Birthday Gatefold with Belly Band

Hey there crafty friends - hope you're having a great weekend! I'm doing both the Online Card Classes Brighter Days and Spellbinders Weekender this week - or should I say I'm signed up to do both - I'll be behind the whole time!! Anyway, tonight I watched Craft Roulette Episode #321 with host Mary Gunn & guest Ardyth (‪@ardyth‬) making her 14th appearance. Ardyth will be a presenter this summer at the CR in person event too!

Here's my latest CR card, my 112th!

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio cardstock; scraps; 

Spellbinders Betterpress Porcelain

Dies - Poppystamps Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set (retired),

Flower and Leaf Sprinkles,

Adriana Tall Curve Border (retired),

Oval Fold Frame (retired)

Press Plate w/die - Spellbinders You Are Everything Sentiments

Other - foam tape; Recollections vellum belly band

The wheel was spun four times for the necessary parameters:

• Project - Gatefold: I formed a gatefold by scoring a 1/2 sheet at 2 1/8 from the long edges and folding them in. 
• Colors - Monet: I used greens/purple/blue/white/yellow. 
• Element - Natural: Flowers and leaves are found in nature. 
• Random - Crinkle Inkle: I inked the gate panels using crumpled baking parchment inked in green, then purple, then speckled egg inks.

I had bunches of Poppystamps dies out since PS is the sponsor for our May Diva Challenge. Once I formed my gatefold and crinkle inkled it, I die cut the curved leafy borders and adhered. Die cut flowers and foliage from a couple other sets and adhered. Die cut an oval and added to a vellum belly band & decorated it with flowers, foliage and a Betterpressed sentiment. I added a Taylored Expressions Insider sentiment panel to the inside. 

Here's a view of the gatefold standing with the belly band off:

That's it for today. I'll be deep into the Weekender event tomorrow but will have a scheduled Diva post on Sunday. Thanks for visiting and happy crafting!!