Center Box Card Father's Day Tools

I really like the design of this card and thought it would be cute for Birthday, Thinking of you etc. with different sayings on the back. Anyhow, I cut out five of them only to discover that no matter what I did, I could not get them to lay flat for mailings as the center section would bow out. After fiddling around with it I came up with a solution. Instead of gluing the T shape straight across the front piece I trimmed them down, scored them and glued them to the inside of the U shaped main piece. This made a U shape of the flat T piece. Then I glued the inside pegged board piece on top of it on the U shaped so it gives the same appearance. This way the card will lay flat. I also found that the back piece with the ledge on it, is too long for the top "bench" (the piece with the level on it) to be level. Trim off the top so the bench top is level when resting on the ledge. Overall, it is a cute design but I could not get the mechanics to lay flat. The designer indicated it would but did not show it as doing so.

I really enjoyed making this card. It was fairly easy to put together. The tools alone are worth the download.