Here I’ll demonstrate how to make kinetic card blanks with just the basic supplies you have in your stash. The styles of are all easy to make, so don’t be put off if some look a little daunting, just give them a go!

It’s always a good idea to practise first on scrap card or paper – draw a template for the swing card, shutter card and even the pop-up card and note the measurements so you can keep it for future reference.

The pop-up card is simple to make and once you know how to create the card blank you can add different-sized rectangles, allowing you to place multiple elements at different distances. The Apple Blossom die set is great for creating spinner and slider cards whereas the Shutter and Swing card blanks need accurate measurements and careful cutting and scoring.

Add your own toppers, images or embellishments to adapt your cards for any occasion. Kinetic cards are easy and fun to make, and add an extra element to your card designs.

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Cut a 30x15cm piece of white cardstock. Mark with a pencil at 5cm, 10cm, 20cm and 25cm on the long edges; and 5cm and 10cm on the short edges

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Join the marks with faint pencil lines and use the template shown above as a guide for where to cut and where to score. Fold and burnish the score lines to create the shutter card blank

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Cut two 9.5x4.5cm pieces of white cardstock. Emboss using the Daisy and Swirl folder and highlight the raised pattern using Rusty Hinge ink. Attach to the top and bottom centre panels as shown

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Cut two 4.5x14.5cm pieces of white cardstock, ink the edges using Rusty Hinge ink and attach to the end panels as shown

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Lay the card blank flat and use Rocket Red Gold ink to stamp the sentiment in the centre panel

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Stamping Die-cutting Z-fold cards Slider cards Kinetic cards papercraft how-to