Window Flip Card Tutorial
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Feb 21, 2025
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hi everyone anat kler here with a new
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video tutorial and today I'm going to
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show you how to make a window flip card
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which is really cool you have a link to
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all the measurements and the written
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instructions in the description under
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the video you can go ahead and download
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it there so we're going to start with
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piece a and we're going to score it at 2
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and 3/4 this is going to create our top
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flap
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for the the
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card you need to use it's very important
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you need to use a thick card stock
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otherwise your mechanism will not
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work so a thick card
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stock not just a regular one next we're
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going to create a window to cut out a
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window on the bottom of the card so
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we're going to measure half an inch from
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the bottom and then draw a line with a
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pencil just draw it very softly so you
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can later so it's not going to be
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too uh hard to erase and then we're
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going to measure 3/4 of an inch from
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each side so from the left 3/4 of an
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inch and then from the right 3/4 of an
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inch and then and then we're going to
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draw lines as
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well so you can measure two points to
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create um a straight line parallel to
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the edge I'm just eyeballing it so we're
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going to measure from the bottom line
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that we drew 2 in to create the top line
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also we're going to draw that line so
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now you see we have a
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rectangle drawn in the on the bottom of
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the card which we're going to cut out
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always use I think it's the
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most convenient and accurate to use a
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ruler and a craft knife you can do this
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with a trimmer if you feel more
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comfortable with that but I think this
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way is more accurate again it's
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completely up to you
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so we're going to take out that
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rectangle
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completely to create a window this is
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where we're going to build the flap that
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is going to
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turn inside the window so this is step
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one going to
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fold the
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flap this is going to be sort of the
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handle that we're going to
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pull to flip the window step to is to
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take piece
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B we're going to score piece
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B at half an
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inch then we're going to fold it
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whenever you fold something
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use a bone folder or your fingers or
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something to really burnish it and then
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we're going to
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measure from the top 3 in
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to create again we need to draw a
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line at 3 in from the
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top and then we're going to measure half
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an inch from
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each Edge on the bottom because we're
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going to cut out two
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legs this is going to be the cover
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and the thing that will
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pull the flip
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window so we're going to cut along the
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vertical lines that we
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measured and then we're going
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to cut that 3
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in from the top line and have this so
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this is step two this is piece number
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this is piece B
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sorry and this is going to be attached
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to the card like
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this
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okay so the legs are going to be between
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the window they're going to Center
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that we're going to apply
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glue on that half an inch
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flap and we're going
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to lay it
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flat up against the score line and then
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close that top flap to
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secure make sure that the legs don't
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block the window they need to be on both
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sides of the window so now when you open
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and close the flap that piece b gets
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pulled up and
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down next we're going to create our flip
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window we're going to take piece
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C and
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measure half an inch from the
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top and then
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draw a line with the
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pencil so I just I'm drawing two short
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lines instead of one long lines because
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we're just going to create little
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tabs on the side and then we're going to
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measure half an inch from the edges as
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well again you have all the measurements
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in The Cutting guide then draw a line to
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meet draw a vertical line to meet the
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horizontal
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line and then we're going to measure
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again half an inch from that horizontal
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line and then we're going to draw a
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line a horizontal and a vertical line as
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on the other side and then we're going
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to cut that
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out to create little tabs on the side
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they're half an inch tabs
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so it's going to make sense in just a
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minute I hope you can see that so then
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take your ruler and craft knife again
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this is the best
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way and cut
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out all the corners the Four Corners to
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create your tabs according to the lines
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that you have
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drawn the tab is not in the
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center so you measure half an inch from
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the top but the
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distance to the bottom is not half an
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inch so if you're worried about that you
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did something right it's not supposed to
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be in the center
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so I'm going to cut that out and then
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I'm going to show you how that
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looks let's cut the other
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side this is what's going to flip inside
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the window we're going to see one side
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and then we're going to see the other
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side when we open the top flap of the
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card just making sure cut according to
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the lines so this is what you should
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have you see this is the these are the
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tabs and they are half an inch from the
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top but not half an inch from the bottom
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then you need to cut your
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four little
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tabs and fold them in half
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so this is piece
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D the little tabs fold them in half
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burnish the fold because this is what's
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going to make everything
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flip and like I said in the beginning
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you need to use a thick card stock
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otherwise it will not be able to move
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the
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flip if it's not heavy enough enough to
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carry the weight and to create the
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movement okay so now we're going to
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attach two tabs to our mechanism to
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piece
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C we're going to attach them while the
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fold faes
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us and we're going to attach them apply
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glue only on one side and attach them to
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those little tabs on the side while the
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fold faces us okay
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so we have those on both sides now we're
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going to take the
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mechanism or the flip
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and this is how it looks so we're going
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to take
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it and flip it like
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that and then do the exact same thing
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apply glue on one side of
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the tab and attach it while the
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fold is facing us and you need to
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align the tabs completely with the tab
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the the little tabs on the side so
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everything needs to be really
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straight otherwise the flip will not
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happen so make sure you align it with
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the
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edges so this is what we have
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now this is how it looks we have little
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folded tabs on both sides of the tabs
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here and now we need to attach it to our
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card so you open the card lay
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flat and then apply
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glue to the
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tabs and attach
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them like this to the legs on the side
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while
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aligning the flip in the center of the
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window and don't try to move anything
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before it's completely
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dry so I'm going
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to wait until everything is dry now
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we're going to take the last piece
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and we're going to cut out a
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window this is piece e and we're going
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to cut the window exactly the same as
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piece a half an inch from the bottom and
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3/4 from each side now I'm going to take
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very narrow pieces of foam tape and
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attach them to the top
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of piece e this is going to cover
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everything and we're just going to
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attach it with this very very narrow
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about 1/8 of an inch foam tape strips
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that needs to be
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attached on the edges the right and left
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edges on the top of piece e because
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they're going to need to fit here on the
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side so apply glue on the little folding
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tabs remove the backing
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from the foam
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tape which is sometimes really
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annoying and then we're going to attach
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piece e which covers
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everything while the card is flat laying
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open flat going to attach piece e
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aligning it with the bottom of the card
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like this so this is what covers the
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entire
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mechanism making sure it is
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straight okay so now our card is
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basically ready it will take a few times
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to open and
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close the card to teach the mechanism
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where it needs to go so you see in the
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first time you just need to do it very
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gently fold it make sure that the folds
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are
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really
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burnished this is how it looks from the
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side you see how it folds on itself like
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this when you open and
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close the top flap and then it twists
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like this see so you need to work it a
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few times to make sure that
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it works
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properly then you can go ahead and
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attach all the cover papers and again
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you have all the
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measurements in The Cutting guide for
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all the cover papers of this really
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really cool
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card so you need to work it a few times
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like I
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said and then you if it doesn't work it
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means that you didn't use a thick enough
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card stock and and it does not work
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because the card stock is too weak to
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flip the
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window so we need to create the perfect
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window to
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cover the card and the tip you have the
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measurements in The Cutting guide but if
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free videos so we attach our cover
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papers to the top
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flap and to the window as well and then
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since each of the times that you turn it
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you're going to see a different side of
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the
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flap it's really fun to write something
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on
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it depends depending on what you want
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the card to say who you want to give it
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to it's up to you what you want to
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write or you can add letter stickers
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instead or you can
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print something cut it out and attach it
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I'm just
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using handwriting so all I want to say
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is and then on the other side I'm just
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going to
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I wrote I started writing on the wrong
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side
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of
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the window there the flip so I'm just
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covering it with another piece of paper
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cuz this is the side
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when the other side anyway make sure
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that you don't get
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confused so all I want to say is I love
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you and then when you open the card you
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can
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see how that is revealed so again after
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you add the cover papers you need
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to work it a few times and make sure
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that it works
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properly thank you very much for joining
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