Laser Cut
a Paper Christmas Card

Step by step guide

Surprise your family and friends with your personal Christmas card cut with the laser. All you need for this is paper in two colors.

Preparation

Required material

Paper approx. 200 g fir-tree green
Paper approx. 200 g white
Paper glue

Trotec laser used

Speedy 300
60 watts
1.5 inch lens

Step by Step

laser cut paper card christmas — Christmas card made in a flash

Step 1:

We have used the following laser parameters:

Grid engraving - power: 15 %, speed: 70 %,
resolution: 500 ppi
Vector marking – scoring: power:10 %, speed: 8 %,
resolution: 1000 Hz
Vector cut – cutting through: power: 15 %, speed: 2 %,
resolution: 1000 Hz

Step 2:

Once you have cut both paper sorts to size, first fold the green paper along its center folding line so that the engraving is on the inside. After that, open it again and fold it along the other folding lines (marked red in the file). You will thus obtain a three-dimensional object.

christmas card laser cutting — Finishing the Christmas card after cutting

Step 3:

Next, apply glue thinly to the back side of the green paper and glue it to the white paper. Leave the card folded open until the glue has dried completely.