 Hi everyone and welcome back, it's Vicky here and today I'm going to share how I made these gatefold window cards Now I'm going to show them at first to you so you can see what I am going for So this is a gatefold card that when you open the front flaps you can see a whole heart on it and every one of them and These second two cards are more simple designs So this one has a circle as a window and the last one features a lovely window Where you can see the sentiment So I'm going to show you two different ways on how you can create Gatefold window cards, so let's start with the most complicated one for that I find that the easiest way is to use two side folded cards So these are standard cards for in a quarter by five and a half and For each one of those cards. I'm going to fold only one flap and two and one eighth So I'm going to leave this aside and then on this one again I'm going to score it two and one eighth only on one of the flaps Now I'm using my bone folder to reinforce those scoring lines on both my cards And I'm going to stick those cards one inside the other for that you can go with liquid glue with tape runner Whatever you prefer. I went with double-sided tape, but anything works really and Then all you have to do is to just make sure that you align those two cards perfectly together So at this stage I have a gatefold card with those wonderful accordion gates at the front Now I'm going to show you how I will create a window where I cannot my focal point so for this I'm going with the heart it has to be a shape that is symmetrical and I will tell you in a bit why so I'm going to make sure that the pointy Edges of the heart are at the center I'm going to secure it with some purple tape on one side and then I'm going to run it through my Big shot machine making sure that I cut out only the folded gate I'm running it a couple of times through my big shot since I'm trying to cut out two layers and this is heavy Cutstock now I'm going to fold the card again and without moving the die at all I'm going to peel off the masking tape and stick another one on the other side This way I know that I will end up having the perfect shape with everything perfectly aligning Again make sure that you are going to cut out only the other folded gate I'm going to run this again through my big shot and again. I'm trying to cut out Two layers of cardstock here. So I'm running it a couple of times just to make sure that my die went all the way through And I end up having this beautiful gatefold card and just because I used a Symmetrical shape at the center whenever you open up the gates you can see two full hearts on each side As well as the one at the middle Now you can repeat the same design by using other symmetrical shapes such as a circle a square You can use rectangles. You can use a balloon Just look through the day you have and anything symmetrical would work And now you have the perfect spot to stamp something color it and you have a beautiful card ready to go For my cards today, I'm going to use stamps from the latest Gina K designs release This is a super adorable stamp set It's called the all you need is love and it features her little birds a heart as well as sentiments I think it is really cute and inexpensive to get and it's a great add-on to your collection So I have a panel here that is going to end up on the inside of my card I made sure that I marked where where the window heart is going to fall I stamped my image and a sentiment and colored everything with my alcohol markers So this panel is ready to go I'm going to add some tape adhesive at the back and stick it on the inside Just stick it down and you have a beautiful card However, I'm going to take it a step further and show you how you can embellish the gatefuls I have this big rubber stamp that has scattered hearts all over and I'm Inking it up with Versa marking. I'm going to place the card on top as it is folded and I don't care if I end up having a little bit of stamping on the inside of the heart After all, this is going to be covered later on Now I'm going to apply perfect pearls. It's going to stick where Versa mark ink is This way I end up with a result that is very subtle, but there is still something going on at the front So it's not so boring Here I'm using some super cloth just to remove the excess and now all I have to do is to stick down the inside And you do have a blank area underneath the sentiment where you can write your personal message So you can leave it like that It fits perfectly inside the standard envelope and it is going to lay completely flat there But if you want since it does have a tendency to pop up You can use a ribbon and tie a bow to keep it all together or like I am going to do for today's cards You can create your own bands for that. I'm using border dies These are the spring border dies by Stampentus, but you can pretty much use any border die that you have I can use this specific border die as a continuous pattern It will end up having a little seam at the middle, but it's not noticeable at all So I end up having a very long band that I can wrap around my card and stick it at the back I have some double-sided tape at the end of my band and as I'm going to stick it down I will make sure that I don't make it too tight Otherwise it is going to be difficult for the recipient to slide it out and on again So my card is ready and here are some close-up photos Now for this example, I'm going to show you the easy way. It doesn't eat up as much cardstock So this is an eight and a half by five and a half and I'm scoring both ends at two and one eighth So this way I have the simple gatefold card Where those two flaps meet at the center This design is quicker and simpler to make But remember you can use the same shapes that I'm going to use here to create the first design Which is more amazing to look at. Now at the center this time I'm going to go with a circle Again, I'm tapping it down on one of the gates with some purple tape I'm going to run it through my big shot and just like I did with the previous card I will not remove the tape before I secure the tie on the other side This way I know that everything is going to be aligned perfectly So here as I open the gates, I don't end up having two circles on each side But rather a half circle while on the first card. I have those two hearts as well Which make the card look so pretty Also make sure beforehand that the window that you are going to create is going to allow for the whole image that you are going to stamp to show So here again, I'm using the same stamp set as the first card I stamped the other birdie that holds a little heart and I'm also going to stamp another sentiment I am going to use my alcohol markers to color in the bird and Before I stick it down on the inside of my card I want to show you another way on how you can Decorate the gate folds without making them look too busy So here I used a stencil secured it at the back and as my card is folded I'm going to go over it with a slightly darker ink than the the orange of my cardstock This is going to add a lovely design, but very subtle at the same time So I end up with this tone-on-tone look It's really hard to catch on camera, but trust me, it's there and you will take a closer look on the photos at the end Now I'm going to stick the inside and I still have enough space at the bottom where I can write my message Now you can leave it as it is place it inside an envelope and it's going to lay flat Again, you can tie a ribbon or like me since I had those border dies on my table I'm going to create a band for every one of my designs. So here I used another border die Again, any border die that you have at home would work, but I think those are really pretty I have some double-sided tape at the back on one side of my band and I'm going to wrap it around Again making sure that it's not very tight Here are some close-up photos on the second card For the third card, I'm going to use this stamp set. It's from the new release by Gina K Designs This is called watercolor flowers stamp set. It has lovely flowers and lovely sentiments So these window gatefold cards don't have to feature any match You can also feature a lovely sentiment and in this case I used one of my dies here Making sure that the sentiment is going to fit inside So here I'm using the exact same way Taping the die without moving it on the other gate Then open up the card and run it through So again, I end up with a lovely gatefold card with a little window at the front Again, I used white cardstock on the inside I'm using a pencil to mark where the window is going to fall so that I can stamp exactly inside. I went with a beautiful sentiment that says you make my heart smile Which I'm going to stamp at the center And I'm going to decorate around the sentiment with the lovely flowers that come in the stamp set So here just with my finger, I'm adding a yellow ink at the center of the flowers Then I'm going to use a darker ink to ink up the whole flower But then with my finger, I'm going to remove a little bit from the center So this way I will leave room for the yellow that I already stamped And you can see my finger here is my best tool for multicoloring those watercolor looking flowers And I continue stamping with green this time leaves all around my card I am going to make sure that I don't stamp all over the place I always like to have enough blank space inside the card to write my personal message I'm using tape adhesive at the back and I'm going to stick that inside my card And now this time instead of stamping something on top of the flaps I'm going to show you another idea on how you can turn this window looking more finished So I'm going to use those nested dies one inside the other and I will end up creating a little frame To help the frame pop against the background. I used a darker shade of green I used glue at the back made sure that it is stuck on one side Then I'm going to chop off the excess and then again add glue at the back and stick it on the other gate And that provides another idea on how you can embellish the front of your gates To keep my card together again, I created a paper band by using one of the dies from the stampen to dice set that you show earlier However, this wasn't one of the dies that you can create a continuous pattern But I was determined to make it work since this design is so pretty So just have a little strip of white paper, which I'm going to glue at the back I will add some very thin double-sided tape on each side And this is going to provide the extension that I need now again I'm making sure that this is not going to end up too tight so that you can slide it out and on again And my last card is ready And here are some close-up photos Now just like always you will find the full list of all the supplies that I'm using down below in the description area as well as on my blog I hope that you had fun and you got inspired to create some window gatefold cards Thank you all so much for joining me today, and I'll see you all next time You