Hi there blog friends! Not too long ago I received a reader request. She said she didn’t know what to do with the new Spellbinders Gilded Gate die and asked me to show how I would use it. Your wish is my command! :-) I cannot find the original email but I hope you are still out there. Now, there was only one gilded gate at the time the request was made and I’ve not been able to get my hands on it but I just recently got Spellbinders™ Gilded Gate Two, and thought that it worked beautifully. It.is.exquisite! I started out with a card base cut from Spellbinders™ Grand Labels Twenty Three. I cut the gate two times and glued them together to form the backing for my sweet sentiment from JustRite Papercrafts from the set called True Friends Vintage Labels Four. Underneath the gate I layered Spellbinders™ Classic Ovals SM to give the panel some stability and also to frame the final oval I put on top of the design with my sentiment. The card is 5.5″ wide by 4.25″ tall.
Sweet flowers and some silk ribbon cover some of the behind the scenes goings on, like the join from the two gates. A girls gotta do, what a girls gotta do…
| SUPPLIES I USED |
| Stamps: JustRite Papercrafts – , True Friends Vintage Labels Four Paper: Neenah Classic Crest -Solar White – 80lb Smooth, Prima Tea-Thyme Ink: Versafine Onyx Black Accessories: , Spellbinders™ Classic Ovals SM, Spellbinders™ Gilded Gate Two, Spellbinders™ Grand Labels Twenty Three, May Arts Silk Ribbon, Recollections Pearls, Becca’s Bow Maker |
Have a request for a die template you would like to see how I might use? Tweet me! I’m @AmazingPaperGr on Twitter. I’ll add it to my list and see what I can come up with.
This is absolutely gorgeous Becca. Sue did something simular with this die on her show on Create and Craft here earlier this month and it looks awesome. I love your beautiful ribbon too and your bows are fabulous as always hun.
Have a great week-end hun and lots of fun.
Hi Becca
Hope things are cooling down for you on all fronts now!
Love your use of the gate. The card is so beautiful.
Hugs
Anne (UK) x
Love this card. In reading the instructions, I am not sure how you put the 2 gates together. Could a possible video be made to show us how you did that, and the rest of the card? ???
Becca, how Lovely. . . Both the use of the gate and the saying! You always amaze me with your use of stamps, dies and empherma. I have ot seen cards lovelier than yours.
I meant to say I have NOT seen cards lovelier than yours! Oh my. . Sorry
Your cards are amazing!
I know I’ve said this before; but, Your cards and projects belong in an art gallery. Just stunning!
I just adore this Becca, looks like I need the Gilded Gate die! Beautiful card, love the colors, appreciate all the work that goes into your creations. You are amazing in so many ways!!
Wow Becca, this is so gorgeous. Love the Gilded Gate and the pretty colors of your card. Thanks for sharing.
So elegant! Love that Spellbinder double gate die.
Ter ;)
TOTALLY LOVELY BECCA!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I’m sure the requester IS HAPPY with this!!!!!!!! :)
I love this new die from Spellbinders and what you did with it. What is the finished size of this card?
Beautiful card! Love the paper, gate, saying, pearls, oh gee the whole card! Once again you have created a master piece!
Beautiful work Becca, Nicola x
Awesome card as always; you truly inspire me with your creations. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely breath taking—the gate one BUT then again ALL your cards are
absolutely gorgeous!!! Love all of them!!!
So stunning!! This card absolutely beggars description. Your artistic brilliance always amazes me, Becca.
Beautifully done, love the gate.
Oh Becca this card is beautiful, I have been thinking about getting this gate die but wanted to make good use of it as I cannot afford many dies so the ones I buy I need to get good use out of but could not think what cards I could make from it and this project has given me such inspiration, thank you so much xxx
Great. Now I have to get that die. That card is sooooo beautiful!!! Thank you so much for the gorgeous inspiration, Becca.
Becca, this card is exquisite…one of my all time faves. I love the way you used the gate die…so clever…and the perfect backdrop for that sentiment!
Hi Becca,
This card is so beautiful, I love it lots. TFS
Hugs,
Trish x
wow, what an awesome idea, this is gorgeous Becca.
Hi Becca, I love, love, love, how you have used the Gilded Gate 2, it looks totally different like this, a brilliant idea, and such a pretty and beautiful card.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Another Gorgeous card, I love your style!
Sooooo BEAUTIFUL…Perfect, again!
Thank you for this wonderful idea to use the Gate and also this
tender Sentiment.
Pray God’s Blessing on you at this time, stay healthy, breathe in & out!
Joyce
This is just gorgeous! Leave it to you to come up with a novel and lovely use for a die. Nicely done!
Becca love this thank you, we often buy dies and use them once or twice. But its always lovely to see how you use them.
Thank you.
Hugs Trish.
Beautiful card Becca I have no1 gate no the new one so I may try this thanks for the card .Melanie
I often look at other creative cards but yours fill my need every time. The simplistic elegance is unmatched. Btw what die cutting machine do you use? I find the one I’m using is taking a beating especially when I use the more intricate dies.
As always, just love your interpretation!!!!!
neat use of the gate, such a pretty idea!
Another gorgeous card!!! I really must get that stamp set.
Exquisite! Blessings, Becca!
Amazing. Wish I could think like you ?
Lisa, I use several machines depending on what I’m working on and how much cutting I have to do, but hands down the Grand Calibur is my go-to machine :-)
As always your card is beautiful. Can you show more cards using this die?
Oh WOW! I wouldn’t have had a clue as to how to use this S/B gate either. Whadda way to use it. Ab-so-lute-ly bee-U-ti-ful. TFS & Happy Sunday
Wow, great use of this die, I just love how you think outside the box! I have the first gate tho I do think this one is prettier but I will definitely try this idea. I have cut mine up and used bits of it at times but hadn’t thought of this!
Thanks Becca.
Hugs
Alice x
Nice one Becca – I made a wedding card last week with this die – it’s so beautiful and cuts a dream. I like how you joined two together. tfs
Hugs
Heather (UK)
x
Love it, so pretty and I like the two pieces together it gives such a big presence in the card but yet not over the top.
Oh Becca, the card is beautiful. I would not have thought to use the gate in that way.
This is a lovely idea. Perfect paper too. Thank you for sharing!
Stunning Becca!!! Thank you soooo much for sharing your gift of design!!
You are an absolute genius! Thanks so much for sharing.This is just stunning.
Beautiful card, Becca. I think you have shared this before, but “I just don’t get it……lol” How do you make your shaped cards using the spellbinder dies. I understand when you don’t put the cs all the way at the top of the die, so you have an uncut portion at the top. But, how did you make this card where it looks like you have the whole die cut out. Sorry to be thick about this! (I don’t use Twitter by the way or I would have asked you there.)
Hi Joanna,
Usually when I have a heavily filigreed die that I’m trying to make a card base from, it’s hard to cut two clean layers at once, so I use the technique shown in this video: https://www.amazingpapergrace.com/filigree-hinged-card-tutorial-and-a-giveaway/
For the card above, it’s no problem to double my paper and cut through two layers cleanly for the card base. To give it yet a cleaner look, I die cut an additional Labels Twenty Three Layer and simply adhered it to the top of the card base.
Hope this makes sense…. :-)
stunning creation!
Wow — this die is beautiful and your card is uber gorgeous!
You’re a genius. Love It!!!
Thanks Becca for responding to my question. Probably going to need to invest in another die cutting machine!! Love working w/ the dies even if it takes extra time to remove the little pieces. Please design some more cool ones!