Make a surprise gate fold card that’s perfect for a guy’s birthday card! Plus, I’ll show you other card designs you can make with the same layout.
Consider fun folds for homemade birthday card ideas for dad, a boyfriend or other men in your life. The best part of this gate fold card is the ability to change the images to suit the images you like. And if you’re like me and always on the lookout for a great masculine stamp set, don’t miss the Handsomely Suited Bundle (stamp set + coordinating dies)!
Don’t forget to download the gate fold card template which is included in the card cutting dimensions and supply list below.
Surprise Gate Fold Card Video Tutorial
Today’s card making ideas will have the men in your life saying “wow”! Pair your stamps and dies together and make some amazing birthday cards!
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Surprise Gate Fold Card – Handsomely Suited
Whether the man you’re celebrating is a shirt and tie kinda’ guy or not you’ll find the Handsomely Suited Bundle amazingly versatile! Pair the Bundle with the coordinating Well Suited Designer Series Paper which will make creating masculine cards a breeze!
The overlapping panels of this gate fold card provide the surprise factor! The front panel is perfectly aligned to the inside panel so it’s not visible until the card is opened.
Coordinate the card colors through to the inside layers where you’ll reveal your sentiment. The secret to this fun fold is the positioning of the hinges so don’t miss today’s video for all the tips!
Surprise Gate Fold Card – Woodland Wonder
Whether the nature lover in your life is male or female, young or young-at-heart, the Woodland Wonder stamp set screams fun! How can anyone resist these adorable character faces!
The Stitched Nested Label Dies have been wildly popular in the current annual catalog. Their trendy stitched borders and timeless shape are perfectly sized to hold both greetings and images. But hurry! These dies are currently on the retired list and only while supplies last. Click HERE to view the “last chance” products.
Surprise Gate Fold Card – Jar of Flowers
And how about a surprise gate fold card for the women?! This one uses the Jar of Flowers stamp set coupled with the retiring Layering Ovals Dies. The single color background is perfectly enhanced by this bright floral bouquet.
Coloring with the alcohol-based Stampin’ Blends Markers not only provides for a professional and flawless look but they are easy to use. Check out my YouTube playlist about these markers by clicking HERE.
Click on the red project sheet box below to view the products I used to create these cards. You can select any product in the sheet and be easily redirected to my online store to see them larger. I offer exclusive and generous online ordering REWARDS, too!
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Love this card, Lisa.. Actually I love all your cards!
Marlys thanks so much for your kind words and for stopping by to watch!!
Lisa, you have become my favorite card making ideas.
You do such a great job in all the cards you make, hard to choose which one I like best, I like all of them.
And you are a great teacher. I really enjoy watching you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.. Blessings!!
Loyda thank you so much for your kind thoughts and visiting this video!!! Blessings to you and yours!
Thank you for sharing your creations. It’s a very bright spot during these difficult times.
Kristin many thanks for stopping by to watch and for your kind words! I hope to continue to inspire you!!
So happy to see you add PDFs for the cards. When I try to take notes and then go to make the card, I often don’t have enough information. This is great!
Rachel so happy to have you stop by to watch!! Glad the project sheets are helpful!! Thank you!
Hi Lisa,
This is a wonderful card. All the special fold cards you’ve taught has really made my friends happy. So many of the card makers didn’t know they could be done. I’m so very pleased to have found you. I look forward to seeing you every Monday.
Enjoy your week.
Victoria thank you so much for all your kindness and for watching!! I hope to continue to inspire you!! Just so you know I am live the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Monday, and the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 8pm ET.
Hello Lisa,
Fantastic fun fold and I love how you have made similar cards using the different papers/suites!
I have made many a card using the beautiful Handsomely Suited DSP, but they are quite involved, and I was in need of a “quick” fun fold I wanted to make, so when I saw yours, I just had to replicate it!
Such a fun and easy card to make and with such clear and precise instructions, I had it done in no time.
Thank you for your inspiration and one day I shall try some of the other versions you have shown us.
Isn’t it so true though that there are so many cards and fun folds, etc you want to try and yet so little time *chuckles*
Thank you again, and I can’t wait to try another of your fun folds!
Cheers, Heidi in Australia 🙂
Heidi thank you so much for your kind thoughts and for stopping by to watch!!! Have fun making your fun fold cards!!!
You did a top fold card that had “hinges” inside…I can’t find the video
Hi! If you could reach out to me on my contact page on my website, I will help you track down which project you are referring to. Here is the link to my contact page: https://lisasstampstudio.com/contact-me Thank you for being here!!