Cup Card
by Vickie Maduzia
Add a three dimensional cup to your card front.
Supplies
- Small cup
- Cardstock quarter sheet for template
- Vellum cardstock, quarter sheet
- Sponge
- Water-based inkpads in fruity colors
- Paper cutter with scoring blade
- Sticky Strip™ or other double-sided, extra-tacky tape
- Micro beads
- Mini glue dots
- Straw and umbrella, optional
Step-by-Step
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Step 1
Make a re-usable template by tracing a small cup onto cardstock. Use a paper cutter for straight edges.
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Step 2
Trace template onto vellum cardstock, and then cut shape.
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Step 3
Sponge ink onto cup shape.
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Step 4
Lay cup shape on paper cutter, and score 1/8" from the edge.
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Step 5
Repeat on opposite side.
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Step 6
Cut off the top pointy corners.
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Step 7
Apply Sticky Strip™ to top edge of cup.
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Step 8
Dredge in micro beads.
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Step 9
Apply several mini glue dots along each folded edge of your cup, making sure they don't overlap the edge.
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Step 10
Adhere left side of cup to the background you've created for your card. Bend the cup slightly before adhering the right side to the card.
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Step 11 (Optional)
Try using glue dots to add a drink umbrella and straw to the cup. Cut the umbrella in half first.
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Step 12
Finished card.
Questions and Comments
We'd love to get your feedback or questions. Leave your comment below.
I have to ask the mail question too. I hope you haven't posted an answer that I missed, I hate to be a pill. I just wondered if it fits into a regular envelope.
Have a great day and thank you!!
Cheers!
Lynn
Mine cost 76 cents to mail, at PO. I keep all the containers my folders and dies come in, great to recycle for mailers or gift boxes. Thank you for sharing your great talents.
1) The sand I used, is just a 1:1 mixture of dazzling diamonds and play sand from my kids' sandbox. To adhere it to the bottom of the card, I put a thin smear of tombow multi glue that I smeared on with a scrap of cardstock. Then shake on the sandy/glitter mix
2) Microbeads are teeny tiny clear glass beads, the same kind you would use to put on a beaded pen you know? You could just as easily use dazz diamonds glitter for the Rim of the glass.
3) To mail thick cards such as these, I use a shallow lidded-box that I get from container store. They are square 6x6 and about 1/2" deep. They have a separate lid so you can put the card inside facing up, then put a pretty ribbon around it to hold the box and lid together before you put it into an envelope mailer.
Hope that helps, if any questions you can message me, user name vmaduzia. God bless you and I hope you had fun with the cup card
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