Card base
Card base of the pop up card is made from a rectangular card stock of 6 in X 8 in.
Score at 4 in. mark along the long side of the card stock making the folded size of the
card 6 in X 4 in.
Flower pot construction
Get a card stock of your preferred colour for the pot. Measure a rectangular piece of 2 in X 8 1/4 in.
Score and card into parts as shown in below.
Along the lengthways of the card, score at 2 inches, 4 inches, 6 inches and 8 inches leaving a 1/4 inch at the end of the card.
Along the short side of the card, score at 1/2 inch throughout the entire length of the card strip (refer to photo above).
Mark off at 1/4 inch from the left of the card stock, and in every score line mark off 1/4 in on each side of the score line. Draw diagonal lines connecting the centre mark from the 1/2 inch point on every score line made at 2 inches with each 1/4 inch mark on both sides of the scoreline.
Cut the right diagonals as shown above and score the left diagonals as also shown above.
Join the diagonal of the pots but leave the end bits off. Make the cut on the top part of the pot after you have joined the corresponding diagonal.
Closing the pot will,be done with the lattice work.
At this point, you may cover up each panel with a designer paper or you may leave it as it is.
Latticework inside the pot (I'm using 4 different colours to show how the strips interlace).
You will need four strips of card stock measuring 3/4 ini X 2 1/2 in. Mark off 1/4 in on both sides from the centre mark and cut on this marks up to halfway of the strip depth (see photo).
Put together the strips to form the lattice. (See photo below).
You can have the cut underneath or on top.
Flatten the lattice as shown, then make a diagonal mark on the top four end making the narrow end as 1/4 inch from the end of the strips. Fold this Mark by freehand to make this attachment bendable.
Put double sided tape on each end of the lattice strip.
Draw a horizontal line on the top part of the inside of the pot. This will guide you on how to position your lattice strips. (As shown in the photo).
This is how your lattice and pot should look.
Draw diagonal lines on the remaking strips facing up. Attach double sided tape and work with the right side of the pot first. This is the side of the pot that has the diagonal flap.
This time close the pot, making sure that the left edge of the pot is lined up nicely with the right edge.
Open the pot and if the lattice strips had been positioned nicely, you should be able to flatten the pot on all of the four directional ways.
If not, just have the best flatten part positioned on the card base centre score mark for the assembly part.
Assembling the pop up mechanism
Position the pot with the two opposite joints lined up with the centre score mark of the card base.
Draw an outline on where the pot is sitting in the card.
Draw a small square along the two parallel lines, approximately 1/4 in X 1/4 in. Any bigger will cut through the score line, make sure you don't cut the score line as you won't be able to cover the hole on the front part of your card.
Cut the 3 sides of the square leaving the line on the pot outline intack.
Put glue on the outside face of the tab and position back in place the pot. Leave it to adhere before attempting to fold the card.
Your pot should now be well positioned in your car.
The front of the card will have the two holes showing, use a designer paper or anything you decide to cover it.
At this point you can have the pot adorned with flowers.
This is how I covered holes in my showcased card.
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