Easel/Gate Fold Card!

It's the My Pink Designer showcase today over at My Pink Stamper's blog! Head on over there to see what we created! The challenge was a "different fold" card. So I combined a gate card and an easel card to do both. I wanted it to look like windows so I used my Gypsy (I LOVE MY GYPSY) to put window into the card. Here is the picture tutorial on how I did it: 

FYI if you don't have a Gypsy, you can use Cricut Craft Room! Check it out and it's FREE!!! 

My card base was 8.5x8.5" before I cut it, so I did calculations on where I would need the window to go. Then I hid the outside of the window that I took from Kate's ABC's so that only the boxes cut out and not the whole window which would have defeated the purpose.

I taped the yellow polka dots to the white card stock base where I wanted them. Then I put the blade on 6, speed on high, and multi-cut on 2 to ensure that it got through both pieces of card stock. 

This is the windows so that there are frames around the windows. I cut them out of white and embossed them with the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes Emboss Folder. 

This is what it looked like when I finished cutting it. I actually used the scraps of the 8.5x11" paper to create these. I love using my scraps! 

I cut of the bottom 2 1/8" x 4/25" from each side.

Next I embossed the window frames with the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes Emboss Folder. I cut velum to the appropriate size and used a liquid glue to put it behind the window frames, but in front of the yellow polka dotted paper. Here you can also see the three patterned papers I had picked out for my inspiration for the project. :) 

I scored the lines appropriately (I can give you these measurements later if anyone wants them). 

I took one of the window pane cut outs (which was a double layer of card stock and therefore pretty sturdy) and put it on the back being careful to only put adhesive on the top half. 

I put a piece of card stock to fit the inside and stamped the sentiment so I could use it for a birthday card. 

Side view of the easel and the gate portion when open.

Front portion after it has been decorated! 

Recipe:

• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: More Fabulous Phrases™
• Cartridges: 
• Kate's ABC's™
• Everyday Pop-up Cards™
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folders:
• Script Texture™
• Distress Stripes™
• Patterned paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Rosy "Ordinary" Dream Paper™ (pink stripes)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Rosy "Love" Blossoms Paper™ (yellow polka dot)
• Buttons: My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Rosy "Love" Buttons™
• Twine: PTI
• Solid Cardstock: 
• Bazzill in Java™
• Cricut (green)
• Paper Trey Ink (vellum)
• Glue Arts Adhesive Squares Mini in Perma-tac™
• Foam dimensional tape
• Ink: Momento in Dark Cocoa™

Don't forget to hop on over to My Pink Stamper's blog to see what the other ladies have done with this challenge! :)