The easiest way to make these cards is to use nested dies in 3 sizes:

1. A die that will cut the image to a size that fits the card front with a small border left all the way around.
2. A die that will cut the middle out of the image to create a smaller image to ‘pop out’ and creat the framed illusion.
3. A die that will cut a ‘mat’ from cardstock just a little bit bigger than the die #2 above.

Card Base: 210mm x 148mm scored at 105mm

DSP: 95mm x 138mm (or use Die)

DSP cut out: 68mm x 112mm (or use Die)

Mat (same cardstock as Card Base): 78mm x 121mm (or use Die)

Optional Inside Writing Panel (white cardstock): 95mm x 138mm

Card Base: 8.5″ x 5.5″ scored at 4.25″

DSP: 4″ x 5.25″ (or use Die)

DSP cut out: 2.5″ x 3.5″ (or use Die)

Mat (same cardstock as Card Base): 2.75″ x 3.75″ (or use Die)

Assembly

1. Cut all cardstock and DSP according to cut plan above – either manually, with nested dies, or a combination of the two.
2. Use liquid glue to affix the Frame section (the outer rectangle of the DSP) to the Card Base.
3. Use liquid glue to affix the cut out section of the DSP to the Cardstock Mat (this creates the card front).
4. Use liquid glue or stamp ‘n seal to affix the card front to the Card Base on top of the DSP ‘frame’. You can easily align this by looking at the image and ensuring the front and the ‘frame’ align at key points in the image itself. You can also affix the Card Front with Dimensionals if you want it to pop out even further.
5. Affix the optional inside writing panel to the inside right side of the Card Base.

Optional:

Step it up by decorating with a sentiment, die cuts, ribbons and/or other embellishments. See the bonus video near the end of the Tutorial Video for some ideas or let your own imagination run wild!

A note about Australian vs USA card sizes….

So, as you can probably tell from my accent in the video… I’m originally from the USA but I live in Australia and have done so for a long time. So, I’m very conscious of the differences between Aussie (and UK/Canada/etc) cards and USA cards and try to cater to both systems in my tutorials. It’s worth explaining why I don’t just ‘convert’ the metrics to imperial. Australia uses the metric system which includes an A4 paper size, while the USA uses the imperial measurement system and has a US Letter paper size. This means we have different standard sizes for cards. Both are based on cutting their standard paper size in half, then folding that in half. For us in Australia, this gives us an A6 card which, when folded, is 105mm wide by 148mm tall. For my friends in the USA, this gives them what they call an A2 card which is 4.25″ wide by 5.5″ tall. If I just converted the Aussie mm into inches, you would get a card that is 4.13″ wide by 5.83″ tall. So you can see it’s a completely different size to the USA card. If I just converted the metrics into imperial, my USA friends would end up with the wrong size card that wouldn’t fit in their envelopes. So, I usually make samples in both sizes and provide the cut plan in metric and imperial, so that whatever country you are in, you get the right size card that will fit your envelopes. When I’m giving instructions for making the card, particularly when demonstrating that in the video tutorials, I only use the Aussie card as an example. The instructions for putting it together are the same regardless of which size you are making. The only time I would NOT include the USA cut plan is if I am CASEing* a card made by another USA based demonstrator and have modified it for the Australian sizing. If I do this, I always include the website for the original card so you can pop over there and find out how to make it for the USA. I am a Professor for my ‘day job’ and in that world, plagiarism (publishing someone else’s work as your own) is highly frowned on so I just won’t do it. I will give credit where credit is due. 🙂

* CASE = Copy and Share Everything – a term we use in the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator world to share ideas we’ve learned from others but putting our own spin on what we’ve done (and giving credit where it is due).

Supply List

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