How are Popcards.nl pop-up cards made?

Many people ask us how pop-up cards are made. We have been selling via our website for many years popcards.nl and sometimes also personally at creative markets with our pop-up cards. We enjoy selling at these markets, because then we immediately enjoy the many surprised and smiling faces of the people who discover our cards. "Did you make them yourself?" we hear 100x a day. Our answer is always: "They are first designed on the computer and then cut with a laser." After that, people don't ask about it anymore, they are so amazed at the execution of the cards. We would like to tell you more about the productie of our cards in this blog. Because then you see how much love and attention goes into making our cards. We also like to sell our cards to you, with love and attention. We hope that it will make you happy and that the recipient will also be pleasantly surprised.

"What a surprise! Did you make them yourself?"

It starts with ... An idea for a nice pop-up card.

We often have these ideas ourselves, we talk about them together, we draw something, look up images, and finally send our idea to the map makers in our studio in Vietnam.

... A designer who can think three-dimensionally well.

Our designer has a lot of experience with pop-up cards and makes a three-dimensional test with a special computer drawing program that she knows is that the pop-up version is technically feasible. We can adjust this test and ultimately approve it.

... A programmer who constructs the flat cardboard parts.

From the three-dimensional model, the various flat cardboard shapes to be cut out are programmed with the computer.

... An advanced laser

With the aid of a computer-controlled laser, the flat cardboard parts are cut per color with the utmost precision by means of a delicate laser beam. Fine and detailed cutting is only possible with a laser. A separate sheet of colored cardboard is often used for each shape. Almost no colors are printed.