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Easel Card with Kirigami Pop Up Card Instructions

Easel Card with Kirigami Pop up This Easel Card with a Kirigami Pop up combines the requisites of 2 challenges- ICR Easel and Crafty JC's Simplicity[CAS] . CAS[Clean and Simple] is un-trodden territory for me so decided to go all out and experiment.I combined embossing, stamping and a self designed Kirigami pop up pattern! I hand embossed the roses using a gorgeous embossing plate Lisa Jane of MIM sent me as part of a giveaway win.

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I used a wooden leaf stamp also sent from the UK by Lisa Jane[from MIM]to add red leaves. So far I have made Kirigami cards using designs from books or the net - today I wanted my design to match the rose- leaf pattern so designed my own pattern-- It was fun and not as difficult as I thought.

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I made the Kirigami Pop up pattern look "CAS" [Clean and Simple] and not too complicated! What do your say? How to make a Kirigami Pop Up card This is not the best of my tutorials as the light was atrocious while I made it and so didnt snap many pictures.If you need clarifications do let me know and I shall post clearer instructions in another Kirigami card tutorial. Materials Required to make a Kirigami Pop up card Paper: Use 180 g or lesser card stock - White , cream give the best effect in Kirigami pop up cards For this pattern I just used a cream sheet from my daughters drawing book as my pattern is not elaborate and does not have much cutting involved. If your pattern has lots of cuts you need to use a card stock.I dont like to use very thick card stock as it doesnt fold very well. White Glue: For kirigami pop up cards,the trick is to use a glue which is strong and fast drying. Use the minimal amount of glue but be sure to apply it evenly till the edges of your design. Craft Knife: A sharp craft knife is essential- I don't recommend any brand- even cheap brands would do as long as the blade is new and sharp. Cutting Surface: Use your Kitchen cutting board or a cutting mat if you have one. Kirigami Pattern: There are many free patterns on the net if you Google it but today I will share how you can design a simple pattern yourself. Draw a kirigami pattern I wanted my Kirigami pop up to match my rose - leaf pattern so roughly drew a rose and leaf. For a kirigami pattern you need to have the top and the bottom a bit flat as these are the anchor points of your pop up so I designed the lower 2 petals flat and positioned the leaf to be slanting at the top

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Draw some simple cutting patterns within your main image- I kept mine simple for this card.You can plan and draw your pattern on the reverse side so that you dont have to erase lines[just reverse your fold lines accordingly in that case]

Kirigami Pop up card Tutorial

Cut out areas as I have done her- dont cut out more as then you will compromise on the support of your pop up and your Kirigami Pop up may buckle.

Kirigami Pop up card Tutorial

Plan your creases.Now comes the maths! I am not a maths enthusiast [ that's why I became a doctor!!] but you need a bit of "paper engineering calculation" to get a pop up card right! The blue line will be the central crease [which lies on your card's central gully].Note that it does not run through the image. The red lines- are valley folds and are the places where your popup is anchored to your base. The green line- is a mountain fold. And its position is such that distances a= a.

Kirigami Pop up card Tutorial

Cut your Kirigami pop up pattern image all around except at the anchoring points shown by the dotted red lines. Score creases at red and blue lines. Fold and let the green crease occur naturally![So you can get around the maths too!!]

Kirigami Pop up card

Your Kirigami pop up pattern is ready.Apply glue till the edges and stick on a backing card of contrasting colors.

House Pop up card Tutorial and Template

House Pop Up Card As promised here is the tutorial to the House pop up card.When I first started making pop up cards I used templates from the net ,now I find it is so much more fun and rewarding when I design one myself! For my friends who want to make a quick House Pop up card here is my template.

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Just score on the dotted lines and mountain fold. For those of you who may be crazy like me and want to "understand the mechanism "and go about it the difficult way, sharing instructions to help you design your own customized House pop up card. How to design your own House Pop up card Make the Base of your House Take a rectangular strip of card.Don't use very thick card stock as your House pop up should be easy to crease and fold. For people who like measurements- I started off with a card measuring 3.5 x 9.5 inches. Score your 3.5 x 9.5 inch card lengthwise 0.5 inch.This will help for the tab of your house base.

Pop up card Tutorial

Score at 0.5,2.5,5 and 7 inches. This will give you a 0.5 inch width tab , two 2 inch wide sides and two 2.5 inch wide sides for your house. You can play with your measurements however you fancy. So you have your strip in now divided into tab[ 0.5 inch width], Side A[2 inch wide], Side B[ 2.5 inch wide],Side C[2 inch wide] and Side D[ 2.5 inch wide]

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Easy way to fold your house pop up card is score sides B and D in the middle as shown Cut off the lower parts[ below the score line] of parts B and D as shown and slant and cut to form tabs for parts A and C.

Pop up card Tutorial

Draw a triangular shape towards the top of parts B and D as shown and horizontal lines meeting as shown on parts A and C.[My measurement was 0.75 inch from the top]

Pop up card Tutorial

Cut off the extra parts marked above.Slant and taper cut your tab also and your house pop up base is ready.

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You can mountain fold all the score lines to start with.Then Valley fold the score line in the middle of part B.[You can also mountain fold this if that is the shape of house you like]

Pop up card Tutorial

Glue your tab to the inside of part D and your house shape has formed. Make a roof. I used rough measuring for this and you can do the same. If you want a short cut you can follow my measurements which is a 4 x 2 inch card strip scored at 0.5inch,2 inch and 3.5 inch.

Pop up card Tutorial

If you want to go about designing a roof is here is how you do it: The guide is your roof strip should measure the same height as the width of Parts A and C[mine is 2 inches in height].To design a roof take a 5-6 inch long strip score it in the

middle and place it over your house shape. Judge the length you will require. You need to cover the house and have some extra to glue on the house.Cut the rest off.

Pop up card Tutorial

Attach your roof tabs to Sides A and C as shown above. Additional Parts You can add lots of fun additional pop up parts like an arched door or a chimney like I did.

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To make the arched door cut a shape and give it small tabs on the sides as shown.Fold it along the middle and fold the tabs too.

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Position it over your side B to find a position you like. Attach one tab on the front of your house making sure the central fold lines of the house and the front of your house[ side B] align.Apply glue on the other tab and fold over your house on to it.

Pop up card Tutorial

You can decorate your house before sticking it to your base card.

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Open up your house and position it over the base card.Roughly mark the position of your tabs in this position.Fold your house , apply glue to the tabs. Stick one tab to the base card. Fold over the base card and let the other tab find its own position. Wait for the glue to dry well.

House Pop up card Tutorial

I added some layers of "snow "cut from photo paper folded and attached in a V shaped manner.

Simple Pop Up Cake Card Tutorial

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A pop up cake is a versatile insert suitable for most cards be it birthdays, anniversaries, and any form of celebration.

Embossed Celebration Card The pros say you should keep the outside of a pop up card simple ! So only used a paper rose,some plastic butterflies and pearls on this lovely embossed white paper .Since my theme is celebration the embossing reflects party baubles and ribbons.

Heart Punch Handmade Flower I made the paper rose using my heart punch and here is the link to the Heart punch Rose Tutorial. Here is the closeup of the Pop up cake. Its simple to make and fun to embellish

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The Felt flower is handmade by using a circle of felt , cutting it in a spiral and rolling just like you make a spiral paper rose. Only difference from a paper spiral rose is its difficult to hold a felt rose using white glue so I used a glue gun.The shiny metallic green leaves were bought from a local fancy store.

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This is one of the simplest Pop up Cake cards you can make.Why I like it so much and am sure you would too is that you don't have to use a scale to measure . You dont need a Craft knife and it can be made in a jiffy to beautify any card!

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Materials required to make a Simple Pop up cake card 1. Card stock for base 2. Card stock for Pop up card Insert:Here I have used half of an A 4 card- You can use thin paper too to make this pop up cake card. Don't use too thick paper as it wont fold well. 3. Scissors 4. White Glue How to make a simple Pop up cake card Its simple so dont get daunted by the number of photos-- I just posted lots of photos to illustrate each step Fold your card piece into half

Pop up cake card Tutorial From the central fold line drop down 2 parallel lines around 2- 2.5cm long [make it as wide as you want].Join the 2 lines. Here you can see my latest toy-- its called a " Roll N Draw" I picked it up from a local stationary shop for 20 Rupees[ quite cheap!]Its a fantastic instrument -quite handy to draw parallel lines, circles,arcs,squares,measure angles!A useful tool for the paper engineer!

Pop up cake card Tutorial Dont worry about erasing any lines as you are working on the wrong side of your pop up cake card.Cut the parallel lines you drew.

Pop up cake card Tutorial Fold the step you have cut in the manner shown

Pop up cake card Tutorial Open the card and this is how it will look.

Pop up cake card Tutorial Now reverse your fold by pushing at the central fold from behind and you have the bottom layer of your pop up cake card.

Pop up cake card tutorial Close you card.Drop down 2 parallel lines like you did earlier only make them smaller say around 1.5 cm long. Since you are making a cake ,position the lines so as to make the 2nd cake layer at the center of the lower layer.

Pop up cake card Tutorial Cut only the top layer as shown.

Pop up cake card tutorial Fold and reverse your fold like you did earlier .

Pop up cake card Tutorial Now you have made the 2nd layer of your pop up cake card.Stop there or go ahead and add one more tier to your pop up cake!

Pop up cake card tutorial In the similar fashion you can make as many layers for your pop up cake as you want.Only take care to make the length of your drop lines smaller than the previous layer's.

Pop up cake card Tutorial This is one of the simplest pop up mechanisms and you can build all sorts of scenes on the steps.

Pop up cake card Tutorial Add candles, flowers, faux icing what not!

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One more tip sticking Most pop ups well to all the central crease.

I would like to share about making a pop up card is to take care while your pop up to your base card. look more effective stuck on a base card of contrasting color. Apply glue corners and edges and position the central crease flush on to the base card

Pop up cake card Tutorial

Apply glue on one side at a time as shown.Dont use extra glue as glue seepage can spoil our pop up effect.Apply glue to the other side of the pop up mechanism and fold the base card over on to it. The golden rules are to apply glue to all edges and corners, apply only a little glue ,test your pop up and then allow enough time for the glue to dry.

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