Glory to God Gatefold Card

I signed up for a Christmas card swap in the FaceBook Altenew Fan Group, and I'm sending cards to New Zealand, the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, and several different states in the US. I spent an evening cutting out poinsettia layers from various cardstocks and embossing panels and then went to work assembling several cards.

For the card base of this fun fold, I followed Connie Stewart's tutorial here: How To Make A Beautiful Wedding Card That Stands Out. I used double-sided cardstock with a Christmas theme for the base. For the rectangles on the front, I embossed red cardstock with Altenew's Perfect Poinsettia's 3D embossing folder and added gold marker to the centers of the poinsettias.

For the front panel, I assembled die cuts in red cardstock for the red leaves of the poinsettia and a layer of green cardstock I made by spraying white cardstock with Nuvo Apple Spritzer Sparkle Spray for the bottom layer of the poinsettia. I die cut the center from gold cardstock and adhered all the layers and added the poinsettia to the front of the embossed panel with some shiny red metallic thread behind the poinsettia under the foam tape I used to adhere the flower to the panel. 

For the panel on the right, I stamped the "Glory to God" sentiment using Altenew's Blessings stamp set and adhered it to the embossed panel. 

For the inside of the card, I stamped "Faith is at the heart of the holidays" using the same Altenew "Blessings" stamp set and added the sentiment panel and a few sequins to a red panel I had embossed with the same Perfect Poinsettias embossing folder I used on the smaller front panels. 

Close up of the poinsettia and the metallic thread behind it:

Close up of the inside:

Back of the card:

 Challenges I'm entering: 

Layered Poinsettia Holiday Cards | Inspiration Challenge (altenew.com): 

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Emboss it (5/5; ends 11/25/24)

Anything Goes with a Fun Fold for Creative Creases #96: Ends 12/6/24

 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: ATG with flowers as the focus (3/6; ends 12/12/24)

The Diva's that cut ....paper!: Any holiday (4/4; ends at the end of the month)

Gem of A Craft Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends 12/21/24)

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG with option of ribbon or twine (I used metallic thread) (1/3; ends 11/29/24)

Polkadoodles Cardmaking, Craft & Scrapbooking Challenge: ATG (1/4; ends 12/14/24)