A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Saturday, 15 August 2026

Christmas Gifts on a Gatefold

The latest Peace on Earth challenge features a mood board showing images of southern hemisphere Christmases.  I have no use for a "beach" or "summer weather" Christmas card so I took the pile of gifts in the bottom left image as my inspiration for this card.


I folded my card base into a traditional gatefold.  I made a background panel by randomly inking up a snowflake / Christmas text stamp with pink and green Distress inks, spritzing lightly with water, and stamping on watercolour paper.  I split the background in two and added the pieces to the gatefold fronts.  I stamped the image of the pile of gifts, watercoloured it in the same colours as the gifts in my inspiration image, and fussy cut it.  I added fun foam to the back of it and glued it just to the left side of the gatefold.

Here's a close up of the gifts and some of the background:


Here's the Peace on Earth mood board.  Head over to our website and see what the rest of the Design Team made.  Then join us with either your interpretation of the mood board or an "anything Christmas" card.







Supplies:
Stamps - Jofy gifts, unknown snowflake / Christmas text background stamp
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Pickled Raspberry, Shabby Shutters, and Peeled Paint
Paper - watercolour paper, off white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, fun foam

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6 comments:

  1. Darlene 16 August 2026 at 06:20

    Great card Susan! And, awesome choice for your inspiration! Well done!

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  2. JoAnn16 August 2026 at 12:35

    Love your gatefold card with those pretty pink & green presents and stamped background. Great card Susan.

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  3. Loll16 August 2026 at 14:16

    Adorable card Susan. LOVE your gatefold design. The stamping on the background in red and green makes the most wonderful background to show off your pretty presents. Great card, my friend! xx

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  4. Lisa Elton16 August 2026 at 18:20

    I haven't made a gatefold in forever, your's is so cute!

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  5. Christine Alexander21 August 2026 at 20:31

    Wonderful card Susan, I love the mix of colours on your background and the Jofy presents are always a hit. Thanks for the reminder about the Gate fold card, so easy but so effective xx

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  6. Pat29 August 2026 at 08:58

    This is so pretty in red and green with the script and snowflakes, and the gatefold shape works well with the trio of parcels on the front Susan.. a really pretty card. x

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