a2 sized cards but the same instructions can be applied to any sized card. Place 12 x 5 1 2 piece of patterned paper onto the scoring board. You can watch the video tutorial below or on youtube. Adhere inside panel with snail adhesive or multipurpose glue.
Do a double parallel fold. Start with a piece of 5 1 2 x 12 paper. Layer star on top. You can adjust the two folds so.
Use liquid glue to adhere each of the 1 7 8 x 5 1 4 pieces of. This is two folds in which the sheet first folds in half then in half again.