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Popping the Question! by Julee McGuffee
My children and I spent many enjoyable hours reading pop up storybooks. They always seemed to have a magical quality, which made them so much fun. Pop up scrapbook pages have that same magic and are so easy to make and protect.
Materials Needed
  Xyron 900 or 510 Machine
  Xyron 150 Create A Sticker Machine
  Acid Free Laminate/Adhesive Cartridge
  Acid Free Permanent Adhesive Cartridge
  Fiskars Paper Trimmer and Scoring Blade
  Vellum paper
  Fiskars Paper Trimmer
  Two pieces of cardstock for background pages
 
These instructions will focus on making a pop-up page and protecting the pop-up part rather than giving explicit instructions for the page shown.
Instructions
  1. Assemble photographs, die cuts, etc to be used for the pop-up part of your page. Apply adhesive to these pieces.
  2. Replace the adhesive cartridge with the laminate/adhesive cartridge. Arrange, then position the pop-up on the vellum paper. Run the assembled pop up through machine to apply laminate to the top and adhesive on the underside. Remove the waxy backing paper then apply to a complimentary color of cardstock. Trim around (silhouette) the pop up pieces. Set aside.
  3. To make the pop up base, cut a strip of paper about 8.5” long and 2” wide. Replace the cutting blade with a scoring blade in the paper trimmer then score a line lengthways down the center of the strip. Fold the strip in half with the short ends together. Starting 1/2” down from the fold cut a triangle starting from the outside edges to the center of the fold at the top.
  4. Replace the cartridge in your Xyron machine with the adhesive cartridge. Fold the strip in half lengthways then run through the machine to apply adhesive to one side of the fold. Trim the backing sheet, but do not remove at this time. Run the folded paper through the machine again to apply adhesive to the opposite side of the folded strip. Set aside.
  5. To join your two background sheets together, cut a 2” wide strip from the same color of cardstock the same length as the height of your paper. Score a line down the center of the strip. Apply adhesive to the strip then use this strip to join the two background sheets together. NOTE: It is necessary to leave a tiny space between the two sheets so that they will fold together if the joining strip is on the back. It is not necessary to do this if the joining strip will be on the front.
  6. Remove the backing from one side of the folded pop up base. With the short fold at the center of the two background papers about 3” – 4” from the top, attach the folded pop up across the center with the ends toward the top of the at each side forming a “V” shape. Place so that the adhesive on the top part of the fold is facing toward the bottom of the page. Remove the backing from the top half of the pop up base, then attach the laminated pop up.
    TIP: The height of the pop up cannot exceed the distance from the pop up base, at the center of the page to the bottom of the page.
Sponsor: Xyron, Inc.



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