When Life Hands You Lemons... Gatefold Card

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade! I love that sentiment so was super excited to see the new "Squeeze the Day" stamp set from a muse studio (a│s)! And, check out some of the other sentiments...SO MUCH FUN!

So, now that you've seen how fun the set is (and there's a matching die set too!), here's my card! It's a gatefold card which means it's a 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" piece of cardstock scored at 2 1/8" from each end so that it folds in the middle to create a gate. I used the papaya shimmer cardstock for the base. It's SOOOO PRETTY and SHIMMERY!!!  I used papaya ink and stamped lemons all over the sugar pieces (cut 1 7/8" X 5 1/4") and edged them in papaya ink too. The sentiment is on a vintage labels 2 die cut and is also edged in papaya. It is popped up with 3D Foam on one side of the "gate". Isn't it so yellow and Spring-y and fun?! 

Here's the inside - I love that the shimmer cardstock is shimmery on both sides! I used "hand-scripted" on the inside and put You are Awesome! Why did I choose that sentiment? Well, I figured if you sent this card to a friend who was having a hard time but just kept putting one foot in front of the other and kept up a positive attitude then what could be more awesome than that?!

Here's another angle. I just love this card - so cheery!

I hope you have fun making some gatefold cards and I hope you go out and Squeeze the Day!! Have a wonderfully creative day! all supplies are a muse studio and are available on my webstore: www.amusestudio.com/seleise