Floating Gatefold Card Tutorial Archives • The Soggy Stamper

Check out this cute valentine with surprise inside. I used the Bee My Valentine Bundle and the Bee Mine designer series paper to make this card. The card front is so cute, especially that chubby, smiling bee but check out the surprise when you open the card!

image is of the Valentine with a Surprise Inside opened

Isn’t this card so cute inside. I love the way the bees popup when you open the card. It really isn’t that difficult to make.

Supplies for Valentine with Surprise Inside

Bee My Valentine Bundle (162554)
Daffodil Delight Cardstock (119683) 8 1/2″ x 5 1/21″ scored at 2 1/8″ on each end, scraps
Basic White Cardstock (159276) – scraps
Vellum Cardstock (101856) scraps
Be Mine Designer Series Paper ( 162546) 5 1/4″ x 4″, 2 pieces 5 1/4″ x 1 7/8″
Memento Ink (132708)
Jet Black Stazon Ink (101406) – to stamp on vellum
Thoughtful Expressions Dies (162821) to die-cut labels
Stampin’ Seal (152813)
Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755)
Paper Trimmer (152392)
Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (150673)
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photo is of a handmade birthday card with various dogs on the front

photo shows handmade birthday card using Hot Dog stamp set with the card opened

I’m excited to share with you this Hot Dog Floating Gatefold Card today! Our granddaughter was just given two long-haired mini dachshunds for her birthday and I knew this would be the perfect card for her. We also share our home with a couple of very spoiled mini dachshunds so when the Hot Dog stamp set became available in the Stampin’ Up! January to June mini catalog, I jumped on buying it.

I used the following materials to make this Hot Dog Floating Gatefold Card

Stamp set – Hot Dog
Inks – Memento, Real Red, Lt Cinnamon Cider Blend, Lt Basic Black Blend
Basic White Cardstock – 8 1/5″ x 5 1/2″ scored at 2 1/8 ” on both ends for card base, scraps of Basic White, and two strips 3″ x 1/4″ scored at 1/4″, 1 7/8″ and 2 3/8″
Real Red Cardstock – scrap
Playful Pets Designer Series Paper – 5″ x 3 3/4″, 2 pieces 5 1/4″ x 17/8″
Accessories – Stitched So Sweetly Dies, Retired Large Letters Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Stampin’ Seal

To Make Card

fold card base on score lines. Then adhere dsp to card base.
cut H and B from Real Red cardstock and adhere to front of card
stamp greeting with Real Red ink on white scrap. Cut out with a Stitched So Sweetly rectangle die. Adhere to inside center of card.
stamp the dogs on Basic White cardstock scraps and color with Stampin’ Blends. Fussy-cut them out.
Bend score lines on narrow strips of cardstock into a C shape. Adhere the 5/8″ end inside near bottom of right card front near the fold. Glue the dog to the strip being sure it doesn’t show below the closed card. Apply glue just to 1/4″ section and fold the strip back under the dog. Close card and press on the 1/4″ tab. Open card to be sure only the 1/4″ tab is glued down.
Repeat this process in the upper left side of the card gluing the 5/8″ section to the inside of the left card front.

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