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Join me for 30 days of mixed media card making! In this video, learn how to make a 3D card that you can make your own. This tutorial teaches you how to make a handmade card that anyone would love to receive using supplies you probably already have.
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Welcome to day 11 of the 30 mixed media
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card challenge. Um, you'll be able to
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find all the other videos in the
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description below and playlist on the
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screen on my channel. You'll find them.
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But today, we're going to make this card
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here. It's something a little bit
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different, but it's just using supplies
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you'll have at home. Don't worry, let's
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get started.
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All I'm using is a square of card. Now,
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mine is 8 in by 8 in, but you can do any
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size you like. All that matters is that
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it's square. And you're going to fold it
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in half. And then make sure that's a
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really good crease. Now, if you've got a
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tool for doing that, great. If you
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haven't, just get yourself a nice
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plastic ruler and rub it along the
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crease. And it'll just give you a really
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good fold. Open it up and then fold it
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the other way. So, you're basically
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splitting it into four equal squares.
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like that.
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And then what we want to do is we want
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to score from the center to one of the
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corners. Now, I'm using a little tool
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with a ball on the end, but it doesn't
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matter what you use, just something to
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score it. The back of your scissors will
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be just fine. And then do the same to
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another square next to it. So, you can
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see how I'm doing that. Just one next to
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the other. And then the straight line
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between those two score marks, you're
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going to cut to the center.
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Just like that. And now when you overlap
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those, it'll form that cube card. And
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what we're going to do is fold along
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those score lines to the back. The
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easiest way is to turn it over and then
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fold the triangle. And again, the trusty
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rulers back. And we're just going to
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make sure those are well and truly
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folded.
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You want it to be easy to fold along
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that line.
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So when we turn it back over,
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we can overlap them and make that cube.
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But before we do that, we're just going
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to stick those two sides together. So
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I'm using double-sided tape. You can use
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glue. It really doesn't matter. There's
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no hard and fix rules, you know. You use
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what you've got available. I quite like
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the double-sided tape. It holds well and
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of course it's super quick. You just do
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it and it's done. I'm putting three
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strips on. Just being over cautious
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probably, but I just want it stuck down
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well. I don't want any surprises. And
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then the difficult bit of actually
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getting the protective paper off before
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I can stick it down.
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Yeah, I hate the protective paper on the
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back of double-sided tape. I like the
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tape. But then fold it over so that they
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overlap perfectly
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and stick it down
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because we want those folds that we made
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to line up perfectly. Something stuck to
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my fingers. And then we can fold it up
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inside the card. So you can see how your
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card will look from the outside and the
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inside. So what we've done now is made
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the structure.
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Let's make it pretty. So, here is where
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you can get really creative, but I'm
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going to show you what I've done that
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you can then embellish. I've just picked
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some squares of paper. You can see I've
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got this little pad, but you can cut
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them from larger squares, obviously.
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And I'm just choosing two that I think
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will go together, and I'm going to put
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them on those squares in the card.
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So, these are going on the back to form
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the backdrop of the card.
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And again, you can stick those on
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however you like. I think I'm going to
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use my glue stick. Um, I can get right
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to the edge, make sure there's no bits
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sticking up, and it should hold
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beautifully.
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So, just cover one with glue, position
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it. Now, what I should say here is you
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can make the squares the same size as
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the card or you can make them smaller.
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You could cut the edges with some
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pinking shears to give a nice edge. Get
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creative. You could stick three or four
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squares on of different sizes. They're
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your backgrounds. You create them how
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you want. Just make sure you do stick
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them on the back,
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not on the bottom piece, which is of
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course double thickness. So, you can see
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how that's working. And now we're going
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to do a piece for the bottom. I think
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I'm going to choose a lighter, less busy
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piece. And we're going to stick it down.
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This time we're only sticking to half of
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the base.
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So, be careful. I'm going to put the
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glue onto the actual card to make sure I
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only stick half of it down.
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And then I'll show you why. Cuz when you
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close it, it's going to fold like that.
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And you want it to flick up like that.
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And it can only do that if you've only
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stuck half of it down. And then time for
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some decoration. Now, I might use these
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two circles. I might only use one of
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them. We'll see. But I'm just going to
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put a smaller circle on. And I'm going
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to use foam pads to do it. Now, here the
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sky's is the limit. If you've got some
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great little cardboard cutouts that you
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use for cards, they're perfect for
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putting in here. So, whatever your
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theme, you're just going to stick
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something that pops up. And as you can
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see, I'm just building mine just from
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paper, so I didn't have to have any
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fancy embellishments. Now make a little
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tab. And again, mine's 3 in by one and a
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half inches, but that's purely because
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that's what fits in my card beautifully.
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Fold it in half. And then you're going
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to stick half of it to your
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embellishment and half of it to the
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base. And this is going to give you that
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popup element.
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So just get plenty of glue on and glue
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it to whatever you're going to put
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there.
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and then position it where you want.
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Now, a word of caution, just make sure
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you position it so that it does fit when
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you fold the card closed. So, just have
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a little bit of a play around and make
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sure you've got it positioned so that it
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works when it's open and when it's
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closed. You see, I'm just having a
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little look and being careful. You want
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it to look good, but you also want it to
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function.
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And then it should,
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she says,
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fit nicely when you try and close the
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card.
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So you can see how that looks.
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And then you can close it
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just like that. Now, when you want that
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card open, you can have a little bit of
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um what's the word I'm looking for?
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Velcro to hold it down. I haven't, but
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you can do or even a little bit of
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blu-tack. Now, I've just chosen another
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piece of paper to stick on the front.
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And again, I'm just doing it with a glue
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stick. And this is just to make the
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front of the card and whatever greeting
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you might want.
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But it'll look really pretty when
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somebody opens it before they get the
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surprise of the 3D.
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Again, you can embellish however you
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like. Get really creative. Once you've
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got the structure of this card, you can
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make whatever you want. And I'm going to
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use one of my greetings that you can get
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free from my website. Just click the
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link in the description or on the
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screen. And there's a whole load of
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these greetings. I'm sticking it on with
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these foam pads just to make it a little
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bit 3D. If you're enjoying this video,
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could you give it a thumbs up, please,
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so it spread shreds? No, spreads to more
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people and then everyone will be making
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these 3D cards. So, I'm going to keep
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mine nice and simple. I'm just putting a
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simple greeting on the front, but you
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could do whatever you like. In my
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opinion, the best thing about this
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series of cards is that they are all
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individual and you can make them for any
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occasion you want. Even though I've done
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one thing, you can adapt it. So, you can
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see how easy they are to fold up and how
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cute they are when they're open. So,
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good luck with your card.
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