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This project uses a singlesheet 90° Unequal Pop-Up with a 3-inch rubber stamp. (Rubber stamps are a great way to add personality or a theme to the pop-ups!) Use this technique to create pop-ups of any size — stamped or otherwise.
Materials
-Pencil
-Eraser
-Ruler
-Creasing tool
-X-Acto knife
-Rubber stamp or sticker that
measures about 3-inches square
-4"× 9" piece of pop-up paper (for this example)
-4" × 9" piece of backer card
(for this example)
-Adhesive
Backer Card Size
To determine the size of the
backer card:
1. Measure the rubber stamp or
sticker to be used for the pop-up
artwork; then decide how far out
the pop-up will extend from the
background. Add these measurements
together to determine how
far up the pop-up will go when the
card is closed. For the frog stamp shown, the backer card needs to be
at least 8˝ long, so when it is folded
in half it will cover the pop-up.
Assembly
1. On the back of the 4˝ × 9˝ pop-up paper, measure halfway up from the short bottom edge and pencil a dot on each long edge. Lightly pencil a line from dot to dot across the width of the paper to create the centerline.
Decide whether you want the artwork
image centered or not and leave at least 1⁄4˝ of space between the
edge of the backer card and the pop-up
or between 2 pop-ups on the same card.
For this example, the image is centered
on the backer card 5⁄8˝ from each edge.
2. Measure 5⁄8˝ in from each long
edge on the drawn centerline and
pencil a dot.
3. Measure 1˝ down from the left centerline dot and pencil another dot. Repeat with the right centerline dot. Lightly pencil a line between the dots to create the pop-up’s bottom line.
4. Draw a light line from the bottom line to the dots on the centerline.
The bottom horizontal line is the bottom lines for the artwork image, and the 2 vertical lines become the sidelines for the image. The image will be placed in this box.
5. Align the bottom edge of the rubber stamp or sticker on the bottom drawn line and align the sides of the stamp or sticker with the drawn sidelines. Stamp the image and color as desired, or apply the sticker.
If the image you are working with does not have a straight line at the top, lightly pencil a line at least 1⁄4˝ wide. This line becomes a fold line for the pop-up. Measure up from this line the same distance that you measured down from the centerline for the pop-up’s bottom line and pencil a dot on each side. In this example, the distance is 1˝. Draw another horizontal line to connect these dots to create the top line of the pop-up.
7. Measure 1˝ up from each end of
the drawn line and pencil a dot.
Draw another line to connect the
dots to create the pop-up’s top line.
9. Draw the backer card centerline
to meet up to the pop-up sidelines.
Score the drawn horizontal lines
with a creasing tool. Erase all the
pencil lines.
Excerpted with permission from Pop-Up Structures: The Beginner's Guide to Creating 3-D Elements for Books, Cards & More by Heidi Pridemore, published by C&T Publishing.
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