Design a Folding Wooden Card in Adobe Illustrator | Laser Cut Ready

In this two-part series, I’ll show you how to create a custom folding wooden card that’s perfect for laser cutting or CNC engraving.

In Part 1, we’ll dive into Adobe Illustrator to design the card layout, add kerfs for flexible wood bending, work with text on a path, image tracing, and scale everything for your final cut.

Whether you’re making a unique gift or adding products to your Etsy shop, this tutorial will help you get your design production-ready.

⏱ Chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:30 Drawing the card
4:20 Kerfs
15:45 Text and Text on a Path tools
21:00 Image trace
24:30 Scaling
25:00 Outro

✅ What You’ll Learn:
Drawing precise card shapes and folds
Creating kerf patterns to allow wood to bend
Using Illustrator’s Text on a Path and Image Trace tools
Preparing a clean, scalable vector file for laser cutting or CNC

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📦 In Part 2, we’ll manufacture the card from plywood and show the final folding results.

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