On the Heartfelt Creations site, they have several gate cards. I looked at their cards for inspiration and then made them my own! I guess you could say I'm a "scrap lifter".
To make the cards I cut the base in a rectangle. I cut it 10 x 6 1/8. I scored it at 2.5 and 7.5 to make the folds for the front flaps. I cut the top and each of the front flaps with the Layered Elegant Swirl Die from Heartfelt Creations. I used the same die set to cut the patterned paper to go inside the base. I didn't cut it correctly so I had to improvise on the front flaps. I actually cut the swirls off of the paper and glued them into place. I cut the patterned paper straight and glued it to the bottom of each flap. My mistake left a gap between the bottom piece and the swirls. I used some good old ribbon to cover it up! Good as new and no one knew I messed up!
I then stamped and colored the pumpkins and leaves. They too are ....you guessed it.... Heartfelt stamps. They belong to my friend Ange. I colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers. I used CR10, OR1, and DG4 for the pumpkins and OR1, DR3, and GB4 for the leaves. After I colored and cut them out, I popped them up with pop dots. I covered the leaves with Glossy to make them look realistic. I used some orange Stickles on the pumpkins to make them sparkle!
I got tired of trying to cut out the leaves so on the last 2 cards, I used Raffia to make hay stalks and to put some hay on the ground. I tied ribbon around the stalks and glued them into place!
These cards took a long time to make because I kept on messing up. However, I think they turned out great! The ladies at work loved them today when I showed the cards to them.
Hope you feel inspired! I'm off to grade papers and hopefully get a few more cards started tonight! Happy Scrappin!
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