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Finally you will succeed.Īs you might know, I share a lot of free templates on my Facebook fanpage. Don’t give up if you fail – try again with slightly changes.

When I started to create pop ups (more than 27 years ago), I had no teacher, but only some books which explained the basic techniques.īut today, you don’t even need to buy a book – because there’s Youtube! So you will be able to get all these informations for free.ĭo you know the You Tube channel of Duncan Birmingham? It is called the pop-up-channel – and he explains all the basic techniques very well: From my point of view, this is all you need to know – everything else will be you personal style – you will have to find, what works (and what doesn’t work) by practical experience. I myself learned most through trial and error, by hours and hours of practical experience. In general, I think, that you will learn most, if you just try it out. I am very happy that you like my pop-up designs! Click the 'Open the Cut Style Window' button > highlight the middle line and mark it as 'No Cut.' (This step is not necessary but I like to do it so I know exactly where the middle of my card will be.Dear JIBIL, thank you very much for your kind message. Using the Draw a Line tool draw a line directly across the middle of the card. I wanted my card to be 4圆 so I made a box that's 8圆. Keep in mind the rectangle will be folded in half so you actually want the card twice as long as you want the card to be. Either way we'll start with a blank work page.Ĭlick the Draw a Rectangle tool (circled below) and draw a rectangle the size you want your card. I have the Portrait so I worked on two different pages due to the size of my card, but if you have the cameo you'll probably have room to work in just one work space. The Silhouette makes creating pop up cards pretty easy! This tutorial will take you through the basics and once you get comfortable you'll be able to get as creative as you want with your DIY pop up cards.

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