3D teacup and saucer set

Surprise your friends and family with this papercraft 3D teacup and saucer set, perfect to hold an Easter treat!

You can use any cardstock you like, so why not reuse this design for birthdays, Halloween, Christmas, Eid, or any other celebration. You could even use this as a place setting-cum-wedding favour holder!

Size

The cup measures approximately 85mm wide (excluding handle) by 80mm tall.
  

Materials needed

Paper or card (per cup and saucer set)

• One sheet of 12 x 12” cardstock. I recommend a smooth colour-core cardstock between 180gsm/65lb and 210gsm/80lb. Using thicker card may make the project difficult or impossible to assemble effectively. 
• One sheet of 12 x 12” patterned paper. I recommend a midweight paper/card such as 160gsm/65lb cardstock. As alternatives, you can use metallic or glitter cardstock. 

You will also need

• Bookbinding glue or low tack/quick grab glue 
• For scoring the fold lines, I recommend a fine tipped stylus and a metal ruler 
• Assorted embellishments (optional)

Please note: the instructions below are for the basic 3D teacup and saucer set. You can freely embellish to your liking by adding elements such as text, 3D decals, cut outs, foiling etc. The ScanNCut has a wide range of built-in designs, fonts and applications for this purpose. Additionally, you can find thousands of extra cutting files on the Brother Artspira design app. Have fun! 

Equipment needed

ScanNCut - hardware

• Brother ScanNCut – any CM Model 
• Standard mat [CAMATSTD12] 
• Standard blade [CABLDP1] and blade holder [CAHLP1]

OR

• Brother ScanNCut – any SDX model 
• Standard mat [CADXMATSTD12]
• Standard auto-blade [CADXBLD1] and holder [CADXHLD1]

ScanNCut - software 

• CanvasWorkspace for PC or Mac 

How to

Step 1

Download the CanvasWorkspace project file. Open it in CanvasWorkspace (the desktop version). Open the layers tab on the right.

Step 2

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 1. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from 12 x 12” cardstock.  

Cut size: 253.3mm (w) x 261.5mm (h). 

Step 3

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 2. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from 12 x 12” patterned paper.  

Cut size: 252.8mm (w) x 144.4mm (h). 

Step 4

Assemble as shown in the video.

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