Yesterday I said I would post a template for the 3D Visions of Santas card once I figured out how. This is my first attempt at creating a template. I hope you find it useful.

Looking at this template, all the vertical lines are to be scored and all the horizontal lines are to be cut.

Begin with an 8-1/2″ x 11″ sheet of card stock for the card base. 

Along the long side, score all the way down the paper at 3-3/4″, 5-5/8″, 7-3/8″, and 9-1/8″.

Turn the paper counterclockwise to the short side and cut only from the 2nd score line to the 4th score line at 1/2″, 2″, 2-1/2″, 4″, 4-1/2″, 6″, 6-1/2″, and 8″.

Fold on the vertical score lines. The one score line that is cut through should be folded with the 1/2″ pieces pointed up (mountain folds) and the 1-1/2″ pieces pointed down (valley folds.)

Now you’re ready to begin decorating your card. If you want to cover each panel with DSP as I did on yesterday’s card, you’ll need these pieces, which will have a 1/8″ border around each, once adhered to card:

3-1/2″ x 8-1/4″ one piece for the card front

3-1/2″ x 8-1/4″ one piece for the largest inside panel

1-5/8″ x 8-1/4″ two pieces for the two long slender inside panels

1-1/2″ x 1-1/4″ eight pieces for the 8 small panels

1-1/2″ x 1/4″ ten pieces for the 1/2″ panels (if you choose to cover those, which I didn’t)

If you’d like to decorate the back side, just cut twice as many of all the pieces except the 3-1/2″ x 8-1/4″ (largest) ones, since you’re already covering both sides of that panel.

Tip: if you want to cover all the inner panels with the same paper, start with one sheet that is 8-1/4″ x 9-3/4″ and cut all the pieces like so: