Gatefold Explosion Card with Hippest Hippos • Birdsnest Designs

Welcome stamping friends, I am so happy you’ve stopped by! Today’s post is an adorably awesome gatefold explosion fun fold card I demonstrated for my Tutorial Tuesday Facebook live last night using the Hippest Hippos Bundle. The Hippest Hippos stamp set and coordinating Hippo Dies are both exclusive Sale-a-Bration items that you can choose for FREE with a $60 order starting on Friday, July 1st! If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and would like a copy of the Sale-A-Bration brochure you can request a copy here. I’d love to send you one to anywhere in Canada!

This Gatefold Explosion card is a super fun card fold that looks difficult but is actually pretty easy once you get started. I love how it shows off the soft subtle Petal Pink Designer Series Paper. In the live video tutorial I did last night I switched up the colours and instead of Petal Pink I used Highland Heather. It turned out really nice and just goes to show how with the coordination of Stampin’ Up! products it is really easy to switch things up!

I found this card fold over on Simply Simple Stamping and knew that I just had to give it a try! I was very pleased and a little surprised at how simple and fun it was to create. You can check out that post HERE .

Here are the measurements and pieces that you will need to recreate a gatefold explosion card of your own. These pieces are to make the Petal Pink card as pictured on this post.

Petal Pink card base 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ scored at 2-1/8″ on both ends
Petal Pink: 3″ x 4-1/2″ for card front, 2-3/4′” x 2-3/4″ for inside center
Gray Granite: 2-3/4″ x 4-1/4″ for card front
Basic White: 4″ x 5-1/4″ for insert, 2-1/2″ x 4″ for card front, 2-1/2′ x 2-1/2″ for inside center
Basic White Explosion piece: 4″ x 8″ scored at 2″, 4″ & 6″, then score an X from the center score line to the outside corners on both sides.
Designer Series Paper (DSP): (2) 2-1/8″ x 5-1/4″ for front flaps, (1) 2-1/2″ x 2-1/2″ and (4) 1-3/4″ x 1-3/4″

If you would like to watch the replay of the step-by-step tutorial on how to recreate this Hippest Hippo Gatefold Explosion card just click the video link below.

There is a complete list of supplies used at the bottom of today’s post, everything is listed there for both colour versions of this card. The only thing missing from this list are the Hippest Hippos stamp set and the Hippos Dies as these won’t be available until Sale-A-Bration begins on July 1st. All of these items can be purchased through my online store HERE! If you have any questions or need assistance in placing an order please contact me, I am always happy to help ❤.

I hope that today’s Hippest Hippos Gatefold Explosion card has left you feeling inspired to get a little crafty today! Thank you so much for stopping by … check back on Friday for more fun hippo stamping inspiration!