Basic tutorial on three-dimensional cards [5] Pasting the frame

Basic tutorial on three-dimensional cards [5] Pasting the frame

From the previous tutorial, we saw the possibility of adding a separate frame to a card. For details, please refer to: Basic Tutorial on Three-dimensional Cards [4] Independent Frame. The next thing to see is how to do it!

Paste directly

If your three-dimensional card has been created and can be fully folded, you can start adding independent frame elements. You can glue one or both sides of the freestanding frame directly onto your 3D card. In order to ensure that your card can be opened or closed normally, at least the independent frame must have a parallel surface that is glued to one surface of the three-dimensional card. In the previous picnic pop-up card, the basket was glued to both sides of the pop-up card.

Let’s take a look at the wonderful works of other three-dimensional card makers. I believe it will inspire you more.

Crib

Haunted House

Haunted House 2

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Wing

Oftentimes, individual elements in complex three-dimensional cards will use the card itself as two of its many faces. At this time, some other methods are needed to fix independent elements.

Construction using wings and slots

Sometimes you have to take the wing structure into consideration when designing three-dimensional cards. Depending on the card you're designing, the wings must be long and wide enough so that the individual elements you add within them expand when you expand the card. Sometimes the wings are to be hidden, and sometimes they can be used directly as decoration in the card.

Lets do a small experiment to illustrate the problem. Print out the structural drawings designed below or draw them by hand. Cut well. Fold from the middle according to the location of the dotted line. Then attach the two little wings to the shaded areas of the card.