Michael Jacobs - Cards that Pop Up, Flip & Slide

cards that
pop up; flip & slide

MICHAEL JACOBS

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about the author

michael jacobs is Art Director of The Creative Zone and a full-time artist and instructor who has worked in mixed media and sculpture for over twenty-five years. For eight of those years, he operated a design studio specializing in paper engineering, props and signage.

In 1990, Michael designed and fabricated the world's largest photo album (including 7,500 photos and weighing 228 pounds!) for the Kodak Goodwill Games. He has been creating sculptural books ever since. His artist books, wood and leather objects are displayed in private collections across America, and he teaches papercrafting, book arts and mixed-media sculpture workshops throughout the United States and Canada.

In addition, Michael's work has been published in many books and periodicals, as well as exhibited at the Art Directors Club in New York and in numerous galleries. Michael and Judy Jacobs are co-authors of Creative Correspondence, a how-to papercrafting book published by North Light Books. Find out more at their Web site: www.thecreativezone.com.

Cards that Pop Up, Flip & Slide. Copyright 2005 by Michael Jacobs. Manufactured in China. All rights reserved. The patterns and drawings in this book are for the personal use of the reader. By permission of the author and publisher, they may be either hand-traced or photocopied to make single copies, but under no circumstances may they be resold or republished. It is permissible for the purchaser to make the projects contained herein and sell them at fairs, bazaars and craft shows. No other part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote a brief passage in review. Published by North Light Books, an imprint of F+W Publications, Inc., 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236. (800) 2890963. First edition.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Division

Jacobs, Michael
Cards that pop up, flip & slide / Michael Jacobs.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-58180-596-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Greeting cards. I. Title

TT872.J33 2005
741.684--dc22

2004053154

Editor: Krista Hamilton
Designer: Stephanie Strang
Layout Artist: Jessica Schultz
Production Coordinator: Kristen Heller
Photographers: Tim Grondin, Christine Polomsky and Greg
Grosse Photography, Inc. (photos Greg Grosse)

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DEDICATION

To my mom, Lucile (with one L) Jacobs,

who has always been a creative and supportive influence.

To my sister, Mariann (19542003),

who loved her secret garden and quiltmaking, and had
a special flair for color, home decor and storytelling.

special thanks

When I develop a new workshop, I design the projects and handouts, and (I hope) control the ebb and flow of the class. How-to books are a collaborative effort. As the author of this book, I had to relinquish control to several people, and this doesn't come easy for me. Nevertheless I thoroughly enjoyed working with these professionals at North Light Books and found it an exciting learning experience. I want to thank them big-time for the care and expertise they brought to this project:

Krista Hamilton, editor, for her superb job of handling the text and organization.

Christine Polomsky, photographer, whose step-by-step pictures are composed and exposed so clearly.

Stephanie Strang, designer extraordinaire, for her amazing ability to make so much stuff look so visually appealing and yet different from her previous books.

Thank you, Teri Martin and Creative Imaginations, for providing the beautiful scrapbook papers and stickers used for many of the cards and envelopes in this book.

Thank you, Barbara Richards, artist and friend, for turning my handwritten quotes into computer-generated text blocks used on cards throughout this book.

Thank you, students, friends and family for your continued support and encouragement over many years. Words cannot do justice to how much this means to me.

And finally, thank you, Judy, whose love and support have been unwavering and freely given for eighteen years, and whose many talents never cease to amaze me.

table of contents

introduction

My goal with this book is to show you step-by-step how to make a wide variety of action cards. As you learn the skills and techniques needed to construct the simple cards at the beginning of the book, you will automatically gain confidence for the cards that follow, which are nothing more than simple cards with multiple parts.

Pop-ups are the most common type of action cards. My lifelong fascination with pop-ups began as a child, when my mother brought home my first of many pop-up books. I was mesmerized by the varied mechanisms and spent countless hours pouring over them from all angles, trying to figure out how these magical structures worked.

When I was about eight years old, I asked my mom to save candy, soap, perfume and gift boxes for me. I placed the boxes around my bedroom in groupings that resembled miniature cities. My young mind was intrigued by the reality that flat sheets of paper and cardboard could become sturdy, beautiful, three-dimensional boxes. How was it done? I didn't have a clue.