Christmas in July: Gate Fold Card Tutorial (With Free Cricut Design Space File)

Christmas in July: Gate Fold Card

Christmas in July: Gate Fold Card Tutorial 

(With Free Cricut Design Space File)

I designed this card for the '2018 Christmas in July' event in the 'Cricut Design Space' Facebook Group. I hope you find time to relax and create beautiful memories with your family and also for yourself.

Photo of card in closed position
with bow tied, ready for envelope

Description:

This project makes one gate fold card that is A2 size (4.25”x5.5”) and an
accompanying envelope.

Finished size:

A2: 4.25” x 5.5”

Materials to Cut:

• Cardstock in red
• Cardstock in white
• Cardstock in patterned print (I used red foil polka dots)

Everything Else:

• Cricut 12x12 StandardGrip Adhesive Cutting Mat
• Cricut Tools Scoring Stylus
• Cricut Fine Point Pen (0.4) in Very Berry
• Cricut Fine Point Pen (0.4) in Midnight Black
• Gold ⅜” satin ribbon, 18 inches
• Permanent photo safe adhesive
• Personal holiday photo hand-trimmed no larger than 4” x 5.25”
• Cricut Cuttlebug, optional
• Coordinating embossing folder, optional
• Adhesive to prevent fraying of ribbon ends (I used Fray-Check)

Preparation:

If you want to alter the project, click “Customize,” then use the tools in
the Edit panel to make changes before you cut. You can either hide my
project notes before printing by clicking ‘Customize’ and clicking the
eyeball, or simply skip those mats if you go directly to ‘Make.’

Cut:

1. Follow the prompts in Design Space to cut the images from the cardstock.
2. Insert the scoring stylus and pens when prompted to do so.

Assemble:

1. Fold envelope cutout on scored lines and glue tabs to form envelope.
2. Fold card along score lines.
3. Glue patterned cardstock on inside and outside flaps of gate fold.
4. Glue only the rectangle portion of the white inner card, centering on the inside of the red outer card.
5. Using photo safe adhesive, glue personal family photo to center of inner white card.
6. Emboss white rectangle used to protect photo while card is in transit, if desired.
7. Thread gold satin ribbon through the ¼” holes cut on the ‘gate’ flaps of the red outer card. Tie a bow. Trim ends of ribbon on the diagonal. Apply an adhesive to the ribbon ends to prevent fraying.

Inside view of gate fold card, with

white cover sheet on the side.

Photo Credit for family photo insert

by Takashi Hososhima

Click this link to go to Cricut Design Space: 

2018 Christmas in July, Kimberly Bower, Gate Fold Card

Photo Credit:

By Takashi Hososhima from Tokyo, Japan - Merry Christmas from Danbo family, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40589151