For my upcoming Combat Patrol League, I made a little flyer to put in the store:

2015 Winter Combat Patrol flyer.

Sadly I did not draw the Firewarrior, he’s by Darcad. But I did make sweet little stand-up cards to put on the gaming tables.

Step 1: I spray glued each print-out to some 12pt card I have laying around. This is much heavier than cardstock, the same as a good quality postcard.

Flyer spray glued to some heavy card.

Step 2: Using a couple simple scores and a cut, I made a folding base:

Three scores and a cut to the card.

Step 3: The base curls up, to provide a bottom that sits on the table, a slightly angled back support to hold the card just enough to put the center of gravity onto the bottom, and a tab for taping the support to the back of the card.

The bottom and back support folded up but not taped.

Step 4: Deploy!

The standing card.

All in all these look pretty good, and were a fun 5 minute project to do without any advance planning, templates, or anything—I didn’t even really measure anything, just used the guidelines on my cutting mat. But I thought I’d post this up to archive it for the future because I liked the basic design. The scores are all on one side, which is important for doing fast and accurately, and the cards assemble easily and seem to stand well. Success!