Decade Birthday Card for my sister Candy
Materials
- 65 pound cardstock
- 20 pound paper with designs on both sides
- Elmer’s glue
- Light grip cutting mat
Tools
Silhouette Cameo 4
Decade birthday parties are a big deal for my sisters and me, so you will see a lot of my MAKR projects are gifts for my sister.
I have never made a popup card before. I began by gathering nice paper I had collected over time. Next I searched Etsy for a pattern that would suit my sister’s tastes. This SVG pattern cost me just over $1. I selected paper that was printed on both sides for most of the pieces.
I cut each of the pieces and added her name for a personalized touch. The odd shaped white piece is called the “muscle” and it is folded and glued in order to make the “pop up” part of the card.
The project was relatively easy. Some paper was left behind on the cutting mat, the parts that would have been weeded out anyway. But this meant that the mat had to be cleaned between each paper change.
I have cut the paper components 4 more times. I provided a “kit” of cut pieces for my neighbor to use as a mother-daughter project. I used a variety of colored papers and omitted the odd text cut-out. The pattern probably intended it to be printed, but the Silhouette didn’t not understand that distinction.
Each time I cut this out I learned more about which materials were better for which components. The thinner paper did not cut as clean as the heavier cardstock paper.
