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materials:
- 2 Sheets of card stock
- X-ACTO knife or scissors
- Cutting mat
- Metal-edged ruler nbsp;
- Double-stick tape
- Butter knife or scoring tool
- Spoon
instructions:
- Print the card front (page 1 of the PDF) onto card stock. Set aside to dry completely.
- For easier folding, score the card spine. To do this, lay a ruler along each set of red dotted lines, and run a butter knife or scoring tool along the ruler. Use medium pressure to create an indentation on the paper.
- Place the cutting mat underneath the card front. Using the X-ACTO knife and the ruler as your guide, trim the white areas away from the card front.
- Carefully fold the card front along the scored line. Using the back of a spoon, press the folds firmly into a crease. Set the card front aside. nbsp;
- Customize the inside of the card (page 2 of the PDF) by typing your message into the space provided.
Hint: To create a blank field, click on the text section to select it and then press delete.
- Print the inside of the card (page 2 of the PDF) onto card stock. Set aside to dry completely.
- Score the spine on the inside of the card as in step 2.
- Place the cutting mat underneath the inside of the card. Using the X-ACTO knife and the ruler as your guide, trim the white areas away from around the art
- Carefully fold the card front along the scored line. Using the back of a spoon, press the folds firmly into a crease. Set the card front aside.
card assembly instructions:
- Place double-stick tape on one half of the back of the inside of the card and attach to the corresponding side of the card front, making sure you carefully align the spines. nbsp;
- Apply double-stick tape to the remaining half of the inside of the card and press the card pieces firmly together.
- If you need to, trim the edges of the card using your metal-edged ruler and the X-ACTO knife, align the ruler along the card edge and make several cuts with medium pressure to achieve a clean edge.
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