Priscilla's Papercrafts: Gate Fold Grad Card

Friday, June 20, 2025

Gate Fold Grad Card

I have mentioned that I had two granddaughters graduating this month, one from high school (see my last post) and the other from college. Today I'll show you the card I made for the college grad:

Izzie graduated from California State University at San Marcos. The school colors are royal blue and white. So I pulled some Blueberry Bushel card stock and went to town.

This is a gate-fold card; I started with a 5-1/2"x 8-1/2" piece of cardstock (Thick Basic White) and scored it at 2-1/8" from either end. This gave me a standard-sized card that opens in the middle. I wanted it to look like her gown.

Izzie wore a white collar (it actually had the word "management" on one side, which I free-handed later on the card), so after adding textured Blueberry Bushel strips to the two front sides, I adhered the white "collar". This held the card closed, as the white circle slipped under each side.

To make the cap, I simply cut a small square of Basic Black, placed it as a "diamond" and added a tassel cut from one of the Birthday Celebrations dies.