Hallelujah Gatefold Christmas 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 sprayed white cardstock with Tree Lot Distress mica stain and embossed them using Altenew's Organic Linen 3D embossing folder. 

For the poinsettia die cut on the front of the card, I die cut layers of poster board I had colored with alcohol inks and gold foil for the red leaves and cardstock I had sprayed with Nuvo Sparkle Spray in green Apple Spritzer for the bottom layer. It's so shiny that it looks like metallic cardstock in real life! I die cut the center of the poinsettia using gold cardstock. Then I added a few of Altenew's gold sequins. 

For the panel on the right, I stamped "Hallelujah" using Altenew's Blessings stamp set. I added the sentiment to the panel and took pictures before deciding I wanted a few more sequins, so some of the photos have the extra sequins on that panel and on the inside of the card and some do not. 

For the inside of the card, I stamped "Wishing you the gift of faith, the blessing of hope, and the peace of His love this year and always" from Altenew's Blessings stamp set. 

Slightly opened:

Opened further:

Fully opened:

Close up of the sentiment:

Back of the card:

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