Floating Gatefold Halloween Card | Stamping Bella

Hi all, today I'm sharing how I made this Floating Gatefold Halloween Card featuring Stamping Bella Halloween stamps and sentiments. Halloween is one my favourite holidays to make cards and home decor for. 

Supplies:

Squidgy DINO Trick or Treater rubber stamp

Squidgy GHOST Trick or Treater rubber stamp

Squidgy WITCH Trick or Treater rubber stamp

Fall Sentiments Set

Black card

Halloween themed papers

Scoring board and bone folder

Stitched circle die

Precision scissors

Adhesive

Embellishments (optional)

How to:

Stamp the Trick or Treater characters onto white blending card, colour using your preferred medium, then fussy cut around the outlines. 

Set aside to work on the card. 

Cut black card:

Card base - 5.5" x 7"

Large panels - 5.5" x 2" (x2)

Small panels - 5.25" x 1.5" (x2)

Floating mechanism - 4.5" x 1.5" (x2)

Belly band - 1.75" x 10" 

Cut white card:

Sentiment strip - 0.5" x 3.75" 

Cut designer paper:

Large panels - 5.25" x 1.75" (x2)

Small panels - 5" x 1.25" (x2)

Centre panel - 5.25" x 3.75"

Greeting panel - 4.25" x 3"

Score the card base on the 7" side at 0.5", 1.5", 5.5" and 6.5"

Turn to the short side and score at 0.5" to the intersecting 0.5" score line, and from the 6.5" score line down to the edge. 

Score both floating mechanisms on the short side at 0.5" and 1"

On the card base, cut across the 0.5" score line and then cut diagonally to the inner score lines. 

Adhere the paper layers to the large and small panels. 

With the inside of the card facing up, fold in on the 1.5" score lines and then fold back the 0.5" score lines. Crease well with a bone folder 

Apply adhesive to the 0.5" sections then, keeping the score lines pressed flat, adhere the large panels down, lining up the outer edges with the edges of the card base. 

Fold the floating mechanisms into a Z shape, in opposite directions. The should both pull outwards. 

Apply double sided tape to the underneath of the inner 0.5" section. Line up with the bottom of the card and adhere approx 1/8" in on the designer paper. Repeat on the opposite side.

Apply adhesive to the top of the pull mechanism and adhere the small panels - lining up the bottom and outer edges

Adhere the centre panel

Stamp the sentiment onto the white card strip. Adhere the greeting panel towards the top and then adhere the sentiment across the bottom. 

Adhere both Squidgy DINO Trick and Squidgy GHOST 'standing' on the sentiment strip. 

Centre the belly band card across the front of the card then fold both ends around to the back, leaving a little bit of wiggle room so that the band can slip on and off easily. Apply adhesive on each end and secure together. 

Cut a 3" black card circle and a 2.75" green paper circle. Adhere them together then adhere the Squidgy WITCH using foam tape/dots. 

Apply glue to the centre of the belly band and adhere the circle panel to it. 

For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

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Bundle Girl Bee Keeper | Stamping Bella

Hi all! Today I'm sharing how I made this Booklet Explosion Card featuring Bundle Girl Bee Keeper. The idea behind this card was to make a coupon booklet but the pop-up inside was much more fun. 

The paper I used on this card are My Happy Place from Doodlebug. 

Supplies:

Bundle Girl Bee Keeper rubber stamp (sentiment included)

Black card, white card

Designer paper

Scoring board, bone folder

Adhesives

Embellishments

How to:

Stamp Bundle Girl Bee Keeper onto a pieced of 4" x 4" blending card. 

Colour and set aside. 

For the card base cut a piece of black card measuring 4.25" x 11.5". Score on the long side at 4.25" and 5.75" 

Fold on the 5.75" score line and then fold back the 4.25" score line 

Cut white card layers for the front:

(1x) 4" x 4"

(1x) 4" x 1.25"

Cut paper layers

(1x) 3-7/8" x 3-7/8"

(1x) 3-7/8" x 1-1/8"

Adhere the paper to the white card and then adhere to the front of the card.

For the inside cut a piece of white card measuring 4" x 4" and a piece of paper measuring 3-7/8" x 3-7/8". Adhere them together and then adhere to the inside of the card leaving a 1/8" border on the top, bottom and right side of the card. 

Apply glue to the 1.5" section between the score lines, close up the card and adhere to the inside back. This will leave a 1/8" border on the left side of the paper panel.  

Cut a piece of double sided paper measuring 5.75" x 5.75". Fold in half and crease with a bone folder. Open it up and fold in half the other way, creating four squares. 

Finally, fold in half diagonally. 

Mountain fold the diagonal score lines and valley fold the rest. 

Push the diagonal folds inwards and close the piece into a square. Crease well with a bone folder. 

Open up the card and position the square so that the top is just at the 4.25" score line. Apply adhesive to the explosion mechanism and fold the card front down on top of it. 

Fold the mechanism up again and apply adhesive to the other side, and fold the back of the card down on top of it. 

Cut a piece of white card measuring 2" x 2" and a piece of paper measuring 1.75". Cut both diagonally, adhere the paper to the card and then adhere each side of the explosion mechanism. 

Cut the image out using a 3.75" square die and mat onto a 3-7/8" piece of black card. Adhere them to the card front.

Decorate the book binding area. 

Stamp the sentiment onto a piece of white card measuring approx 2-3/8" square and turned diagonally. Cut another card square the same size, for the handwritten greeting, for the opposite side. 

Embellish with enamel dots. 

For more inspiration check out the Stamping Bella Sisterhood page over on Facebook, where you can add your own Stamping Bella creations.

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