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Popup box card (A6) - tutorial

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#fun #popup box card #tutorial Hello everyone, so it's time for a tutorial blog post. Recently I've seen a lot of popup box cards and I wanted to make some of my own, but I wanted to make sure that they could easily be put in an envelope. In this tutorial, I will be describing the process to create the basic structure of an A6 size popup box card. For the basic structure you will need: 11 1/2 x 4 1/8 inch cardstock (to create the box) 4 1/2 x 1/2 inch strips of cardstock or acetate (to adhere 'popup' parts) Step 1 I used a half a sheet of A4 cardstock to make this card (I cut the paper vertically, so you should end up with two pieces of cardstock that are 11 3/4 inches by 4 1/8 inches. You only need one of these pieces to make a card, you can save the other for a future card. Note:   dashed lines - to cut;   solid lines - to score Step 2 You will need to score the cardstock as shown in the diagram below. Laying the piece down landscape you will need

'Bee mine' - card

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#love #hexagons #miss betty Hello papercrafters, Valentine's day is in a few days, so here's adorable card you can make to ask someone to 'bee mine?' You can use any papers you like, but for me, the 'Miss Betty' collection from Kaisercraft was perfect for this card. I used a 6 x 4.25 inch white notecard for the base of the card. I cut a piece of white cardstock using a stitched rectangle die (largest size). To cut the hexagons, from the stitched border piece of cardstock, I used a hexagon die (smallest size) and cut them one at a time to make the arrangement shown below (don't throw out the white cutout hexagons, you can use them for another project!) Hexagon cut-out cardstock (top left); Patterned hexagons adhered to notecard base (top right); Patterned hexagons with hearts (bottom left); Hexagon cut-out cardstock adhered on top of notecard base (bottom right) I used the hexagon cutout piece as a stencil to place hexagons of patterned cardsto