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Gatefold cards - A question |
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Posts: 4177 (06/04/2008 10:06:03) |
I am wondering if anyone else has the same problem as I do when making a gatefold card, I use a board and usually an A4 card but when I fold the ends over
there is a slight gap, it's not a large gap but it is noticable if you are using a dark card with a white reverse. I can still use the card but it does
annoy me!
Jenny x |
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Posts: 7903 (06/04/2008 10:09:07) |
I get that when I use the M&F Board, but if I measure on my paper trimmer and score using the channel, that does seem to sort it out.
Good luck Donna X |
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Posts: 8668 (06/04/2008 10:09:49) |
Me too Jenny, I've got several boards and without exception they all do it and some of the gaps are bigger than others. Really annoying!
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Posts: 1032 (06/04/2008 10:12:38) |
I've used many different boards but the one I find most accurate is the Crafters Companion board and I use the large glitter ball tool to do the scoring.
That usually works for me!
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Posts: 1836 (06/04/2008 10:34:06) |
I have that problem with my board but I've also noticed that sometimes when I score A4 card for an A5 card the front and back don't meet exactly. I
turn it so the short bit is at the back or trim it off, it's only a millimetre but it does annoy me because it spoils the finished card.
I think I'll invest in a scoring blade for my trimmer and try that (as Donna does) instead. If anyone finds an answer to this problem I'd like to hear it. Jan |
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Posts: 7894 (06/04/2008 10:59:30) |
I use the Eazi Score board to fold all my cards, and they all come out perfectly. I had the same problem with other boards before I bought this board. I love
using this board now. Available from Joanna, of course!!
Paula x |
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joanna sheen |
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Posts: 15597 (06/04/2008 11:02:42) Administrator |
laa laa the words acat and pigeons come to mind
I don't use anybody's board - except Glenda's Groovy to make watefalls to make a gatefold, I measure and score with a bone folder and a ruler but better still I cheat - buy the double fold blank cards from craft creations (like three A5 panels) and chop 75mm or so off each end - voila gatefold but wer all have different ways - and I realise mine is the most badly behaved way on the thread lol |
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Coppernob Card Craft |
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Posts: 13 (06/04/2008 11:03:18) |
I hope it's permissable for me to post this Joanna...
The edges of quality shop bought cards do not meet. The back is approx 1-2mm shorter than the front to enable easier opening. When designing our M&F
board we aimed to provide card crafters with a precise tool to attain the most professional of finishes, hence the gap or the extra bit you get when using our
board.
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Posts: 718 (06/04/2008 11:05:06) |
I've had problems with boards and came to the conclusion it was the card - for any board to be accurate the card has to be the perfect size and have got a
sample of mine to check, I found all so called A4 sheets were minutely different!
I stick to measuring. Jxx |
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starcyl |
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Posts: 4177 (06/04/2008 11:47:25) |
Well the board I use is the eazi score, and I am quite happy about the lead edge as it does make the card easier to open. Joanna I have never thought about
using the three panel card and cutting bits off but it does seem a bit of a waste.
Jenny x |
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ELAINE LUCY |
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Posts: 6196 (06/04/2008 12:06:19) |
There is a simple solution.
I remember Glenda on a show once, I think. She said it depends on the thickness of your card.The thicker card seems to take up more to fold? She, as far as I remember, said to trim very slightly your A4 card first. I just folded an A4 sheet of card on the Eazi board as a gatefold. Got a little gap. Noted the size of gap and on the next A4 card, I trimmed that little amount first, did a gatefold again, and....NO GAP!  Your side
'gates' are the same size as normal, but you have shortened what is left at the back!
You can do this on a normal A4 half fold too, but I like the leading edge at the front. Makes it easier opening the card. Sorry if it wasn't you Glenda. 
love elaine xx |
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starcyl |
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Posts: 4177 (06/04/2008 12:08:57) |
Thank you Elaine, I wish I had that sort of brain!
Jenny x |
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Posts: 1836 (06/04/2008 13:19:41) |
I like Joanna's idea of trimming a threefold card because you then end up with matching card (bits you cut off) to use as mats - something I do quite often
when stamping or using peel offs.
Jan |
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Ali G is in the house |
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Posts: 1345 (06/04/2008 14:40:43) |
Sometimes this happens and other times not, I use the blue board and had to make 100 Wedding invitations using bazill in this style. I have always put it down
to whether or not the card was a true A4 or an american cut. When i made the invitations I took a fraction of each sheet before folding and had no problems.
Ali x
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Posts: 2605 (06/04/2008 15:47:33) |
when i do an A4 in half i use the lead edge at the back n line it, usually with mirri, a gatefold would probably have a topper over the edge or afancy liner to
be seen through.
otherwise i manipulate the edge before i use my bone folder to make it meet in the middle. so i work round it or bend it my will, lol. chell x |
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Posts: 1753 (06/04/2008 16:22:12) |
I cheat by scoring the first part and folding it in, then lining up the other side by hand and folding it lightly by hand, then running a bone folder down the
crease. That way there is never a white line and the edges meet every time. Just an idea, but it works for me. I always get a gap if I use the score boards for
both sides. Janet
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Posts: 7894 (06/04/2008 16:31:15) |
ELAINE LUCY wrote: So if you use the same board as I do Elaine, and you get a gap, but I don't, it has to be the card then? My A4 card must be very fractionally shorter
than yours. Because I have never, ever trimmed anything off the A4 sheets. |
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ELAINE LUCY |
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Posts: 6196 (06/04/2008 16:57:29) |
Well I never usually make gatefold cards, but tried it this morning after seeing this question. I remembered Glenda? saying something once and tried it. I took
off just the thinnest edge on my guillotine.
My desk is now littered with gatefolded cardstock  , of various
thicknesses! Only one has a gap,........ the only sheet I
didn't trim. All of the others line up with no gap, perfectly with sheets that were trimmed. So perhaps it's down to scoring and how we fold? I
don't know. I always fold, so that the scored 'valley' line is the outside of the fold.
Strange, but if yours works ok, that's fine. Has anyone else, who
was getting a gap, tried trimming slightly? If so did it make a difference? I am quite interested now!
Guess what my next few cards are going to have to be now?  Gatefold!
I'm not wasting them! 
love elaine xx aka Perplexed of stoke 
PS Paula I even tried thick KB cardstock after trimming, perfect. |
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Posts: 7894 (06/04/2008 17:00:57) |
I'm now going to be wary of folding gatefolds, I'm bound to find a gap the next time I make one!!
Paula x |
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Fido |
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Posts: 3656 (06/04/2008 17:05:14) |
I just do the same as Chell I put a piece of matching Mirri card down the centre so it becomes part of the card and not a "mistake"
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starcyl |
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Posts: 4177 (06/04/2008 17:55:40) |
I've tried it with a bit trimmed off and perfect, thanks for trying Elaine and look forward to seeing some gatefold cards on the forum soon.
Jenny x |
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