Wow! A Wiper Card!

How To Make a Wiper Card to Wow Your Friends

This card kicks up a Double Z-Fold card another notch. When stretching the card to make it open, it also activates a mechanism where an arm, like a windshield wiper, pops up an image or sentiment! Pretty cool, right? So let’s see how it’s done.

Start with two pieces of Misty Moonlight card stock cut at 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ and 2 1/4″ x 8 1/2″. Both get scored at 1 1/2″ and 3″.

This is how the pieces will eventually fit together.

Let’s Put It All Together!

Add your Designer Series Paper (DSP) of choice to each panel, measuring 1/4″ smaller on each side to leave a small margin in each. Add any other images, being sure they will not interfere with the wiper. Cut a piece of card stock to 1 3/8″ x 2 1/8″. You will want it to match your card base color so that it is less visible. In the photos below, I am showing this with a white piece just so that it is easier to see.

Fold up the bottom right corner to create a triangle, then crease firmly. Flip the 2 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ band over and line up the small folded piece to the back. Align (don’t glue yet!) the right side, when unfolded, just to the left of the first score line on the right, then fold up the triangle as seen below. This triangle is where you will attach glue dots and fold it back down to adhere to your card stock.

Now, fold down the longer part of that small folded piece so that it is now vertical, but doesn’t extend beyond the bottom edge of the band. If it does, then trim it now. Next, cut a strip of window sheet acetate, about 1/2″ x 2″.

Attach one end horizontally to the small folded piece with glue dots, as seen here.

Put glue dots on the other end of the window sheet and attach your wiper image, face up.

Using Stampin’ Seal, attach the band onto your card base as seen here, and finish decorating your card front.

Here is how the card looks both open and closed.

Watch my video tutorial to see exactly how this all comes together, as it can seem a bit tricky at first. Try your own wiper card and let me know how you make out! Share your projects with me here or on my Facebook page. I’d love to see them!

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