{"id":2319,"date":"2017-10-18T09:50:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/\/?p=2319"},"modified":"2017-10-18T16:18:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T20:18:55","slug":"holiday-gate-fold-card-using-embossing-and-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/?p=2319","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Gate-Fold Card Using Embossing and Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2323\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EmbossedDieCut5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MMKG_participant.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hi All,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m back with another card for OCC Merry Making. For today&#8217;s card, I created a gate-fold card that was inspired by a project shared by Jennifer McGuire. She used a gorgeous detailed die to create her background image. Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t own very many background dies, so I decided to go with an embossed background instead. To create this background I used a Darice birch wood embossing folder. The folder is really narrow and measures 2.5&#8243; wide so I had to use it twice to create this background. To give some emphasis to the embossing I used Tim Holtz distress ink in Iced Spruce to give a light shadow to the embossing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EmbossedDieCut4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The interactive part of the card is very simple. To open the card, you have to remove the red belly band that has a simple holiday greeting. I also stacked several layers of a reindeer head silhouette. Both the sentiment and reindeer are from a Hampton Art set.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EmbossedDieCut2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The reindeer silhouette was attached to just one side of the folded card so that it opens up to reveal the sentiment, but also closes the card nicely.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EmbossedDieCut3-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I added the coordinating sentiment to the interior of the card and then die-cut it to give it a bit of a border.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joliesamuel.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/EmbossedDieCut6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To finish off the entire card I added a tiny red gem to the silhouette of the reindeer.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed reading about the process of creating this card. I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow with my last and final project for OCC Merry Making.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BaUu9DaFOYz\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Created a gate-fold interactive card with some embossing and diecuting for #occmerrymaking @onlinecardclasses. Sad that it wraps up this week \ud83d\ude23<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by Handmade Cards and Paper Goods (@joliesamuel) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-10-16T21:27:36+00:00\">Oct 16, 2017 at 2:27pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi All, I&#8217;m back with another card for OCC Merry Making. For today&#8217;s card, I created a gate-fold card that was inspired by a project shared by Jennifer McGuire. 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