Pop Out Card Tutorial

Hello!

First warning, VERY picture heavy post, you may well need a cuppa for this one!

Well, here I am finally with the tutorial to make this card! Again, I must say this is NOT my idea, I have just changed the measurements from inches to centimetres as I couldn't do it in inches ;-) HERE is the original and brilliant tutorial with a video too but I do hope that my centimetre version is a help to somebody. Just for info, this card also fits in SU! square envelopes too ;-)

 So, to begin, cut your 12"x12" DSP down to 30cm x 24cm

 score along the 30cm side at 3,9, 21 and 27cm

 score the shorter 24cm side at 6cm and 18cm

fold in along the 30cm side as shown here,

 unfold again

 and then fold in the two score lines along the 24cm side

Unfold again and trim off the points diagonally along the corner scored rectangles

 Fold back in as you did at first

 then fold up at the bottom

 and then the top comes down too

 take a corner like so

 and fold the top free corner down to the centre, do this on both sides to make a point, repeat at the top also

once creased unfold to get this shape

 take a corner...

OK this is where it gets tricky to explain! Push this point in to make a box shape

 and fold the sticky out corner around the box

 like this!

 repeat the other end to meet under where the flap is 

 and fold down the flap to secure, no adhesive needed

This is what you should have now which stands like this

 Take a piece of thick card (I used the backing card from SU! DSP) and cut it to 19cm x 1.5cm, score at 6cm and 15cm

 fold to make a "Z"

 and adhere inside as shown (not the other way up like I did at first!)

 take an 11cm square piece of Very Vanilla card and write your message now, then adhere it inside the box

 add decoration to the pop up "Z"  I used the new 2+3-8" scallop circle and Four Frames stamps with matching punch

to close fold the pop up in like so

 and when it stands the point holds it up too

 to make the belly band take a 4cm x 26.5cm piece of soft suede card

Hold the end, slightly overlapping the gap at the front, and bend it around the box

 add a dab of glue and adhere to make the band

 add a topper to cover the seam

 and the card is finished!

PHEW!! That was a long one wasn't it!!
I hope you stuck it out and it was useful to you perhaps?
Thanks for visiting, I'm off for a cuppa in the sun now!
Happy stampin' to you today :-)