3D papercraft party top hat

Add a little glamour to your celebrations with this stylish 3D papercraft top hat designed by John Bloodworth, the Gentleman Crafter.

Size

Materials needed

Paper/card (per hat)

• 1 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.
• 1 sheet of 12 x 12” patterned paper. I recommend a midweight paper/card such as 160gsm/65lb card stock. 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) 

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 

• Canvas Workspace 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: 288.44mm wide and 288.181mm high.

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 is 267.36mm wide x 190.725mm high.

Step 4

Assemble as shown in the video.

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