Vintage 3D post box

Receive cards in style with this fully functional British-style post box papercraft project. 

Perfect for Valentine’s, weddings, birthdays, baby showers and any event or time of the year when cards are exchanged. Change the colour of the red card to match the theme or colour palette of your event. 

Best of all, the lid comes off for safe removal of the cards – meaning you can re-use it on multiple different occasions. 

Size 
Post box measures approximately 250mm wide by 500mm high. You can post cards with a maximum width of 125 x 175mm through the open slot. 

Materials needed

Paper/card  

• 10 sheets of 12 x 12” red colour-core cardstock. I recommend a minimum 180gsm/65lb colour-core cardstock. Using thicker card may make the project difficult or impossible to assemble effectively and using thinner might make it less structurally sound. 
• 6 sheets of 12 x 12” black colour-core cardstock. I recommend a minimum 180gsm/65lb colour-core cardstock. Using thicker card may make the project difficult or impossible to assemble effectively and using thinner might make it less structurally sound. 

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 

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 

Download cutting files here

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

Step 3

Step 4

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 3. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from red 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut size is 232.13mm wide x 280.49mm high. 

Step 5

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 4. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from red 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut size is 275.56mm wide x 280.49mm high. 

Step 6

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 5. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from red 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut size is 232.13mm wide x 280.49mm high. 

Step 7

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 6. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from red 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut size is 248.32mm wide x 248.32mm high. 

Step 8

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 7. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from red 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut size is 280.42mm wide x 276.42mm high. 

Step 9

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 8. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut four from black 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut size is 267.79mm wide x 193.8mm high. 

Step 10

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 9. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from black 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut size is 275.61mm wide x 275.61mm high. 

Step 11

Hide and lock all layers except the one titled 10. Transfer this to your machine using the File>Export/Transfer FCM File menu option. Cut once from black 12 x 12” cardstock. Cut size is 248.32mm wide x 248.32mm high. 

Step 12

Assemble as shown in the video.
 

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